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- Joined
- Aug 1, 2003
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- 653
- Location
- New Hampshire
- Tractor
- Kubota B2410 Bi-Speed Turn, R4's, Top 'N' Tilt, LA 352 Loader w/ Toothbar
Robert_in_NY said:I had posted pics on here years ago of my friends Kubota that was broke because of a 3pt backhoe. They had it in their shop repairing it when I took the pics. If I remember right it was an old B-series
A big enough tractor can run a 3pt backhoe with little or no effort or any side effects. A small cut just isn't built heavy enough to handle a 3pt backhoe. If you want to buy a 3pt backhoe and put it on a small cut no one can stop you and I personally don't care what you do. But I also know if you do and the tractor breaks in half there will be a thread on here about how the "tractor" had a "casting defect".
I do not know of any tractor OEM who will warranty a tractor that had a 3pt backhoe. They sell them because bigger tractors can use them and if you only need it occasionally they are fine. But some people buy them and use their tractors like a full size Industrial TLB and these are the guys who have problems with them, well, so do the guys who just plain abuse their equipment.
Kubota SPECIFIES a 3 point hoe on their small compact tractor and they will warranty them. Now you know of a tractor OEM who will warranty one.