L48 rust

[curtisfarmer]

That L48 must have been used to load salt!! Mine has no such issues, echoing Larry's comments about using ours up here in NH plowing through salt and everything else. If it where me, I would sand and paint to stop any rust problems from spreading. The rig looks good, get a thumb for sure.

 

[artfull dodger]

Working at a Kubota dealer, I have seen even 1 year old new tractors that sit outside fade from the sun, seems the orange Kubota uses is very susectable to UV fading. I plan to build a small lean to on the side of our place to keep my new B7100 out of the sun and weather. I second the guys, sand out the bubbles, prime and paint, then let it cure good. Mike

 

[kjsifer]

I'll probably just leave it as is right now. Unfortunately, the bubbling is on both sides of the fender and it is right on the line where the two halves meet. Therefore, if I grind it out, I'm going to have a hole since the rust goes all the way through. That would involve getting out the welder and welding a patch on, which is going to be difficult to do without welding the two halves together and having an odd looking patch. I'm in the process of building a house and just don't have time to go through what it's going to take to make it look right.

After reading some of the posts here, I'm finding it hard to conceive what they could have exposed this tractor to in order for it to rust so badly in such a short time. I'm starting to wonder about a manufacturing defect. Especially since the rust is only isolated to a couple of spots on the fenders. If the former owner would have been rolling through salt water, I would think the whole fender would be rusted out not just a few spots.

I highly doubt if Kubota is going to fess up to any defects, but I don't know. What kind of warranties do these tractors carry on rust, if any?

 

[Patches]

Go to your local tool rental and rent small sand blaster;the kind you can operate without getting suited-up, and some fine grit blasting sand. A couple of minutes and you'll have both fenders ready to prime/paint.The problem will reappear if you dont take the fenders apart so as to remove all the rust, but it will surely slow it down until you have more time. Be sure to use a good zinc oxide primer to help slow the rust