Having a blast with our new M62

[MutzFarm]

It seems that fame could have been used to make a trailer or something. :scratchchin: :scratchchin:

HAHAHAHA. I would say if it was being moved farther from the whole something for sure would of been needed.

 

[JenniferKubotaM62]

Thank you all for this excellent information, I just purchased an M62 and am awaiting delivery. I have 20 acres in northern Arizona and am excited to learn more about this beautiful machine.

Jennifer
If it isn't orange, it's a lemon.

 

[4570Man]

You are for sure correct. I am always a one man show. This is why I dont have a large mini excavator and skid steer. I just use the M62 so I can do it all by my lonesome.

I think a mini excavator and skid steer has a false sense of efficiency vs a real backhoe like the M62. First problem is they each cost as much as the M62. I move my M59 pretty often. I’d spend more time moving the second machine as I do using it. And you’re spending a lot of time doing what the other machine would do better. The TLB is always ready to load or dig whichever needs done. Now put the mini in a 360 swing mandatory job and the skid steer in a place that’s only 15 feet wide and the winner is clear but most jobs aren’t like that.

 

[fried1765]

I think a mini excavator and skid steer has a false sense of efficiency vs a real backhoe like the M62. First problem is they each cost as much as the M62. I move my M59 pretty often. I’d spend more time moving the second machine as I do using it. And you’re spending a lot of time doing what the other machine would do better. The TLB is always ready to load or dig whichever needs done. Now put the mini in a 360 swing mandatory job and the skid steer in a place that’s only 15 feet wide and the winner is clear but most jobs aren’t like that.

Why don't you have your M59 listed in your profile?
Those of us who are Kubota dedicated TLB owners (my L48) must stick together.

 

[4570Man]

I haven’t edited my profile since I joined years ago.

 

[fried1765]

I haven’t edited my profile since I joined years ago.

Maybe an update would be a good idea, since you now have the M59

 

[MutzFarm]

Thank you all for this excellent information, I just purchased an M62 and am awaiting delivery. I have 20 acres in northern Arizona and am excited to learn more about this beautiful machine.

Jennifer
If it isn't orange, it's a lemon.

Awesome. Glad to hear. We love ours. Just wish I had more money for fuel and time to be on it.

 

[MutzFarm]

I think a mini excavator and skid steer has a false sense of efficiency vs a real backhoe like the M62. First problem is they each cost as much as the M62. I move my M59 pretty often. I’d spend more time moving the second machine as I do using it. And you’re spending a lot of time doing what the other machine would do better. The TLB is always ready to load or dig whichever needs done. Now put the mini in a 360 swing mandatory job and the skid steer in a place that’s only 15 feet wide and the winner is clear but most jobs aren’t like that.

Well said.

 

[MutzFarm]

Why don't you have your M59 listed in your profile?
Those of us who are Kubota dedicated TLB owners (my L48) must stick together.

:thumbsup:

 

[rScotty]

Awesome. Glad to hear. We love ours. Just wish I had more money for fuel and time to be on it.

The Kubota TLBs are real Swiss Army knives, and built like a tank. Incredibly handy and very precise controls.

I will say that our M59 is a bit of a fuel hog, although I don't begrudge its thirst. I know that big heavy HSTs always use more fuel, and in addition the M59 has an oversize hydraulic system - in fact. it has several of them. It can't help but use more fuel to constantly pumping that much fluid around. The upside is that it never lacks for power.

Maybe the M62 will be more economical on fuel. The M59 isn't all that bad on fuel consumption, it just isn't as economical as our old style manual gear shifting tractor with its single smallish hydraulic pump.
rScotty