Tractor Sizing Please help a guy out!

[Blue14]

Have you looked at the Yanmar YT-3 series with the IHMT transmission, they have a completely flat floor with just a throttle pedal, lots of room in the cab and open station models.

 

[mstrucker2003]

Have you looked at the Yanmar YT-3 series with the IHMT transmission, they have a completely flat floor with just a throttle pedal, lots of room in the cab and open station models.

I have not and that's because the nearest dealer to me is over 100 miles away. With that kind of distance I would be worried about dealer support if there was warranty work that needed to be done or any other kind of service that I couldn't do myself. I would also be concerned about getting parts in a timely fashion should I need any because these seem to be small localized dealers and I'm not sure if they are committed to the brand long term.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

I'm 6'8" and my mx5200 is great. They call it a straight utility tractor though.

 

[fried1765]

Locating the wheel brakes on the same side as the pedal means just one thing: That the person who designed the cab had never used a tractor....and neither had his bosses.
Still, although Kubota got that completely wrong on the M59, they did change it on the M62. And they got a lot of other things right as well. More right than wrong.

One example of something they got right, is the model itself. Other companies have made medium size TLBs. The TLB is a model where the backhoe is standard and the 3pt hitch is the option rather than the other way round...., but nobody has made them successfully. Kubota has done so with several sizes.

Another thing done right is the transmission. Their HST+ tranny couples a proven HST to a fingertip controlled 2 speed axle. It's simply the best HST ever.

And if you are a guy who wants more room. The large flat operator's platform on any TLB has LOTS more room than the compacts or utility model tractors. There's almost space for two on the larger models.

I like all tractors - old and new, and the weird ones too. But we are still surprised how much we use the our TLB for even simple chores.
rScotty

Well said!
From the owner of M59's little brother...... L48.

 

[mstrucker2003]

I'm 6'8" and my mx5200 is great. They call it a straight utility tractor though.

I like the MX line but the rocker pedal does not work with my size 16 feet. They get hung up on the pedal because they are so long and it just feels overall uncomfortable for me. One question though, at 6'8" isn't your knee hitting the loader joystick because at 6'5" mine was. The shop guy did tell me they could heat it up and bend it for me if I purchased the tractor but it was nothing they could do about the pedal.

 

[rScotty]

I like the MX line but the rocker pedal does not work with my size 16 feet. ... SNIP ...The shop guy did tell me .... SNIP... nothing they could do about the pedal.

I believe you when you say there is nothing that they can do about the pedal. That makes sense because it fits right with the reduced mechanical ability of the typical shop guys today.

But that doesn't mean that the pedal can't be changed to something that you prefer. All it means is that they aren't able to do it.

Why don't you simply modify it yourself? Or hire someone else to do so?
It's only a pedal..... why make something so simple into such a big deal?

rScotty

 

[mstrucker2003]

I believe you when you say there is nothing that they can do about the pedal. That makes sense because it fits right with the reduced mechanical ability of the typical shop guys today.

But that doesn't mean that the pedal can't be changed to something that you prefer. All it means is that they aren't able to do it.

Why don't you simply modify it yourself? Or hire someone else to do so?
It's only a pedal..... why make something so simple into such a big deal?

rScotty

While I am moderately mechanically inclined I personally am not going to try and move or adjust the pedal. I also am not going to pay for someone else to do it because of fear of voiding the warranty should they mess something up and something goes wrong with the tractor. Also while 30 to 40k might not be that much to some it's a lot to me and for that amount of money I feel I shouldn't have to do that much modifying to make it fit me. Moving the seat back or up some or adjusting the loader joy stick that's fine but paying someone else to adjust the pedal when the dealer said they can't or won't do it, I'm not doing that. Also I'm not mad at Kubota it's their loss which I'm sure they won't miss. I'm fine with the JD I'm eventually going to get and the Mrs. likes it to so that's a major plus.

 

[paulfun9]

I believe you when you say there is nothing that they can do about the pedal. That makes sense because it fits right with the reduced mechanical ability of the typical shop guys today.

But that doesn't mean that the pedal can't be changed to something that you prefer. All it means is that they aren't able to do it.

Why don't you simply modify it yourself? Or hire someone else to do so?
It's only a pedal..... why make something so simple into such a big deal?

rScotty

Why bother to buy something that needs modified to work for you?
When you can drive down the road and buy something that already does?

 

[Kingsqueak]

I looked at an MX5800 and was very close on pulling the trigger but found the seat too low and the rocker pedal a problem for the same reasons you had, my foot was too big and my knees were too high so I had to kind of hover my foot over the rocker pedal. The overall size of the MX was better for me really and the HST was a nice thing, but the Massey 2607h I ordered is a lot roomier fit for me, though the dimensions of the tractor are pretty darn big for my "needs". I only have 10 acres to work on.

Being tall has it's advantages, like being able to reach your checkbook on the top shelf as you over pay for clothing, vehicles and anything else you can't fit like most other people. Every car I've ever owned I had to pay for an option package I didn't want in order to have the electric seat so I could actually fit in the vehicle.

 

[mstrucker2003]

I looked at an MX5800 and was very close on pulling the trigger but found the seat too low and the rocker pedal a problem for the same reasons you had, my foot was too big and my knees were too high so I had to kind of hover my foot over the rocker pedal. The overall size of the MX was better for me really and the HST was a nice thing, but the Massey 2607h I ordered is a lot roomier fit for me, though the dimensions of the tractor are pretty darn big for my "needs". I only have 10 acres to work on.

Being tall has it's advantages, like being able to reach your checkbook on the top shelf as you over pay for clothing, vehicles and anything else you can't fit like most other people. Every car I've ever owned I had to pay for an option package I didn't want in order to have the electric seat so I could actually fit in the vehicle.

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[rScotty]

I believe you when you say there is nothing that they can do about the pedal. That makes sense because it fits right with the reduced mechanical ability of the typical shop guys today.

But that doesn't mean that the pedal can't be changed to something that you prefer. All it means is that they aren't able to do it.

Why don't you simply modify it yourself? Or hire someone else to do so?
It's only a pedal..... why make something so simple into such a big deal?

rScotty

While I am moderately mechanically inclined I personally am not going to try and move or adjust the pedal. I also am not going to pay for someone else to do it because of fear of voiding the warranty should they mess something up and something goes wrong with the tractor. Also while 30 to 40k might not be that much to some it's a lot to me and for that amount of money I feel I shouldn't have to do that much modifying to make it fit me. Moving the seat back or up some or adjusting the loader joy stick that's fine but paying someone else to adjust the pedal when the dealer said they can't or won't do it, I'm not doing that. Also I'm not mad at Kubota it's their loss which I'm sure they won't miss. I'm fine with the JD I'm eventually going to get and the Mrs. likes it to so that's a major plus.

Well, I happen to think that the JD makes a nice tractor. I don't blame your Mrs. Plus I like the color better.
We went to JD first ourselves, and if JD had made a comperable model to the Kubota TLB, we would have gone that way without really looking all that deeply into the why of it. In fact, we did go JD with several of our tractors.

It's just that bolting a side tab onto a rocker seems so simple. A tab that makes the rocker into an unside down "L" shape makes it able to be used in forward or reverse with the front of the foot.

I've surprised myself by living long enough to have seen our rural population change from one in which mechanical innovation was prized, into one in which financial & legal considerations have become more important.
Over the same period, buying on credit has gone from a rarity to commonplace.
rScotty

 

[jjp8182]

Being tall has it's advantages, like being able to reach your checkbook on the top shelf as you over pay for clothing, vehicles and anything else you can't fit like most other people.

Know that that feeling ..... and to another layer since I'm neither skinny nor the stereotypical fat -- just very large. It just about brings a tear to my eye when I can find something that actually fits as it should, so for the most part I've learned to fold myself into smaller spaces and make things work as best they can. Seems like very few things in the world are built for people over 6' tall and any wider that 18" at the shoulder.

..however, after just looking at the MX5800 platform, I'm not sure I'd have been able to use that pedal. At this point I'm starting to wonder if the only Kubota tractors (under-60hp) which would actually be suitable for larger individuals is the Grand L series. It's kind of making me glad I was looking for a tractor that was heavy (for the hp) for pulling suitably sized (e.g. covers the tractor width at a minimum) draft-implements .......which drove me to buying a L3560.

 

[Kingsqueak]

Yeah the M5660 was on my radar but they didn't have one to try, same as the Kioti RX series. The smaller DK Kioti was pretty low seat too.

Duluth trading or Carhartt are good, Cabela's too. Amazon for shoes mostly. I'm one waist size over where 36inseam typically stops. Motivation to get back to a 40 again.

 

[dodge man]

I don’t know where really tall people get stuff, I’m a little over six feet but wear only a 32” inseam pants. Most of my height is on my upper body so I wear tall sized shirts where I can find them. What does someone really tall wear, do they make a double tall?

 

[rScotty]

I don’t know where really tall people get stuff, I’m a little over six feet but wear only a 32” inseam pants. Most of my height is on my upper body so I wear tall sized shirts where I can find them. What does someone really tall wear, do they make a double tall?

Don't know it there is a standard. But about half the shirts in my closet are XL, and the other half have tags that say XL, Tall. The "Tall" do have longer tails. I'm somewhere in between those sizes myself, but do appreciate the longer tails.
rScotty

 

[jjp8182]

Yeah the M5660 was on my radar but they didn't have one to try, same as the Kioti RX series. The smaller DK Kioti was pretty low seat too.

Duluth trading or Carhartt are good, Cabela's too. Amazon for shoes mostly. I'm one waist size over where 36inseam typically stops. Motivation to get back to a 40 again.

Definitely agree on Duluth Trading, and Carhartt - the "long tail" design on some of Duluth Trading's shirts is definitely a nice feature. Cant' say I've ever looked at Cabela's regular clothing lines before, as I'd assumed (wrongly it seems) that their regular clothing wouldn't extend beyond what their hunting wear does (where they seem to stop at 3XL). So yeah, the whole having a 62" chest and tapering down to a 48" hip makes things interesting (especially when it comes to finding suits/formal wear). Amazon does fairly well with footwear for the most part, though it's occasionally a pain to find certain types of footwear in a size 13EEE (rubber boots being a good example).

Over all this thread is making me realize just how lucky I seemed to have gotten given I ordered my L3560 without ever actually having sat on one (or even seen one in person). Did check out the standard L's, and looked at a few MX tractors on the dealer's lot, but all my comparisons/research had me pretty well set on the smallest of the Grand L line of tractors given what I knew I wanted to do with it, and the amount of money I was willing to spend at the time.

 

[mstrucker2003]

Definitely agree on Duluth Trading, and Carhartt - the "long tail" design on some of Duluth Trading's shirts is definitely a nice feature. Cant' say I've ever looked at Cabela's regular clothing lines before, as I'd assumed (wrongly it seems) that their regular clothing wouldn't extend beyond what their hunting wear does (where they seem to stop at 3XL). So yeah, the whole having a 62" chest and tapering down to a 48" hip makes things interesting (especially when it comes to finding suits/formal wear). Amazon does fairly well with footwear for the most part, though it's occasionally a pain to find certain types of footwear in a size 13EEE (rubber boots being a good example).

I don't know if you already have or not but you can try Zappos for shoes and/or bigcamo.com for shoes and clothes.

 

[jjp8182]

I don't know if you already have or not but you can try Zappos for shoes and/or bigcamo.com for shoes and clothes.

Thanks! I just looked at bigcamo and I must admit I'm finding it awesome that for everything I've looked at so far the smallest sizes seem to be 3XL :laughing:

I many need to check out the Zappos a bit further to see if they have some of the more specialized footwear I've been trying to find.

As fast as I wear through shoes I've mostly much switched to buying (re-craftable) shoes from Allen Edmonds for daily wear at work (mostly office environment with a fair amount of walking). They costs a bit more, but I'd rather spend $150 (or less) to have new soles put on than >$200 for an entirely new pair of shoes every 6-ish months. That lesson was learned the hard way by having a $200+ pair of dress shoes basically disintegrate while on travel for work -- less than 6 months after buying them. ...which is reminding me I need to go check out the local Redwing store.

 

[mstrucker2003]

Just a little update. I finally found the right tractor for me and my needs right now. It's a 2038r it fits me perfect and has plenty of room for these size 16 feet of mine!

 

[Blue14]

Nice looking tractor.