Mowing where's mower drive on B6100D

Kelvin · Jun 21, 2001

Re: where\'s mower drive on B6100D

I've been offline for a few days and haven't had a chance to respond.

To my knowledge, Woods does (or at least did) make a mid-mower for the B6100/B7100 series tractors utilizing the front electically-actuated PTO clutch. I was even told that the Kubota brand mid-mower for these tractors was actually built by Woods.

The "D" suffix indicates 4wd / Gear Drive. With this "gear drive" model you won't have a live PTO, which means that if you get rear-mounted PTO equipment you'll have to stop and start the PTO equipment every time you depress the clutch to change gears. This may or may not be a serious problem depending upon what work you are doing.

Experience: I have a B7100D (16hp) 4wd gear drive with 48" mid-mower (front PTO). I have found that I like mid-mowers in general, but this particular design is a real pain. Unless you found one real cheap, I wouldn't bother with one. I also have a B2150 HSD (4wd/24hp 4-cylinder/FEL) that I use an Air-Tunnel 60" Landpride 3-point hitch mower with. To my surprise, my B7100 handled this mower just fine. The only problem is that the lack of Live PTO is also a pain to deal with with these older gear-drive compact Kubotas (unless you mow in relatively open areas). I use a 42" rotary mower on the B7100 just fine (in open areas). I once tried a heavy duty 60" model and my B7100 couldn't even pick it up.

Price: The price varies in different parts of the country. Your profile doesn't indicate which part of the country you live in (your user name implies NJ). If I were in the market to sell my B7100D (which is in excellent shape) my bottom line would be around $4500. It has the mid-mower, a complete set of Turf and Ag tires and a factory ROPS added about 3 years ago.

Hope this helps in your quest to find a good value tractor...

Kelvin

WVBill · Jun 21, 2001

Re: where\'s mower drive on B6100D

Kelvin/Bird/hehaw:

Thanks for your real-world experiences. I think I won't bother pursuing turning my little 'ole B6100DT into a mowing machine. It works great for me now as a "landscaping machine" (FEL, tiller, box blade, rake).

I can't use the front PTO for a MMM anyway because the FEL hydraulic pump uses the front PTO.

That leaves me with a 3pt mower as the only option.
Although I don't have to do very much stopping and starting with the 46" garden tractor mower, I suspect I'd need to do more with a 60" rear-mount on the Kubota so the lack of a live PTO would be a big drawback. Also, I haven't done any side-by-side "races", but I don't think I can drive the Kubota over the rough areas of my land as fast as I drive the GT so mowing speed would be decreased.

Instead of trying to make my Kubota 'stretch', I'll just live with the 46" GT - or maybe see if I can upgrade to the 50" deck for it.

Thanks again.

onowino · Jun 26, 2010

Re: where\'s mower drive on B6100D

Hi ChrisNJ. I have a B6100D with Belly mower, belt driven off the rear PTO. The blades turn only when I engage the clutch. I don't like it because it raises and lowers with the 3pth and ties up the PTO. So you end up taking the mower off to till your garden, putting it back on to mow your lawn. The belly mower is also in the way of a subframe that is necessary for an fel or other heavy implement.
I removed mine and it took nearly an hour, of course I'm a novice Kubota owner and was checking things out while doing the removal. That aside, it seems like removing that thing should be done once a year, not each time you want to plow or till.
I intend to rebuild my belly mower to make it into a 3pth mounted PTO driven rear mower. Cheaper than buying one, since I have most of the parts.
Good luck finding an electric clutch to be driven from the front PTO. To my knowledge they are out of production and anyone who has one is probably going to leave it on the tractor until it breaks.
If I were you I'd go with a rear mount mower. Have fun with your choices, seems like that's what owning an old Kubota is all about.

Earl Ohl · Jun 26, 2010

Re: where\'s mower drive on B6100D

onowino said:
Hi ChrisNJ. I have a B6100D with Belly mower, belt driven off the rear PTO. The blades turn only when I engage the clutch. I don't like it because it raises and lowers with the 3pth and ties up the PTO. So you end up taking the mower off to till your garden, putting it back on to mow your lawn. The belly mower is also in the way of a subframe that is necessary for an fel or other heavy implement.
I removed mine and it took nearly an hour, of course I'm a novice Kubota owner and was checking things out while doing the removal. That aside, it seems like removing that thing should be done once a year, not each time you want to plow or till.
I intend to rebuild my belly mower to make it into a 3pth mounted PTO driven rear mower. Cheaper than buying one, since I have most of the parts.
Good luck finding an electric clutch to be driven from the front PTO. To my knowledge they are out of production and anyone who has one is probably going to leave it on the tractor until it breaks.
If I were you I'd go with a rear mount mower. Have fun with your choices, seems like that's what owning an old Kubota is all about.

Do you realise this thread is over 9 years old?