Mowing Mower for B3030

[Bob53]

1. If you have a backhoe on a B3030, do you have to remove it to use a mid mount mower?

2. What are advantages /disavantages of mid mount vs one that you pull behnd tractor.

What i would be using mower for is cutting grass , sticker bushes on trails in woods. Plus some field grass. some of the trails are not completly smooth and connot put real low and have to watch for small rocks at times. Some of the sticker bushes we have to get with weed wacker because they hang over the side of trail and too rough, do not think tractor can help there?
Trails are about 12' wide.
Here is some pix of some of what i need to cut, there are rocks here and there one sides at places.
Trail Pix

3. Should i get Kobota or off brand? Do you save that much?

 

[ronjhall]

<font color="blue"> 1. If you have a backhoe on a B3030, do you have to remove it to use a mid mount mower?
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Yes. The 3PH lower links have to be removed to install BH. These are need to raise and lower mower.

<font color="blue"> 2. What are advantages /disavantages of mid mount vs one that you pull behind tractor. </font>

The MMM gives you a good view of what and where mower is cutting.
FEL can be removed when cutting with MMM. This gives better maneuvering in tight spots.
Do not listen to others comments about a MMM being hard to install and remove. The <font color="orange"> Kubota </font> MMM only take minutes to install and remove.
Biggest drawback to the MMM is price. They are about $1000 more than a top quality RFM.

 

[BigMccorm]

i don't know about you but I don't think that I would be mowing with a BH on. It wold definately get in the way going around trees and other landscaping items. But since it has to come off anyways it really doesn't matter what type of area your mowing.

 

[cheesehead]

Please enlighten me on your installation and removel process for the MMM. I own an L3130 and I dread the procedure because it takes so long. If you could reduce that time/pain it would be worth every moment I have spent on TBN (my wife refers to TBN as "tractor ****").

 

[ronjhall]

I do not know if the methods mentioned in this thread on a B2910 will work on your L3130 but the FEL method works very well for me. b2910 mid-mount mower

 

[Phil_WV]

I just purchased a B3030...with the BH, MMM, and FEL. You can run all three at once. True, you must remove the standard 3PT lift arms, but Kubota provides a set of short (about 8") arms...so that you can still raise and lower the MMM and operate the BH. One CAUTION if you also buy the grass catcher: When you do remove the BH, and install the long/standard lift arms...if you also purchase the grass catcher...BE CERTAIN to remove the black grass catcher drawbar support bracket (2 large bolts)...as these bolts interfere with the final few degrees of upward travel of the long lift arms. As I experienced...the grass catcher bolts will damage/bend the **** out of the stabilizer ends, pins and the couplings to the cross shaft. THERE IS NOTHING WARNING ABOUT THIS IN THE KUBOTA MANUALS.

 

[caylor]

I see you have a FEL. On my 3130 I raise the front end by curling the bucket of the tractor so you dont have to mess too much with the front wheels obstructing the posts on the front casters.

Since the mower does not have swiveling rear casters, I fashioned a set of swiveling casters using Sch 40 pipe to place the mid rear roller on.

So I lift the front, slide my "dolly" under the rear roller, lower the mower, disconnect the front/rear points, and the pto and roll it out to the side.

 

[ReadingKubota]

For what you showed in the pictures I would suggest a 3pt finish mower with rear discharge set up. They generally have more hight adjustment plus it would give you a better view of the ground your cutting, you could see a rock or large stump as it passes under the tractor before it gets to the mower

 

[Bob53]

Thanks for all the responcse a lot good ideas and things i did not think about.