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KUBOTA's B & BX Seat ISSUE/PROBLEM-READ
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50 hr maint. & checkup performed Thursday, July 12 on BX2350
Initially called dealer (Chappell Tractor, Milford NH) re: seat replacement mid-June. Service Mgr. unaware of seat issues.
Learned new seats were delivered to dealer during first week of July and would be installed during 50 hr service call.
$49.95 for the new seat (according to the Service Manager).
The new seat is decidedly more comfortable than original seat-less forward tilt-more cheek room left and right although the new seat is not as hefty as original.
Initially called dealer (Chappell Tractor, Milford NH) re: seat replacement mid-June. Service Mgr. unaware of seat issues.
Learned new seats were delivered to dealer during first week of July and would be installed during 50 hr service call.
$49.95 for the new seat (according to the Service Manager).
The new seat is decidedly more comfortable than original seat-less forward tilt-more cheek room left and right although the new seat is not as hefty as original.
DEERFIELD said:
Intersting. I was just in there getting stuff to do the 50 hour service myself. I also brought in my ill-fitting battery cover hoping to get a new one under warranty. They were happy to order a new cover, but said nothing about the seat issue.
What exactly is the problem with the seat? People just find it uncomfortable in some way? I definitely thought it looked funky when I got the tractor, but in use I don't have any complaints. For $50 I think I'll pass.
Just out of curiousity, what do they charge for the 50 hour service. They sold me all the fluids and filters for $125.
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Taiser
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WOOHOO....
Just place my order, don't care if it's back-ordered..I'll wait
. Trying to get the thing here is frustrating.
Messick, are you planing on opening a dealership in Canada one day....please? I'll be your first customer!!!!
Just place my order, don't care if it's back-ordered..I'll wait
. Trying to get the thing here is frustrating. Messick, are you planing on opening a dealership in Canada one day....please? I'll be your first customer!!!!
Studway:
50 hr service call on BX2350 (Tuesdayday, 7/10/07-not Thursday, 7/12/07 as indicated earlier). Bear in mind cost of new seat and a rear light assembly are included:
Eng. Oil Filter- 8.25
Hyd. Oil Filter- 9.40
A/Filter, Outr-14.86
Fuel Filter(2)- 9.40
Light Assy- 87.21
BX Seat- 49.95
Freight 5.00
S/TOTAL: 184.07
In addition:
Service call to my home (42 mile R/T): 120.00 (labor to install light incl.)
1 gal. 15-40 engine oil-14.60
4.5 gal. Super UDT-78.75
3 hours labor-234.00
4% charge on labor for shop supplies, disposal, etc. 9.36
GRAND TOTAL: $640.78
Rather steep in my uninformed opinion...however, in complete candor the Tech experienced considerable difficulty installing the rear light...several problems with live wires that should have been neutral. Correcting that took the better part of 2 hours of back and forth via Nextel.
Seat charge was disappointing based on experiences from others on TBN. Nevertheless, the absence of forward tilt and the wider seat are more comfortable-but I agree with you-not worth the $49.95 cost.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION-The landfill in my town charges $10.00 per gal. to dispose of waste oil/petroleum products-and the landfill only accepts waste oil on 1 Saturday in April and 1 during October PLUS the annual access fee is 35.00. Avoiding those landfill charges tended to offset (in part) the total cost.
50 hr service call on BX2350 (Tuesdayday, 7/10/07-not Thursday, 7/12/07 as indicated earlier). Bear in mind cost of new seat and a rear light assembly are included:
Eng. Oil Filter- 8.25
Hyd. Oil Filter- 9.40
A/Filter, Outr-14.86
Fuel Filter(2)- 9.40
Light Assy- 87.21
BX Seat- 49.95
Freight 5.00
S/TOTAL: 184.07
In addition:
Service call to my home (42 mile R/T): 120.00 (labor to install light incl.)
1 gal. 15-40 engine oil-14.60
4.5 gal. Super UDT-78.75
3 hours labor-234.00
4% charge on labor for shop supplies, disposal, etc. 9.36
GRAND TOTAL: $640.78
Rather steep in my uninformed opinion...however, in complete candor the Tech experienced considerable difficulty installing the rear light...several problems with live wires that should have been neutral. Correcting that took the better part of 2 hours of back and forth via Nextel.
Seat charge was disappointing based on experiences from others on TBN. Nevertheless, the absence of forward tilt and the wider seat are more comfortable-but I agree with you-not worth the $49.95 cost.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION-The landfill in my town charges $10.00 per gal. to dispose of waste oil/petroleum products-and the landfill only accepts waste oil on 1 Saturday in April and 1 during October PLUS the annual access fee is 35.00. Avoiding those landfill charges tended to offset (in part) the total cost.
Taiser
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WOW that is expensive. I just did my 50 hr a few weeks ago myself on my B7800. I don't think it cost me more than 100$ for all the parts/fluids. Dealer wants 6x as much??? and that is American coin to boot!!!
and that is American coin to boot!!!Taiser:
In all fairness to the dealer-when I purchased the BX2350 this past October I was made aware the 50 hr service typically ran in the $300-$350 range. So, taking that estimate as a base figure-add in the $120.00 charge for a "field visit," $49.95 for the seat (not part of the 50 hr. service) and $87.00 for the rear light assembly and install (again, not part of the 50 hr. service) and I believe it is within the quoted ballpark-although, admittedly, a ballpark the size of Yankee Stadium.
Similarly, the rear light assembly and labor appears about right as it compares with info contained on previous threads on TBN, i.e. +/- $10.00.
The $49.95 for the seat is annoying, however, given the experience of others with their dealers. This will be discussed with my dealer.
In all fairness to the dealer-when I purchased the BX2350 this past October I was made aware the 50 hr service typically ran in the $300-$350 range. So, taking that estimate as a base figure-add in the $120.00 charge for a "field visit," $49.95 for the seat (not part of the 50 hr. service) and $87.00 for the rear light assembly and install (again, not part of the 50 hr. service) and I believe it is within the quoted ballpark-although, admittedly, a ballpark the size of Yankee Stadium.
Similarly, the rear light assembly and labor appears about right as it compares with info contained on previous threads on TBN, i.e. +/- $10.00.
The $49.95 for the seat is annoying, however, given the experience of others with their dealers. This will be discussed with my dealer.
Deerfield, did they torque every bolt on your tractor? When I was in there picking up the fluids and filters a tech walked by and informed me that if I was going to do the 50 hour service myself I need to re-torque every bolt on the tractor. I did the wheel bolts, as the manual recommends, and did a quick check of all the others I could get to to make sure none had come loose.