My New Tractor

[AB4D]

NICE! Your gonna love the cab. I have a cab on my L3430 and having the cab really makes doing chores a pleasure. How comfortable is that seat?? The air ride must be nice. The Grand L's seat is mounted with a little bit of forward slope which I don't like very much.

Jim

 

[Doc_Bob]

Pop open the hood and take some pictures of the motor!
Bob

 

[Toddbo34]

I didn't get the air ride seat. I was told it was another $500 clams. However I am more than satisfied with the seat that came in it. It reclines and has yet to bottom out on the base. I am going to purchase a cutter this coming week. Then I will post some more pictures of it and the engine. Can't wait for it to dry up enough to start mowing. I also will be insatlling my AM/FM Cd player this week. Took the wife and both kids for a ride in it the other day and they love it. Boy.......you should have seen the mosquitos hitting the glass like "what the heck"!!!

 

[m7040]

I love the air seat option. It is like floating where before changing it still gives a lot of jolts. The air seat also provides forth and back dampening that helps softening the ride. Added a swivel pate as well that bolted right in and the cab has enough space to sit side ways which makes it easy to keep an eye on the mower

 

[Glowplug]

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!!

 

[m7040]

will try to post some pics of it later today

 

[FamilyFarm]

WOW! I have tractor envy . . . again . . . and I have a practically new L5030HST Cab outside along with a 2002 BX22. I just wish I would have needed a 7040! It is just too big for almost everthing I will do with a tractor, but it was without a doubt my favorite of all that I looked at. That cab seat in the 7040 is just awesome . . . I swear every time I am bouncing around in my 5030 cab (which has a nice seat), I think back to how much more comfortable the 7040 seat was! I have really rough, rocky ground here. That, plus the back surgery 3 years ago, makes it rougher to me than it would be to others probably. Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS!!

Terry

 

[Toddbo34]

Well my 7' Modern Predator Galvanized cutter came in yesterday and and am going down to pick it up today. Will post some pics as soon as I get it all hooked up and cutting. How about some advice.....will my 18' car hauler trailer with tandem 3500# axles haul my tractor safely?

 

[Croomrider]

How about some advice.....will my 18' car hauler trailer with tandem 3500# axles haul my tractor safely?

Uh.........How about NO!

 

[bigdeer2000]

why did you want a 7ft cutter for your 15 acres your tractor would easily handle 10ft cutter

 

[Glowplug]

why did you want a 7ft cutter for your 15 acres your tractor would easily handle 10ft cutter

He may want to spend more time on that gorgeous tractor mowing!! I was originally thinking about getting an M7040 with a 15 foot batwing. Now, that would be WAY, WAY, WAY overkill for my property. But it would be seriously cool. I then thought about getting an 8 foot mower so that I could spend more time mowing. But the dealer told me that the M8540 that I'm planning on getting would be more suited to a 10 foot mower than 8 foot. I am most assuredly going to get the Kubota M8540 with a Rhino Turbo 120 mower. I absolutely cannot wait!!

 

[m7040]

my M7040 handles a 15 ft batwing mower just fine. Generally mowe in 4th gear at 2200 rpm on the motor which equates to 540 at the PTO. It slows very little on some significant hills and maintains close to an even 4.5 miles per hour mowing speed. The 8540 will be even more capable of using a bigger mower. The great thing about the cab is the comfort that it provides with heat and AC so when I am done mowing 15 to 20 acres I wish there was more to mowe.

 

[Toddbo34]

why did you want a 7ft cutter for your 15 acres your tractor would easily handle 10ft cutter

The budget was getting tight and I have over 120 trees to mow around. Sorry I haven't responded sooner but I ran into some problems. I got my new cutter in, hooked it up, greased it and started to mow. The gear box from the minute I engaged it is making a high pitch squeal. I contacted the place of purchase and he contacted the manufacturer. His reply was that the cast iron gear box tolerances are very tight and it will take some time to break in?OK I just fell out of a tree !!! He said to just keep mowing with it and if it melts down they will replace it. So I began mowing with it. Hasn't stopped in 11 acres. Now the hydro transmission takes about 5 seconds to engage in reverse. Forward is fine. Help!!! It is still under warranty however I would like some answers before the dealer gives me one.

 

[napabavarian]

I checked out one of those M cab tractors, drool gotta love them, lust too big for my place

 

[EquipmentUser]

The budget was getting tight and I have over 120 trees to mow around. Sorry I haven't responded sooner but I ran into some problems. I got my new cutter in, hooked it up, greased it and started to mow. The gear box from the minute I engaged it is making a high pitch squeal. I contacted the place of purchase and he contacted the manufacturer. His reply was that the cast iron gear box tolerances are very tight and it will take some time to break in?OK I just fell out of a tree !!! He said to just keep mowing with it and if it melts down they will replace it. So I began mowing with it. Hasn't stopped in 11 acres. Now the hydro transmission takes about 5 seconds to engage in reverse. Forward is fine. Help!!! It is still under warranty however I would like some answers before the dealer gives me one.

I take it you did check the oil in the gearbox and it was full?? We bought a new 15' Rhino batwing several years ago and the dealer had forgotten to fill up one of the gearboxes with oil. It didn't take it long to go out.