BMan2005
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- 17' New Holland Workmaster 60 & 02' Kubota L3000F
Hey guys, not many Workmaster reviews on here so figured I would share one of mine after owning it a year now. Tractor now has 144.4 hours to date & so far I'm very happy with my purchase. After buying our new 48.5 acre piece of property we needed something bigger to use. So we started shopping & looked at Mahindra, Kubota, John Deere, and Massey along with my obvious purchase. All of them in the same frame & HP size. My choice came down to Kubota M6060 & the WM 60 in the end and overall I chose the WM 60 because of comfort & control lay out just fit me better. Anyhow, not a discussion between brands because I liked certain things about all of them but on to the review.
Problems,
- Tractor went into a 1500 rpm throttle limp mode twice in the first 25 hrs. A simple turn of the ignition off and back on makes it disappear. But obviously after paying the coin I did or anyone does that ain't going to cut it. Luckily in the last 120 hrs it has never reoccurred. I've been told since there is a new ecm update to fix this issue if it happens. Guess being a fairly new model it had some kinks.
- second thing was my voltage meter started reading low. Did this a few times around 50-75 hrs if I recall and would go off within a minute or two. Read someone having the sane issue & his alternator was bad. Luckily mine was only a loose battery connection. Issue has not came back since.
- Third, some reason that annoying beeper will sometimes randomly come on. Not often, but when it has it annoys the heck out of me. No codes, lights, nothing. It'll beep a few times while I'm running the tractor then go back off. Hasn't done it lately but I'll have that checked if it continues.
-Fourth, just a few random hydraulic connections have loosened and needed to be retightened. Not really an issue since this happens to any.
Overall, not one major issue to cause any missed work or a trip to the dealer. So far very satisfied with this and within 144 hours none should honestly.
My few complaints I would make is that I would like a slightly lower first gear for working certain things, and my biggest complaint is that after installing the 3rd valve function one of the lines comes out the bottom and sticks out like a sore thumb exposed. Which was one the main things I looked for when choosing. Oh well... But I did want that out there for anyone else trying to avoid that themselves.
Other than that I have been nothing but extremely satisfied with it and feel like it's a very solid tractor. Love how the torque comes on at low rpm's for moving big implements or starting off my 7' Bushwacker 8410 mower from a idle in some very thick and heavy grass. I've worked this tractor hard since I've owned it (never abused) with almost all my implements big for this size tractor. We have built roads, finished clearing 10.5 acres (behind a dozer), plant an 8 acre field with it, use the grapple to pile and burn huge pine stumps, and overall just help maintain the property. The loader on here is very strong and a big factor why I chose it as well. Even with my mower that weighs 1340 lbs and loaded rears It still will get light in the rear. Now I just hope that after making this good review that it doesn't bite me in the rear, lol. Anyhow I know y'all like pictures so I will attach a few photos to see it in action.
Problems,
- Tractor went into a 1500 rpm throttle limp mode twice in the first 25 hrs. A simple turn of the ignition off and back on makes it disappear. But obviously after paying the coin I did or anyone does that ain't going to cut it. Luckily in the last 120 hrs it has never reoccurred. I've been told since there is a new ecm update to fix this issue if it happens. Guess being a fairly new model it had some kinks.
- second thing was my voltage meter started reading low. Did this a few times around 50-75 hrs if I recall and would go off within a minute or two. Read someone having the sane issue & his alternator was bad. Luckily mine was only a loose battery connection. Issue has not came back since.
- Third, some reason that annoying beeper will sometimes randomly come on. Not often, but when it has it annoys the heck out of me. No codes, lights, nothing. It'll beep a few times while I'm running the tractor then go back off. Hasn't done it lately but I'll have that checked if it continues.
-Fourth, just a few random hydraulic connections have loosened and needed to be retightened. Not really an issue since this happens to any.
Overall, not one major issue to cause any missed work or a trip to the dealer. So far very satisfied with this and within 144 hours none should honestly.
My few complaints I would make is that I would like a slightly lower first gear for working certain things, and my biggest complaint is that after installing the 3rd valve function one of the lines comes out the bottom and sticks out like a sore thumb exposed. Which was one the main things I looked for when choosing. Oh well... But I did want that out there for anyone else trying to avoid that themselves.
Other than that I have been nothing but extremely satisfied with it and feel like it's a very solid tractor. Love how the torque comes on at low rpm's for moving big implements or starting off my 7' Bushwacker 8410 mower from a idle in some very thick and heavy grass. I've worked this tractor hard since I've owned it (never abused) with almost all my implements big for this size tractor. We have built roads, finished clearing 10.5 acres (behind a dozer), plant an 8 acre field with it, use the grapple to pile and burn huge pine stumps, and overall just help maintain the property. The loader on here is very strong and a big factor why I chose it as well. Even with my mower that weighs 1340 lbs and loaded rears It still will get light in the rear. Now I just hope that after making this good review that it doesn't bite me in the rear, lol. Anyhow I know y'all like pictures so I will attach a few photos to see it in action.
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