m6800 finally arrived

[inseeme]

GOt my new m6800 with fel and 6ft bushhog in. would like to thank everyone for there help. put 5 hours on it this weekend on my little farm, just bushhogging and playing with the loader. I can already tell I am glad I spent the extra money and got the bobcat mounting plate and the extra hydraulic hookups on the fel. Borrowed my neighbors grapple and it worked great for getting up brush I was really impressed. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[grandad]

Congratulations on a fine machine! It will give you lots of years of use. Hope you can put up some pictures of it at work so the rest of us can drool over it also.

 

[inseeme]

Planning on it, do you have an m6800 yourself? What do you primarily use yours for??

 

[grandad]

Your M6800 is a big step up from my L4610, which is a big CUT (an oxymoron?), not a true ag tractor like you have, but my rig suits our requirements just about perfectly.

We're building our retirement "mini farm" on about 11 acres, plus work on neighboring properties, all of which involves tree and stump removal, mowing, putting in driveway, excavating and regrading, tilling, road maintenance, planting, and about 10 dozen other miscellaneous chores.

The Kubota makes it all possible for us. Just as a frame of reference, we have a neighbor who is doing almost the same thing on an adjacent property, but must hire it all done. All I can say is that has sure helped keep parts of the local economy booming.

We use the following attachments: FEL, BH, 6' brush hog, 6' tiller, 6' box blade, 7' HD scraper blade, PHD, spreader, and aerator. That's not a cheap setup, but it has already more than paid for itself.

Several folks that bought an M6800 have passed through TBN-land in the last year or so... they all seemed very happy with the tractor... smooth, quiet and powerful. What are your plans and needs?

 

[inseeme]

Well, Basically the same as yours my wife and I Just bought 21 acres this summer 11 of it pasture the rest woods, were planning on building a house there, and fencing in for our 3 horses. My neighbor and I are really good friends and he has a bobcat skidsteer loader, and he also has an m6800 so using his sold me on mine, i got it with a fel and the skidsteer mounting plate, and the extra hydraulic hookups, He has a grapple attachment which I just used to get some brush I cut up moved. I was really impressed it really does a nice job. I think I am really going to enjoy this tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif