Kubota F series

[Brown Dog]

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I’m patiently waiting on my New F3710 4wd to be delivered …..

Well I’ve got 10hrs on my New F3710 72 that I bought to mow my steep bank with.
It ran thru its first regen @ 8hrs then ran scalding hot @ 9hrs due to radiator stopping up from dry clippings : I was COVERED !!!

I’m disappointed in this 4wd mowing my bank horizontally

It won’t stay straight & slides off the hill due to both front tires equally pulling.

I completely fluid filled all 4 tires & it helped but it still won’t Stick sideways.
It mows strait up & down tho great with good traction.

My ZD1511 sticks good horizontally when soil is dry because you make the lower tire do all the pulling & it don’t slide.

 

[5030]

My used F is pre emissions, just like I like it. Tractors are as well.

It's a mowing fool I might add.

 

[Brown Dog]

I certainly like the power : not bogging in thick grass. & it rides better with all 4 tires fluid filled.

But the 4wd front deck mower don’t behave well mowing steep bank’s horizontally here.
& grass was bone dry.

Rear Steer walks the hind end down the bank when trying to stay strait.

 

[5030]

Well, you better run out & get one !!
Bet that thing chews up gas like a big block chevy LOL

Far as I can tell, all the aluminum block V twins are gas hogs. That and none of them will be working as long as a diesel either. Too bad they (engine builders), Kohler, Briggs and Kawasaki don't make a small diesel as well.

I've mowed the yards 3 times now on 1/4 tank of off road diesel.

 

[Brown Dog]

…. My original premise is a zero turn mows twice as fast as a front mount F mower and I stand by that 24/7/365. Zero turn mowers aren’t better, they are faster.

Only thing an F will do better is traction. And I can say with absolute certainty that a zero turn with bar tires will climb & descend steep hills and get almost as good traction as an F and do it much faster on all but the steepest hills. It’ll also cost less to buy and maintain.

My F-3680 is an excellent machine, but it’s slowing us down and not getting used enough to hold onto …

You are 100% correct

I should have rented or tested a 4wd front deck to mow my steep bank horizontally FIRST Before buying one

The rear steer walks downhill with the tail-swing when trying to mow strait lines then you’re sideways & can’t recover : sliding further down the hill.

With The zero on dry ground : you’re making the lower tire do most of the pulling therefore keepin you fairly strait & the upper tire is barely pulling.

Front deck 4wd is a Totally different animal & made to get traction going strait up & strait down steep smooth inclines.

 

[Brown Dog]

Has any F owners out there mowed Steep banks Horizontally ?

I know these get good traction mowing up or down but the rear steer tail-swing makes the rear end scoot downhill a foot or so when trying to steer uphill to stay strait inline from my 9.5hrs of running this new unit.

It just doesn’t work for my application.

 

[Brown Dog]

2024 F3710 72 SD deck 9.5hrs
$27,500 Firm in North Georgia if someone is looking.
Six78 98six 322six

 

[Hay Dude]

Dang bro. That was quick!
I tried to help ya!
I gave up on mine because it was too slow. Sure it gets better traction, but I didn’t have enough hills to justify it and I have become a lot better ZT operator and have better touch on hills.

 

[Brown Dog]

@Hay Dude you did try to help me
Front deck is plenty fast speed wise in low range.
It will not pull this bank in hi range.

I just knew this 4wd would stay “sideways” on my steep bank like a champ with it being 4wd but the rear steer having tailswing moves the backend downhill while correcting steering to keep a strait line

The front axle being 4” Narrower (than ZD1511) makes it sketchy feeling like it’s going to tip over : even with all 4 fluid filled.

Now it’ll mow it fine going strait up & strait down but that method takes well over double the time.

I’ll continue to mow it horizontally with ZD1511 & Fluid Filled tires only WHEN SOIL IS BONE DRY.

I’d never been on a steep bank with a front deck.
I should have found one to rent before buying one

Lesson Learned

 

[workinonit]

Dang BD, I wish you had done this before I got the 1211.