Buying Advice L series, what makes it Grand?

[murphy1244]

Sorry guys Truce.

 

[k0ua]

What the heck is going on here? I leave this thread for a day and now look at it holy cow, guys lets all lighten up .. All the man wanted to know was "what makes a Grand L grand".. I think we have covered that.. "can't we all just get along?":confused3:

James K0UA

 

[kiotiken]

We decided to show him what makes TBN grand to :laughing:

 

[murphy1244]

Seems someone is always :stirthepot:

 

[crazyal]

Clearly what makes a grand L different is some will fight you over it. :laughing:

 

[NoTrespassing]

Just looking over the specs for the new standard L series and grand L series, it looks like at some point Kubota lowered the performance of the new standard L series a little when compared to my old 1999 model. The grand L is slightly better than my old unit.

My old 1999 L3710 HST 4wd
HP 36.6 (4 cyl.)
Pump 7.8 gpm
3 point 24" behind lift points 2310 lbs.
Weight with ROPS 2990 lbs.

New stand L 3800
HP 37.4 (3 cyl.)
Pump 6.3 gpm
3 point 24" behind lift points 1435 lbs.
Weight with ROPS 2668 lbs.

New Grand L 3540
HP 37.0 (3 cyl.)
Pump 8.3 gpm
3 point 24" behind lift points 2650 lbs.
Weight with ROPS 3395 lbs.

The thing that bothers me is the lift capacity of the 3 point on the new L 3800.

Anybody know the loader lift capacity difference on the new L vs grand L?

Kevin

 

[k0ua]

Just looking over the specs for the new standard L series and grand L series, it looks like at some point Kubota lowered the performance of the new standard L series a little when compared to my old 1999 model. The grand L is slightly better than my old unit.

My old 1999 L3710 HST 4wd
HP 36.6 (4 cyl.)
Pump 7.8 gpm
3 point 24" behind lift points 2310 lbs.
Weight with ROPS 2990 lbs.

New stand L 3800
HP 37.4 (3 cyl.)
Pump 6.3 gpm
3 point 24" behind lift points 1435 lbs.
Weight with ROPS 2668 lbs.

New Grand L 3540
HP 37.0 (3 cyl.)
Pump 8.3 gpm
3 point 24" behind lift points 2650 lbs.
Weight with ROPS 3395 lbs.

The thing that bothers me is the lift capacity of the 3 point on the new L 3800.

Anybody know the loader lift capacity difference on the new L vs grand L?

Kevin

L3800 La524 loader 1131 at the pins.
L3540 La515 loader 1351 at the pins
L3940 La724 loader 1865 at the pins

as you can see, if you jump up to the 3940 then you can have the more powerful La724 loader.

James K0UA

 

[RCman]

L3800 La524 loader 1131 at the pins.
L3540 La515 loader 1351 at the pins
L3940 La724 loader 1865 at the pins

as you can see, if you jump up to the 3940 then you can have the more powerful La724 loader.

James K0UA

The LA724 also fits the L3240/L3540.

I have the LA724 on my L3540.

 

[NoTrespassing]

The LA681 loader on my L3710 is listed @ 1499lb. capacity.

 

[k0ua]

The LA724 also fits the L3240/L3540.

I have the LA724 on my L3540.

I was thinking it did too, but I couldn't find that on the Kubota website, Maybe I just missed it.