Heavy Metal Doctor
Silver Member
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2007
- Messages
- 123
- Location
- Mason Dixon Line
- Tractor
- Kubota L3301 w/LA525 loader, old IH Cub Cadets - 1250, 105, 124, Ferris IS1500z
.....and turned out to be on of the best things that's happened to me in recent history....
I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve! :laughing:
So, the old beat up L2350 - no loader, 2wd - which I picked up for peanuts some years back and I have gotten by with ever since, finally died a horrible death in the middle of garden prep a few weeks ago. Left us with a lot of work that had to be done by hand that we normally use it for, 'cause it all got started and HAD to finished.
In the old 2350's defense, I knew it was on borrowed time when I got it and don't feel it owes me anything. It was "well used" when I got it and had some odd noises in the engine that I knew would eventually end it's life. A replacement engine , even used one, was just too much money for the overall condition of it. It worked well enough, drug trees / helped clear brush, dug a lot of potatoes and pushed a fair bit of snow....time to move on....
We talked about it a fair bit for a couple of weeks and the wife finally says "you really should get something a lot better this time, we have too much going on to be stressed over it" and we discussed upcoming plans to expand our hobby farming into more garden and livestock work which will be much easier with a better tractor.
I looked around at virtually all of the manufacturers offerings for tractors around 25 - 30 HP, what their "pitch" is and compared prices / packages.....In the end, I decided I'd rather just stick with Kubota.
Some more specific research and a few phone calls for details / prices later and I just got an e-mail from the sales guy I decided to buy from -- new L3301HST w/quick attach loader and a Land Pride RTR1258 tiller on the way!! ...trying not to get my hopes up too high that it may arrive in time for next weekend, but he did say he thought everything was in stock....it sure would be good, though, 'cause there's 10 yards of compost in a pile that needs moved ASAP!...and to think I was going to tackle that with a rear 3 point dirt scoop....
I will admit, I am a little leery of Tier4 emissions stuff, but I don't see any way around it and don't trust any other manufacturer as much to work through problems if they do come up....only time will tell on that issue...
I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve! :laughing:
So, the old beat up L2350 - no loader, 2wd - which I picked up for peanuts some years back and I have gotten by with ever since, finally died a horrible death in the middle of garden prep a few weeks ago. Left us with a lot of work that had to be done by hand that we normally use it for, 'cause it all got started and HAD to finished.
In the old 2350's defense, I knew it was on borrowed time when I got it and don't feel it owes me anything. It was "well used" when I got it and had some odd noises in the engine that I knew would eventually end it's life. A replacement engine , even used one, was just too much money for the overall condition of it. It worked well enough, drug trees / helped clear brush, dug a lot of potatoes and pushed a fair bit of snow....time to move on....
We talked about it a fair bit for a couple of weeks and the wife finally says "you really should get something a lot better this time, we have too much going on to be stressed over it" and we discussed upcoming plans to expand our hobby farming into more garden and livestock work which will be much easier with a better tractor.
I looked around at virtually all of the manufacturers offerings for tractors around 25 - 30 HP, what their "pitch" is and compared prices / packages.....In the end, I decided I'd rather just stick with Kubota.
Some more specific research and a few phone calls for details / prices later and I just got an e-mail from the sales guy I decided to buy from -- new L3301HST w/quick attach loader and a Land Pride RTR1258 tiller on the way!! ...trying not to get my hopes up too high that it may arrive in time for next weekend, but he did say he thought everything was in stock....it sure would be good, though, 'cause there's 10 yards of compost in a pile that needs moved ASAP!...and to think I was going to tackle that with a rear 3 point dirt scoop....
I will admit, I am a little leery of Tier4 emissions stuff, but I don't see any way around it and don't trust any other manufacturer as much to work through problems if they do come up....only time will tell on that issue...
