Tractor **** !

[mtboyinme]

well here's the beast, and i know all you guys with those 20,000. tractors are gonna be wicked-jealous - hey what can i say, not everybody can run with the big dogs ! it's been a long, hard journey getting here - 2100. for the tractor, 650. for the snowblower, the money wasted at the kub dealer, and the four months it took me to find a snowblower. the nasty dealer goons just laughed at me, made me feel like an idiot, told me that it would never work, and then overcharged me for everything they did, which wasn't much.

she takes about a half an hour to start; probably burn up the starter before winter is over, but when she runs, and i have run her hard, she goes. not sure what i would do without the differential lock; that's a lot of metal hanging off the back.

now you might notice that fancy satellite uplink antenna on the front of the tractor and be wondering - what the he-ll ? well, that is a tractor telemetry uplink communication module, or ttucm for short. my tractor continually sends key performance parameters directly to the kubota factory in ja-pan. there is a team of engineers over there analyzing the data streams and they then send back digital performance enhancement commands based upon temperature, relative humidity, density altitude, and other important engine data. just the other day, while blowing snow, they were able to increase my mean pto shaft horsepower from 11.5 to 11.75 and wow did that make a difference ! you should have seen that snow flying !!

thanks to everyone who posted with helpful advice regarding trying to find a dynamo; happy new year.

michael

 

[RobJ]

Mine doesn't have the uplink. Does the dealer sell them?

 

[Danno1]

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Must do great wheelies!

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[ByronBob]

Winter lasts about 9 months out of the year up there so it's good you got her up and going.

 

[Ductape]

I ain't got no $20,000 tractor neither !!!!! I say kudos to you ! Really though.... thats just a $1.99 Pep Boys phoney cell phone antennae, right? Shirley you are B Sing us about it being functional !!! I know what you mean about the Kubota dealer....... i was asking a salesman for a price on a loader for my ten year old B2400 the other day, and all he did was bad-mouth my old tractor. Idiot ! They must think that if they talk down about our older tractors, we'll just buy a new one from them !!!

 

[ToadHill]

If they badmouth the old tractor ask what they'd give you for a trade in. Then ask where they would send it for junk, since its so bad, they obviously wouldn't put it on their used lot.

 

[charlz]

I guess you weren't kidding about needing a snowblower come winter Is that a Kubota b2551 blower? If you have a place to plug it in a lower radiator hose heater makes a world of difference for winter starting. I have one on my b7100 and it sure helps. I got a Kats 600watt at an autoparts store for about $30, 1.25 inch hose on my tractor, probably same or very close on yours.

 

[BotaBigot]

Congrats! Glad to hear you hung in there and got a blower up and running. I assume you got the dynamo issue resolved too.

As for starting, B6000s don't like cold. Below 32F, keep 10W30 in it and preheat glowplugs for 90 seconds. Try not to crank for more than 15 seconds at a time if you don't want to be looking for another starter. Where you live, I'd definitely be looking for a block/engine heater of some kind.

Hang some weight on the front to counterbalance the blower. 6000s are tough, you'd be surprised at how much weight they can handle.

Wish I had "OnStar" for my Kubota like you...

 

[WayneB]

Michael, that looks like a great snow blowing machine!

Like others have said get a heater to warm things up. Might even consider a magnetic heater to place on the oil pan. I had one on my old kubota and it really made a world of difference.

As for the glowplugs give them a little extra time to warm the plugs and it should start a bit easier and save the starter motor.

Sorry to hear the bota dealers were the way they were / are. I think it is just a sign of the times. All dealers seem to be in the push the sale mode and not taking care of the older tractors and customers.

Keep blowing snow and enjoy.

 

[rpraymond]

The dealers should learn to respect the older machines. The reason I bought my new Kubota without even looking at another brand was because my little B6100 is built like a tank and always did more than I thought it could. That's a nice looking setup.