limited cat. 1 attachment source

[planman8]

I just purchased a jd 2305 and am looking for a good place to get the limited cat. one attachments that is called for. I know that the jd dealer sells some, but they are limited and very pricey. There has to be a better source. I haven't been able to locate a place that shows a limited cat. 1, but I know that some are out there. I know that "frontier" sells some, but they don't say which models fit. My guess is that the smallest models will, but I don't want to buy on a guess.
Thanks, Al

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Where in NC are you located?

 

[PBinWA]

You should check out the King Kutter XB line of attachments:

King Kutter Incorporated

They are targeted towards the sub-compact tractor market and available at many farm stores.

 

[planman8]

Raleigh Durham area is where I am located.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Raleigh Durham area is where I am located.

If you were closer to the western part of the state I culd direct you to some good sources. However you should have lots of dealers in your area. Try any tractor dealership,NH, Kubota, Kioti, JD, Case, etc, they should carry a good line of implements.

Also try Tractor Supply, Northern Tool, Southern States, and other Farm Supply stores in your area. There is alot of agriculture in the eastern part of the state and many of these companies carry a complete line of implements.

Good Luck,
David

 

[Dusty]

Try posting this question to the Kubota BX people in that forum. They also have to deal with this to some extent.
Dusty

 

[Sully2]

Try posting this question to the Kubota BX people in that forum. They also have to deal with this to some extent.
Dusty

They all swear up and down they can use full Cat attachments!!?????

 

[Sully2]

TSC stores sell King Kutter that makes limited Cat 1 attachments

 

[Dusty]

They all swear up and down they can use full Cat attachments!!?????

Yup..... and the moon is made of Swiss Cheese.... I own a BX and tried to put a full sized Cat 1 spreader on with a drive shaft. Learned quickly that the drive shaft would have had to been cut so short that there would have been no way to move the arms without the drive shaft getting damaged or the tractor damaged. I see some of the BX claims as more bravado than fact. They are good tractors, but they can't hold a candles light to some of their bigger brethren. There is one person that keeps making mindless posts, and is an embarrassment to all BX owners, that gives all BX owners a bad name on the other forums. That persons claims should be taken with less than a grain of salt. In fact, they are more like salt in a wound to most BX owners.
Dusty

 

[HomeBrew2]

They all swear up and down they can use full Cat attachments!!?????

Not only that, but we have pix to back up the claims. And what's even more weird is that, in my case, a large regional Kubota dealer sold them to me along with my BX23

 

[Solo]

What type of implements are you looking for? Bush Hog® has a line of smaller implements for the sub-compacts. I am looking at the Land*Pride - The Authority in Tractor Mounted Work Tools,*Riding Mowers & Utility*Vehicles BB05 series of boxblades now. They seem to have a good selection. Some of the Frontier implements are made by Woods | Woods Industries. Have you looked at their specs.

Solo

 

[Sully2]

Seems like we have BOTH sides of the story here...LMAO One says YES..One says NO WAY...LMAO

 

[Sully2]

Yup..... and the moon is made of Swiss Cheese.... I own a BX and tried to put a full sized Cat 1 spreader on with a drive shaft. Learned quickly that the drive shaft would have had to been cut so short that there would have been no way to move the arms without the drive shaft getting damaged or the tractor damaged. I see some of the BX claims as more bravado than fact. They are good tractors, but they can't hold a candles light to some of their bigger brethren. There is one person that keeps making mindless posts, and is an embarrassment to all BX owners, that gives all BX owners a bad name on the other forums. That persons claims should be taken with less than a grain of salt. In fact, they are more like salt in a wound to most BX owners.
Dusty

I bet I can guess who that is?....LMAO
I still havent heard any answer about my question about PHD's and BX models. A 48 incher I can BARELY..and I mean BARELY lift high enough to clear a hole..and I get the "no problem" comment...and Im POSITIVE my rear tires and lift is higher than a BX is.

Good "little tractors"...beyond a doubt and I came as close as one can get to buying one..and was talked out of it by my dealer and sadly had to forget the BH to stay in budget but I bought a B3030 instead.

I giggle when I read the comments about a BX being "Superman" but with 6 inch legs....

 

[Dusty]

If you are talking post hole diggers or shaft driven fertilizer spreaders, then they can't handle a full sized Cat 1 tool. If you are talking about a rear blade or a landscape rake, there is no problem. I equate this to most not understanding the relationship of the tool to the tractor. Woods makes a cat 1 post hole digger that is specifically designed for the smaller lift of the sub compact tractors. I can see some trying to use a full sized Cat 1 post hole digger on a BX and after they dig the hole, they can't get the auger out because it doesn't have the lift capacity at the 3 point arms. I am also certain that someone will say that they have done it without any problems. There is one in every crowd.
Dusty

 

[Ray2210]

I think you will find many cat 1 implements will work for you. I have a Buhler Farm King rear blade and 48" tiller and both are well suited to my 2210. I run the tiller in the lowest set of holes and am cautious not to engage the pto when it's raised all of the way up. The rear blade works perfectly. I have a KK xb middle buster/subsoiler and it's really a bit too small for the tractor but now works great after minor modification. It was actually designed as a cat 0 implement and then fitted with cat 1 pins. I had to widen the top to accept my top link. Any JD,Frontier, Kubota, etc implements made especially for the sub cuts obviously will be the best choice for fit but there are lots of options on many implements that will come from the regular cat 0 and cat 1 lines.

 

[Sully2]

I think you will find many cat 1 implements will work for you. I have a Buhler Farm King rear blade and 48" tiller and both are well suited to my 2210. I run the tiller in the lowest set of holes and am cautious not to engage the pto when it's raised all of the way up. The rear blade works perfectly. I have a KK xb middle buster/subsoiler and it's really a bit too small for the tractor but now works great after minor modification. It was actually designed as a cat 0 implement and then fitted with cat 1 pins. I had to widen the top to accept my top link. Any JD,Frontier, Kubota, etc implements made especially for the sub cuts obviously will be the best choice for fit but there are lots of options on many implements that will come from the regular cat 0 and cat 1 lines.

Of course it can handle some of the ..??.."standard" sized Cat 1 stuff...but there are "Cat 1" impliments that my B3030 cant begin to handle. My farmer buddie has a set of discs that weigh about 1/2 of what my B3030 does... Needless to say..Im not even sure I could DRAG them..let alone LIFT them....
ALL of the sub and CUT tractors have ..?..some ..??...sort of limitations in them...There just isnt any one size does all jobs ( wish there was..lol)

 

[jbrumberg]

Sully2:

There are a few testosterone driven HP junkies out there in TBN land . They do make for entertaining reading . I try to do the most with the least for a lot of reasons. My old Ford 1100 taught me that most tasks could be accomplished if approached intelligently; you just have to approach the job differently and "break" the job tasks down to smaller components. I used to "amuse/amaze" my real full size tractor neighbors with what I could do with my "tractor toy" . In many ways I miss that old little tractor . Jay

 

[Singlecoil]

Here is a photo of my BX-24 with a 48 inch auger on my post hole digger. I can lift it about 3 inches off the ground. I thought I had a 42'' auger, but I just went out and measured it; it is 48 from one end to the other.
I was at a different dealer yesterday and was surprised when he told me the Land Pride digger he had wouldn't work on a BX because it couldn't get a 48" auger off the ground. I thought my Rankin (Shaver) 601 looked about the same but on closer inspection, it was different. I think the boom is longer on the Rankin, and the yoke has less of an arch. I think the actual geometry of the different PHD designs matters quite a bit, perhaps moreso over whether they are Cat 1 or limited, etc.

 

[kwolfe]

Here is a photo of my BX-24 with a 48 inch auger on my post hole digger. I can lift it about 3 inches off the ground. I thought I had a 42'' auger, but I just went out and measured it; it is 48 from one end to the other.
I was at a different dealer yesterday and was surprised when he told me the Land Pride digger he had wouldn't work on a BX because it couldn't get a 48" auger off the ground. I thought my Rankin (Shaver) 601 looked about the same but on closer inspection, it was different. I think the boom is longer on the Rankin, and the yoke has less of an arch. I think the actual geometry of the different PHD designs matters quite a bit, perhaps moreso over whether they are Cat 1 or limited, etc.

Thanks for the reply Singlecoil. I was waiting for both you and Homebrew to chime in. I have siad this quite a few times before, but the older bx's (1500, 1800, etc.) do have linkage geometry that can cause clearance issues in some cases, however the majority of full Cat1 implements do fit and work perfectly well. The new 23 and 24 have different geometry which reduces any if not all need for limited Cat1.
As for the JD2305, it looks much more like the new BX23 and 24. I don't think that you should have any problem getting regular size implements to fit that tractor.

 

[roxynoodle]

Yep, King Kutter makes several implements for the subcompacts that they call the XB line (which makes it obvious they are for the Kubota BX's). I know a lot of companies make 42" rotary cutters from when I was shopping for one (my Yanmar is only 40" wide and I had to figure a 42" would be safer to use than a 48"). I don't know the brand of my neighbor's PHD but it barely clears the ground on my tractor. It is usable but I'm sure there are others that would make a better pick. I'm sure you will be able to find implements that work well for your tractor if you keep investigating. Bush Hog makes 42" RCs and also lighter weight rear blades.