number two
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whats close to a L-2800?
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Chilly807
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Or "They stab it with their steely knives, but just can't kill the beast"
appologies to the Eagles.
Hey Sean, you do know if you really come up with a way to fix this with lets say less than $200 bucks, and 4 hours of time. You could sell this as a kit, and make yourself some real money. It's all on your shoulders now Sean.
No pressure...James K0UA[/QUOTE]
Pressure.. hmm??
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tungularafishcamp
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- kubota L2800, 1/2 of a L48
I have a 09 L2800 and it seemed like my 3 pt jerkiness got better after a couple hundred hours. It still does it if I keep moving the lever up slow in little bits but I just pull it to about where I want it quickly and it goes up nice n smooth. At first it jerked at least once everytime I lifted it now it hardly ever does.
I was disappointed at first by the performance but as it is 300 miles to the road by boat and then another couple hundred once I get to the road to the nearest dealer I figured I would just live with it. Glad it fixed itself or maybe trained me not to notice
Rick
I was disappointed at first by the performance but as it is 300 miles to the road by boat and then another couple hundred once I get to the road to the nearest dealer I figured I would just live with it. Glad it fixed itself or maybe trained me not to notice
Rick
Number two.......thanks for the input, actually all of you, thank you for your input. Number two, I have an appointment on Wednesday with a man who lives about 20 minutes away from me. He has a B2630 and uses it almost exclusively like I will, to maintain a driveway. His driveway is hilly and I am told by my dealer who gave me his number, that the B2630 works wonderfully for him. The man is going to show me how it all works on his driveway. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I looked at a Kioti CK20 today. I wasn't quite as impressed as I am with the Kubota B 2630/3030. I haven't sat down with the literature and compared specs yet. I am thinking that the Kioti will beat out the Kubota on things like FEL lifting, bucket height and so forth. I may still go with the Kubota though. I'll just have to see how things work out.
I forgot to mention that yesterday my dealer hooked up a 6' heavy box scraper up to a B3030. Using the position control lever, it was silky smooth going up and down. Amazing, thats how they should all be. I was quite impressed with the 3030. I understand the 2630 is the exact same tractor, except for the engine and horse power, the 3030 having the 4 cylinder 30 hp, and the 2630 having the 3 cylinder 26 hp. We'll see how things work out tomorrow.
Chilly807
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oldnslo
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Dumb question but.... If this is a flow issue idling the tractor down should make a significant difference Vs running 1/2 to 3/4 throttle. Just out of curiosity has anyone tried this? Not a solution but might point towards a possible cause and or potential solution.
I know on my little BX the faster the engine speed the quicker the lift so i would presume similar results with an "L" series but I have driven one so don't know for sure.
Roy
I know on my little BX the faster the engine speed the quicker the lift so i would presume similar results with an "L" series but I have driven one so don't know for sure.
Roy
Chilly807
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Even at idle it's rough, worse at higher RPM. You learn to live with it, at least I have. I'll say this much, if I ever buy another tractor I'll be checking the 3 point first. Probably I'll miss something else in the process
My solution (to be done shortly after Hel freezes over at this rate) will be to modify the lowering adjust valve so that it restricts the flow going past it in both directions. They are currently set up like a check valve, allowing full flow in one direction (raise) and metering it in the other (lower). Simply removing the check spring function isn't the answer, it almost has to be a separate circuit.
It's complicated enough that Kubota has shied away from it, obviously. If it were a simple fix it'd be done whenever an owner complained about it. Poor design on an otherwise really good tractor.
Sean
They are on the youtube link above, under my name... not with the spray rig but others. Just as jerky... almost as if they went out of their way to make it that way... sorry my conspiracy theory pops out every once and a while...
EDIT... actually the description I have isn't worth a hoot, if you play the ones like this, I tell you on the video high or low RPM and the adjustment of the seat knob... there a few like this. This is without a load on a boom pole... wish I had a bucket of water on the end of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ3NRqtOrAk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
