L33240/3540 too big?

[canoetrpr]

toddler - you can definately keep the MMM on but I would find myself running out of ground clearance for other work around the farm pretty quickly. I don't think I'd want less ground clearance for much other than finish mowing.

That said, I'm sure many others keep their MMM on for everything. So YMMV.

I would find a Grand L large around my property for finish mowing. Only because of larger turn raidus' etc. If you had a straight field of 3 acres, no trees, shurbs etc, then size is no issue.

I have no clue how a B will do with a flail mower.

 

[Sniggle]

If everything is pretty flat and level, leaving the MMM on should not be a problem.

I took mine off as I need every bit of the 14.7 inch clearance to complete the finish clearing/pasture prep work I am doing right now (and there is no grass to cut this time of the year so nothing lost except the 15 minutes to remove it and store it).

 

[plastikosmd]

i dont know for sure, i also ran across it here..there was a mention with the grand L and the mid pto and rear pto, that once the mid is engaged the rear also spins? i only mention it..as a rear flail and mmm were mentioned, most dont drive around with a mmm and a rear pto powered item.


edit..the posting i read on this site was here...in discussion of the new B's
page 9 top of the page, regarding the L's
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-buying-pricing/114670-b2320-b2620-b2920-9.html

 

[bill333]

Todd, I don't know if you made your tractor decision yet, but here are a few thoughts. I also went back and forth on the B series vs the Grand L. I have a bit more yard to mow than you but am also faced with ~6 acres of 'rough cut' to do now and then.

I went with the Grand L, BUT I did it because I already have a ZTR for the yard. So I didn't get a MMM with the Grand L. Now that I have it here, I can tell you that I think the Grand L would be a big tractor for a lot of mowing -- it's just bigger than you think. And of course heavy.

Here's a thought - while you said you are a one tractor guy, I'd suggest you consider getting a ZTR mower. They have come way down in price. For what you would spend on a MMM, you'd be half way there to a ZTR. Then you could do the rough areas with either a used bushhog and the tractor, or the ZTR. The ZTR will mow 10 inch grass, no problem. What we do is swap out the ZTR blades with an older set when we are doing really rough cutting.

Plus the ZTR is much faster doing the mowing -- you can mow 1.5 acres an hour even if you have a lot of trees. we used to mow here (10 acres, lots of trees) in about 8 hours with a 72 inch finish mower on a tractor, and then it needed about 2 hours of string trimming and 2 hours of 'small mower' work. Now we do the entire 10 acres in 6 hours with the ZTR and only 1 hour of string trimming.

Just a thought!

 

[toddler]

Hey Bill,

Thanks for the input. My wife and I came to the same conclusion, although not that we'll mow that much with the z-turn. The ground is far to rough to mow fast with a z-turn. But we did agree that the mmm cost is the same as a used commercial z-turn. So we plan to rough cut about 8 with a flail mower and under two with a z-turn, or if it is really smaller than that, my little garden tractor with grass collector.

In Vermont, I cut well over 1.25 acres / hour too, but with my 60" MMM on a B2710. Thing is, I was cutting a soccer field NO trees. Where we're moving to . . . no trees, rough pasture. z-turn won't work that well. We'll turn the area around the house into finished lawn and use a finish mower on that.

Regards,

Todd

 

[bill333]

Todd:
I think you will be happy with your decision. FYI, you can probably cut rougher ground than you might think with your ZTR if you take it slowly. I've just purchased my tractor, so for the last 5 years or so we've had to mow the pasture (6 acres, very hilly, bumpy) with the ZTR. I do go through it in the winter and pick up most of the fallen limbs and as many rocks as I can, but other than that we just use the ZTR, taking it a little more slowly than normal. We even use it for leaf vacuuming. Never had a problem. (I do have a commercial unit). With the tractor now I plan on buying a used bushhog and switching over though.
Best of luck.

 

[toddler]

You might want to consider a flail mower too. I was going to get a rotary cutter until I did some more reading here on flail mowers.

Now I plan to get a Caroni 72".

Todd