L35 owner experience?

Moon · Nov 29, 2002

Thanks Mike!
I'd sure like to see a picture of your setup. Looking forward to it.
Moon

DavidInNH · Nov 29, 2002

Me too!

JATO_RaT · Nov 29, 2002

Would like to see a picture Mike. I have the Kubota version on my L48 with 3 remotes all of which get used quite heavily. Since I don't use a hoe, I was able to custom mount it any way I wanted and not worry about the hoe interference. Curious to see your setup. I plan on downsizing to a smaller tractor but want to take the TnT with me. I particularly like the control valves that Kubota supplied. I used the L48 to move massive amounts of dirt by cutting with a box blade and moving about 1500 yards with the loader to another portion of our property. The L48 was SUPER, Rat...

Anonymous Poster · Nov 30, 2002

Hello everyone. I read about someone saying how touchy the hoe controls were. Are all the L35's like that or is just the particular machine? Becaue the case backhoe I drive is so dang touchy, but my boss's backhoe isn't. I was just curious. Also, someone mentioned lifting the backhoe up off the ground. Doesn't the hoe really make things jerky? Or is the hoe not too terribly heavy. Because I know that sometimes when I need to lift my backhoe off the ground about 6 plus inches, it get's really jerky and it's kind of annoying. I don't really know what the weight of an L35's hoe is, and if it makes a difference. Just curious.

Blake Iverson
WA

littlediesel · Nov 30, 2002

I have an L35 backhoe and the controls are also very touchy. You just get acustomed to it. It kinda separates the men from the boys when using the backhoe.

The backhoe of an L35 weighs about 1500 lbs.

Jon

karmakanic · Nov 30, 2002

<font color=blue>if you use the backhoe line for the rear remotes do you lose the 3 pt. I thought the push pull lever on the back disabled/enabled either the 3 pt or the backhoe hydraulics.
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Sorry about not answering sooner tab, just now saw your question when the thread got resurrected.

No, you don't loose the 3pt. IIRC, you loose hydraulics to the 3pt when the push/pull lever is in the backhoe position, but when the lever is in the 3pt position you still have power to the hoe circuit. In fact, I seem to remember once forgetting to put the lever in the backhoe position, and the backhoe still worked. The owner's manual just says you will overheat the hydraulics if the hoe is used with the lever in the 3pt position, but I didn't operate it for more then a minute or so before noticing the incorrect setting, so I didn't notice any overheating.

HTH,
Dave

Mike_A · Nov 30, 2002

Just got back from buying a digital camera, all I need to do is figure out how to use it and get the picture to this post! Will try to have one posted by 11/30/02.

JATO_RaT · Nov 30, 2002

Thats great Mike, thanks. Rat...

Anonymous Poster · Dec 1, 2002

Oh, so it seems all are like that? Why is it that they do that? I'm used to my touchy controls on my case backhoe. Although, if I start to really concentrate on what I'm doing, you'll see it because when I swing the boom, it swings fast (but when I'm around things that I can't afford to it, I awlays keep myself from concentrating too hard)!

It's mostly the swinging of the hoe that is really touchy on my backhoe. It does get a little annoying though.

Kodiak · Dec 1, 2002

Try a seperate operation while you are swinging the boom. Such as extending the boom or curling the bucket. This robs part of the hydraulic pressure that would normally all be going to just the one operation and will slow the swing down some. Think of it as your hand and arm, you can move multiple joints at the same time. Once you get multiple operations down, the rest will smooth out with practice.

Anonymous Poster · Dec 1, 2002

Yeah, I figured that out a while ago. I just use the boom control to slow down the swing. The bucket and dipper doesn't use that much hydraulic fluid or whatever so it doesn't really do anything.

JATO_RaT · Dec 2, 2002

The swing generally will be the one function that is the most sensitive since it also has the smallest leverage ratio. Those two cylinders that swing the hoe don't need to travel very far for a lot of hoe movement. After all, most hoes will swing 180 degrees or more yet the cylinders are relatively short. It's also why its one of the weaker functions on a hoe. Rat..

Anonymous Poster · Dec 2, 2002

Rat...that's interesting. Good to know.

Blake

Mike_A · Dec 3, 2002

Rat: Having computer problems, cannot get the computer that has the pictures in it to post to this site!. Can only get my laptop to send post but laptop cannot handle pictures. For some reason the little icons to click on to reply do not appear on my desktop computer. Will have to get help to get pictures on.

JATO_RaT · Dec 4, 2002

Mike, feel free to email a picture or two as well. Thanks, Rat...
ratermann@jps.net

Anonymous Poster · Dec 4, 2002

Are these pictures of an L35 TLB? If so, I would like to see as well. If you can't get them onto this site. Email them to me as well if you wouldn't mind. coopershwk@hotmail.com I could then put them on if you want.

Blake
WA

Mike_A · Dec 12, 2002

Blake;
I e-mailed pictures to you last week of my L48 remote rear hyd. connections. Been looking to see if you could post them, did they come through? If not I can try again.

Anonymous Poster · Dec 14, 2002

I didn't see them. I probably skipped over it by accident. I get a lot of emails. If you type in L48 IMAGES! just like that, in caps etc. in the subject line. That will get my attention. Now that I know you will be emailing them, I'll keep an eye out. Then, I'll put them on this site for you.

Looking forward...

Blake
WA

mikeadams · Dec 28, 2002

Finally ! I think I can attach pictures of my L48 rear remote hydraulics. As I said before my dealer made the installation with help from me as to what I wanted the installation to look like. I did not like the looks of Kubota's hyd. kit with all the SCV 's and hyd hoses on top of the fender. Purchased our own SCV control and if you can see in the pictures the way the hyd, couplers are mounted on the tractor all you do to connect hoses is push them into coupler and to remove just pull on hose and out the come. No need to pull the collar back to plug in or remove.