New Owner - B7800

[ThisldooFarm]

Chains: I live in snowy upstate NY. Chains on all four wheels. For the front, simply flip them in/out so you will have plenty of room. It widens the stance, so for summer, I reverse them back for the intended geometry. Rear is easy, I have R4's. Lots of options. I used Tirechains.com. Front: GT16-2V 2-link. Rear from Tire Chains Required in NH. Finnish low profile ladder, go to TELLEFSDAL part no. 10123369. Wonderful chains. Remember that I have R4's. Call them, they know what you need.

If you want to widen the rear track, Kubota B8785 Wheel spacer kit will do it. Never had to go this way though.

Lights: Use after market on ROPS. There is already a wire fused harness in place by seat. I also put in a lighter socket, and have a magnetic portable 55W bulb that I can rotate on the inside of the ROPS. I have not had to put in the larger alternator.

Hitch: Use Pats easy-hitch. It works wonderfully for all implements. It extends the hitch ~4" so I have a longer top link for some implemets like a back blade and arena rake

 

[skywaterbanjo]

Rickster,
The service bulletin stated that tractors shipped after May '07 would have the new seat. I'll check mine when I get it on Wednesday.

Thanks to all for input. I get to try it out when the tractor arrives on Wednesday. We've had 4 feet of snow at our house in 7 days. Getting hard to plow with the ATV!

 

[rickster]

I got my tractor a year ago in January! One word of advice put your ROPS down
before going through garage door Let us know how you like it! I just plowed a bunch of snow today. Waiting for that new tractor is a killer!!

 

[Taiser]

You're gonna love it! I love mine!

I wonder if any dealers out there took the new seats off of inventory tractors and put the old ones on their stock just to help out the customers, (not guessing that it would take MONTHS to get new one shipped) probably thinking that the new seats were on their way soon anyways?

 

[bialecki]

Here is another happy B7800 owner Some mods I made;

1. Added Hobbs lights; two forward one facing the rear
2. Added the 40 amp alternator
3. Filled the rear tires with Rim Guard
4. Changed the seat to the new GREATLY improved seat

Implements and attachments bought include:

1. Woods BH-70X (great implement)
2. Kubota 402 FEL with 60" bucket (great implement)
3. 60" MMM (great implement)
4. Woods RB-72 rear blade (great attachment)
5. Subframe & front snow blade (sorry I bought)
6. Post hole digger (so-so on purchase)

In all you will love the machine. The B7800 looks like a tractor, I liked the looks better than the B3030, just my two cents.

 

[Racer71]

Look at a bigger rear blade if you can. You want to cover the wheel width when the blade is at a large angle.

 

[Mike058]

Here is another happy B7800 owner Some mods I made;


Added the 40 amp alternator

Just curious, did you get the new alternator from the dealer? Or was it an off the shelf item that just fits? I'm wondering how hard it is to find an alternator that fits.

 

[bialecki]

Just curious, did you get the new alternator from the dealer? Or was it an off the shelf item that just fits? I'm wondering how hard it is to find an alternator that fits.

I ordered it from Messicks, at the time it was $179 plus $12 shipping it was a complete kit with poor instructions from Kubota. So while installing it I created a photo installation procedure, which can be found at the following URL: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...tallation-instructions-installing-40-amp.html

 

[Mike058]

Very nice write up. Thanks.

 

[skywaterbanjo]

I've had my B7800 now for about a week, only put on 10 hours so far but that has been moving A LOT of snow (about 3.5 feet) from our alpaca pasture.

What a great machine. I've never been around tractors much and I got pretty efficient at snow removal in a hurry. The combination of the FEL and the back blade makes it a snap to move snow.

I keep thinking of projects I can complete now that were out of my realm before. Thanks for all of the help on this forum!