Comparison Which to buy>>>Old Kubota L3750HDT Vs newer L3200HST

[jeff9366]

I am leaning towards the bigger tractor.....because there are times the grass gets hard to cut....but I was not sure if that was a tractor problem or the type of mower used. Drum vs Disc.

I do not hay.

From my experience with Rotary Cutters I will speculate it may be how sharp the cutters are maintained, not the type of mower.

 

[DHwalker]

Yes we are at around 6500....and storage will be next to house....not covered at this point. Anyway I had no idea that altitude could effect HP...good to know. I understand about the thicket steel. Great. Last question...should I take confidence in knowing the shop has gone through this chassis and replaced bearing and seals and a clutch...or should that cause me worry. I think I know what I am getting know....and it was due.

 

[DHwalker]

Yes we are at around 6500....and storage will be next to house....not covered at this point. Anyway I had no idea that altitude could effect HP...good to know. I understand about the thicket steel. Great. Last question...should I take confidence in knowing the shop has gone through this chassis and replaced bearing and seals and a clutch...or should that cause me worry. I think I know what I am getting now....and it was due.

 

[jeff9366]

The issue is how was the L3750 stored, inside or outside, prior to now? L3750 was produced 1984 - 1990. Even with only one owner that is a long time for rodents to have the opportunity to get to the wiring, if stored outside. Also additional weathering on the tires and hydraulic lines if stored outside.

Should I take confidence in knowing the shop has gone through this chassis and replaced bearing and seals and a clutch...or should that cause me worry? I think I know what I am getting know....and it was due.

This is mostly a factor of the service reputation the dealer has in your community.

Clutches go, sooner when a tractor is operated by an employee(s), later when operated by an owner. Front seals could be from doing heavy loader work without a counterweight mounted on the Three Point Hitch or from rough field conditions, or something else.........

As it is a Kubota, you can be confident parts will be available for the next forty years, if needed. And Kubota is building a National Distribution Center in Kansas, so parts will soon be overnight.

 

[DHwalker]

This dealer has a good reputation....stand behind their work etc...
Sigh.....thanx so much for you input....like I said....no big red flags for me....and I think I prefer a heavy tractor....just did not want to jump into this one if this post had created lots of red flags...and the answer is no.

 

[jeff9366]

If you are going to post regularly, I suggest adding your 6,500 foot altitude to your location of Ignacio, CO in your TBN profile.

Your altitude is important.

 

[DHwalker]

Thanks...so off to the bank....I will let you know how it turns out

 

[nybirdman]

We own a L3000,L3300 and L4240 HSTC and like all but I would choose the
L3750 for a one tractor operation.The "50"series has a good reputation.

 

[newbury]

If you are going to post regularly, I suggest adding your 6,500 foot altitude to your location of Ignacio, CO in your TBN profile.

Your altitude is important.

Jeff - You don't post YOUR altitude -
And where the heck is Fanning Springs, Gilchirst County, North-Central Florida?

Fanning Springs is a city in Gilchrist and Levy counties in the U.S. state of Florida.

 

[jeff9366]

Fanning Springs is between Chiefland, to the south, Trenton to the east, Old Town to the north and the Gulf of Mexico twenty-five miles to the west. Altitude at my home is 52 feet above MSL.

Chiefland, a regional market town, has Walmart, a Winn-Dixie, Tractor Supply Company, John Deere and Kubota.

Gilchrist County is the smallest and newest (1923) county in the state of Florida. Our winters are divine.

We is rural. Farmland is $10,000 per acre, the same as Iowa.

CONFESSION is good for the SOUL.