How do you like your kubota?

[bp fick]

:laughing::laughing::laughing: So strange. I've been thinking I'd rather have R4s on my B2320. I drive across driveways to get to the garden and these Ag tires let you feel each piece of tread and I'm doing this flopping belly thing. Maybe we need to trade. You may need to schedule an extra day or half day on your next Casey County trip and come look and try mine. I believe you'll be satisfied with yours if you add weight to the front. I've made my 2 weights and now only use my pretty:laughing: blue one which makes a world of difference. Yours should also do better with the HST than my geared one. Maybe we just need to trade tractors since I want HST and you use yours alot more for gardening than I do. :thumbsup:I think I've got 15? hours on mine. I'll also throw in a set of quick hitchs with mine. If we don't trade and you get the easy extend arms, see if you can save money by buying 2 sets. They are one of the biggest things I miss about the L3240HST Grand I previously owned.

John, next time I head down to Casey County, let's make a trade. Straight up. Not a problem. Tires/wheels that is.

 

[46andtool]

I'm very pleased with my 1yr old B2320. The lack of a position control 3PH is what keeps it from getting a perfect score - but I knew that going into it.

I might try to modify the 3PH to work 'positon' style..

 

[tractorman82]

Hello, are you aware that Kubota now offers an air ride seat for the Narrow Cab models? It's a nice deluxe type with cloth covering? This will answer your ride concern.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Hello, are you aware that Kubota now offers an air ride seat for the Narrow Cab models? It's a nice deluxe type with cloth covering? This will answer your ride concern.

No I am not, when did they start offfering it? I bought mine in December. Also, do you know if it will bolt right in without any modifications?

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

John, next time I head down to Casey County, let's make a trade. Straight up. Not a problem. Tires/wheels that is.

OK. If you'd be happier with my skinny tires, they're yours.
Did you see that the R4 is like 3 times wider than the Ag on the build my Kubota site? Same price for either tire but you have seen pics of my skinny tires. Post a pic of yours with tires.

 

[tractchores]

Love my b2920. There isn't anything i would change about it, its very well designed and built solid

 

[tractorman82]

Bolts right in, been out just a few weeks, contact your Kubota dealer for the M9210 Air Ride seat, this is a "complete air ride seat" with mounting plate, and wire harness... nice cloth cover...
Thank you

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Bolts right in, been out just a few weeks, contact your Kubota dealer for the M9210 Air Ride seat, this is a "complete air ride seat" with mounting plate, and wire harness... nice cloth cover...
Thank you

Thanks, I've called my dealer earlier today after your post but my salesman hasn't called me back yet.

 

[Grateful11]

The seat on my TN65 is good, the 1920 is adequate, the Farmall 45A is great and then there is the Kubota which I am going to replace because its so bad. I had my local dealer trying to find out if there was an easy option to update to an air suspension seat but so far I have not heard back from them. If I don't like what they find I am going the route 4Shorts did and will cut the pan the seat frame mounts to and level it out so I can install the same grammer air seat setup he did.

I just can't understand why any company would put a crappy seat on a tractor, especially a tractor you know is going to be used for long hours a day. I can see them cutting a corner or two on a compact as they figure if the owner uses it a couple hours a day or every few days they won't mind the seat but on a dedicated farm tractor or even a tractor that is borderline farm use then they should definitely put a good seat on it. Adjustable back would make things a little better, at least then you can adjust the seat to make it a little more comfortable for long hours.

I did send an email to Kubota asking why they don't offer an air ride seat or at least a better seat for the Narrow cab tractors shortly after I took delivery of mine and I never heard back from them. I can only assume my email went into the trash bin since they already had my money

Every cab tractor I have been in since the 80's that had a factory cab had a good, cloth seat. I had never seen a vinyl seat in a factory cab tractor until I took delivery of my Kubota. I know some people may think I am just too picky but I put a lot of hours on my tractors every year and added two new ones this year since my farm has quadrupled in size this year. I put 40 hours on the Kubota just doing some of the spring vineyard work, the Farmall has 20 now just from putting posts in and a few other items. The 1920 is finally getting a break as its only had about 10 hours put on it so far but now I can leave the weed spraying rig attached (front and rear booms) so that I don't have to spend an hour hooking it up and another hour unhooking it every time I need to spray the weeds in the vineyard. The TN has over 100 so far this year just doing tillage work. And my work season for this year started around March and is only going to get worse. The TN has been getting around 400 hours a year between tillage, planting and haying so now it will get a little break as I hope to be able to use the Kubota either on the disbine or the baler so that I don't need to hook and unhook as often. I spend a lot of time in the seat of a tractor and will be spending even more this year. So the little things like a good, comfortable seat and a cup holder are important to me. Cup holders are easy to add after the fact (although the Farmall came with one standard (again, 1/3 the price)). The seats are a more expensive option to upgrade and then your stuck with a seat you can't do anything with after you remove it. Oh well, its only money :confused2:

That is odd that they put a vinyl seat in a cab tractor. Honestly I would addressed the seat issue as soon as it came in with the dealer. I would not have accepted a vinyl seat in a cab tractor.

How did you manage to get a CaseIH 45A for 1/3 the price of the Kubota? A CaseIH 40B, can't price out a 45A now, starts at about $22K and a Kubota M8540 Narrow 4WD w/cab starts at $47K. Maybe half, you keep throwing that out there but IMO you're not really comparing Apples to Apples.

 

[Jim Shooz]

I am very pleased with my BX2350 which replaced a Hinemoto C174 which had finally given up the ghost. I'd had the Hinemoto for about 10 years but it had had a hard life in forestry before I got it. The BX 2350 is mainly used for mowing with a Sicma 5' RMM and sometimes pulling out trees for firewood. The FEL is a bonus and I wonder how I managed so long without one.

I have two minor niggles. With the fuel filler beside the seat it is a bit of a problem balancing a 5 Imp gallon WW11 jerry can to refuel. Second, I wear shorts and as I leap off the tractor I inevitably get one of the control levers up the back leg of my shorts. I find out when I go to take my next step.

Solution, wear shorter shorts or grow longer legs.