Grand L 3130 Owners unite!

texbaylea · Jan 24, 2006

Let me start by saying that I very pleased with my L3130. I believe that the L3130 was a marketing decision that suprised Kubota. It was meant to set a lower price point for selling against the competition. However, particularly with the the LA723 loader, it was a good fit for the new land owners with small acrerage, 10-40 ac, that did not have to earn a living off their land. You can maintain and improve your land in comfort and could also afford a few attachments with the tractor.

I am thinking that I read on these pages that the L3130 outsells all other Grand L's. Is this correct?

Viva la L3130!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Vernon

Mike_Lipke · Jan 24, 2006

I have never owned a Jaguar XKE, so I don't think I can comment on how it handles. I have never owned a 3130, so I can't comment on that machine either. Well, I could, I guess, but I won't.

Take it easy on CT though, he is very sensitive to criticism of any kind. If you feel you must, be sure to use a smiley face so he won't know.

rdsaustintx · Jan 24, 2006

( Take it easy on CT though, he is very sensitive to criticism of any kind.)

Nah, CT is OK, once you understand what is really buggin him. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Russell in Texas

Mike_Lipke · Jan 24, 2006

Well, whatever is bothering him, he is correct in stating that he has the right to state whatever opinion he wants to. No question 'bout that.
But those who read his opinions have the right to react, be it positively or negatively. Unavoidable. Been that way for thousands of years.

Diesel_Boy · Jan 24, 2006

i'm sort of torn between a L3400 and L3130. I don't need to earn a living with it. so maybe the L3130 would be the better match. i want to add a quick attach, and i believe the R4's i want are $500 extra if you get them with the L3400. the quick attach is standard on the L3130, where my dealer would have to charge me extra to add it to the 3400. so, the price is already getting closer. i have a question though. i read an earlier post, can't remember the category it was in. but basically, someone said that CUT's are all capable of pretty much the same amount of work, extra HP just allows you to do it faster. if i want to haul a log with a 3130 it might take me longer, but how fast do i really want to be going when hauling a log, anyway? and the extra weight would give me better traction, and the 3130 has better axle strength and drivetrain to handle the weight, as a poster just recently said. does anyone else agree with the concept of being able to do the same amount of work, with more HP just doing it faster?

PapaPerk · Jan 24, 2006

Hey I have a 3830...but I see nothing wrong with the 3130. The way you will need more horsepower with the 3130 would be very, very heavy bush hogging or pulling trailers up hills at high speed. Like others said the weight of the tractor and thus traction usually runs out before horsepower! The 3130 is a heck of bargain and more people should take notice. It stomps JD, NH, and the rest into the ground!

CT_Tree_Guy · Jan 24, 2006

LOL - Russell, you've hit the nail right on the head!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

How are ya buddy? Thanks for coming to my rescue! These guys are being SO MEAN to me!! And I didn't do a THING wrong, honest!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

****

Guys, I'd like to think that Russell, and a whole bunch of other people here on TBN, might back me up when I say that my main goal in life is to be kind, helpful, forgiving, and non-judgmental. (Notice I didn't include non-opinionated.) /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

What might be taken, correctly or incorrectly, for "sensitivity", is what might be described as a desire that all communication be free of attack and judgment. When I see that going on, I often comment on it, and I can see how that might be interpreted as "sensitivity". I do my best to keep things in balance; say only what I think needs to be said, and do so in the manner I just described. Life's way too short for anything but kindness, forgiveness and understanding. I'm very fond of saying that "we're all in this together", and I really think it's true. We're all on the same team, and we all need to get along. The world's in pretty tough shape right now, and it's pretty much "sink or swim" time for the human race. I'm trying to do my bit by making it a goal to surrender my ego and love my fellow man.

Now some may say I'm a dreamer ("You're a DREAMER!!") ... but I'm not the only one ... I hope some day you'll join us ... and the world ... can live ... as one .....

*****

And yes I'm pissed at Yoko! Who wouldn't be!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Peace, John

CT_Tree_Guy · Jan 25, 2006

Well, whatever is bothering him, he is correct in stating that he has the right to state whatever opinion he wants to. No question 'bout that. But those who read his opinions have the right to react, be it positively or negatively. Unavoidable. Been that way for thousands of years. 

Now this is an interesting, interesting post (in my opinion) .

This gets to the heart of what's really "bugging" me. (Or should I say, what I am allowing to bug me. Or should I just say, it doesn't really "bug" me, it's just something that I would like to see change?)

When it is said that we have a right to react negatively, I can't and won't argue with that. But is it in the best interest of ourselves, our fellow man, or the world, that we make the conscious choice to react negatively? Just because something has been going on for thousands of years doesn't mean (to me) that it is a desirable thing. We are capable of reacting any way we make up our minds to react, or we can choose not to react at all.

Consider Bruce Hornsby's song, "(That's Just) The Way It Is." "Some things will never change, that's just the way it is". He was talking about racial prejudice in that song, but it applies to everything. Money in politics? Hey, that's just the way it is. T'was ever thus. Hatred, anger, hostility, judgmentalism, lack of forgiveness? Hey, that's just the way human beings are; that's just the way it is. You can't change it.

Well, I can change myself. And maybe in doing so, I can change someone else. And maybe he can then change someone else. And so on, and so on, and so on .... until "the way it is" ... is the way it WAS.

*****

Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers,
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.

All we are saying is give peace a chance (War is over)
All we are saying is give peace a chance (War is over)

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

And just what IS so funny about peace, love and understanding. Ask Elvis Costello, I think he knows the answer.

U2: "Nothing changes, on New Year's Day". Or can it?

John Lennon again: "And so this is Christmas ... and what have you done? Another year over ... and a new one just begun ... .... so merry, merry Christmas ... and a happy new year .... let's hope it's a good one ..... without any fear.

Or war, or hate, or bigotry, or violence, or judgment, or lies, or killing .....

And don't get me started on "Imagine" .......

*****

We are what we choose to be, as individuals, or as a species.

What do you choose to be, this New Year?

Peace, John

Mike_Lipke · Jan 25, 2006

Judge Blather, I rest my case.

CT_Tree_Guy · Jan 25, 2006

Mike:

The use of the term "blather" is exactly what I was talking about. I find it absolutely amazing that you would say that. According to my Webster's New World dictionary, "blather" is "foolish talk; nonsense". Do you really think that it is foolish or nonsensical to advocate choosing peace, forgiveness and understanding over violence, anger and animosity, given a choice?

There is a time for everything, they say, including war. Perhaps sometimes there is no real choice when it comes to war and hostility, although many thousands of Buddhist monks have made a different choice. That's a tough call. But you had a clear choice to make in how to respond to my words, and your choice did not strike me as being one of peace.

There's a saying that goes, "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem". Are you part of the problem?

I would gently ask you to look deep inside yourself, and ask why your response to a request that all of mankind learn to refrain from attacking one another should evoke from you what I consider to be an attack. I forgive you, but I don't understand you. Do you?