JD vs Kubota...HELP!

[ronjhall]

Joyce
Using a 2910 for snow removal is very easy and fast./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I use a Curtis 6/12' angle snowplow on the front of mine. There was a lot of discussion about using a blower or plow last winter. one and two are just a couple. Using search for snow blower will get you many more.
One item that may be of concern with 2710 & 2910 model with turf tires is clearance for chains. A set of 2" spacer will have to be made to get clearance for them on rear tires. I solved this problem by getting a RB3584 Land Pride Rear Blade. It weighs 500 lbs. I never needed to put chains on.
Some people have put chains on the front tires only. This gives them all the traction that is required in icy conditions.
Good luck with searching this issue out on TBN. There are a lot of opinions that should get your head spinning../w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif
Attached is a picture of my 2910 with snow blade and rear blade attached last winter.

 

[Bird]

Richard, hay prices vary considerably (as I assume they do in your area also) depending on what type and quality of hay you're talking about. I have one neighbor who sells coastal and Johnson grass hay by the bale; $25 for 5' x 5' bales tied with twine. I have another neighbor who has well fertilized coastal hay fields and also plowed and planted fields. I think most folks around here call it haygrazer, but he mixes milo and some variety of grain sorghum seed. His bales are 4' x 5' with the plastic wrap instead of twine. He routinely takes samples to be tested for protein content and the price varies accordingly. I know he's sold those bales for $30 to $50 a roll to individuals who just want a few, but his main business is contracts to supply dairies and he has his own 18-wheeler to deliver the hay (that's the reason for the 4' wide bales). That hay, is of course, sold by the ton with price based on protein content, but I don't know what he's getting for it.

I would imagine if you came down here to buy hay, you'd pay just as much, or maybe even more, than where you are. However, these neighbors cut and bale hay for other folks who do not have hay equipment and are charging $13.50 to $15 a bale to cut, rake, and bale hay for other people. Neither of them will cut and bale on the halves, although one of them will cut and bale for two-thirds of the hay if he thinks it looks like good hay.

But both of them also own land and lease land, but they won't pay more than $10 to $15 an acre per year; don't have to in this area. There are a lot of really BIG farms in the area, but there's also a lot of land that really isn't being used for much of anything. And one of these guys had 1,100 acres of Corps of Engineers land leased for 4 years ($4 an acre) and now the other guy has it for 4 years (and I'm not sure what his bid was). Another difference is probably the amount of rain you get vs. what we get. Usually, they get two cuttings a year, but a lot of the hayfields are only producing one cutting this year. Very little alfalfa grown around here. Too hot, too little rain, and no irrigation.

Bird

 

[glennmac]

I use a 72" backblade and my FEL on a 300', upsloping, rutted, gravel (mostly gravel-less) driveway. Backblade (driving backwards) works great on paved parking slab. Worked ok on driveway. Had to make several passes in the deep snowfalls, but didnt care cause it was fun.

Ron, do you use your aftermarket front hydraulic ports for the Curtis blade. If not, what are you going to use them for?

 

[ronjhall]

Glenn
I use 2 front ports for angle on the snow blade. I plan on making a Grapple for my FEL bucket soon. This will use one set of outlets. The four quick disconnects at the front and rear are teed off the same valves.

 

[r0GuE]

Quite a red carpet getting laid out here. I don't know that I've ever seen such loooong detailed posts and responses.
Hmmm... What's different ;^)

Rogue

 

[kerr]

T.B.N.-2000 tractor of the year J.D.4300.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Sounds like a puppet show to me./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Kerr-I have to get me a set of those JD jammies too. I bet they give you that warm and fuzzy feelin' inside. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[woodstock]

Gaulie Mam!

I am with you rogue.

I figured they'd flew the coup when the Hubby line was dropped.

Say what!

Winnipeg, Manitoba

2001 BX2200 (20 hrs) All Kubota FEL,Tiller, box blade, blower w/elec shute, 60 mid mt deck, Ag tires.
Grey market B7000 w/Tiller (120 hrs)

 

[Bird]

Richard, I just now talked to the guy I mentioned earlier that sells hay to dairies, and found that some things have changed. All the dairies he had contracts with have gone under and out of business. He still has contracts with a number of breeders of registered stock. In fact, he said he needs to deliver about a thousand bales, but hasn't had time because he's cutting and baling from 5 a.m. to about 11 a.m., then to the hospital for the rest of the day because his dad's in the hospital. Anyway, he said the one cutting looks like all there will be on the haygrazer, but he's doing the second cutting on the coastal now (said what hasn't dried up, the grasshoppers are eating). And he says good hay is selling for $60 to $70 a ton, some $50 a ton, but a lot of 1500# bales are going for $25, so that would be $33.33 a ton.

Bird