Potd, Mowing The Yard

JimDawson said:
Your Kubota would make quick work of my mess. I used to use my neighbor's Massey Ferguson with a 60 inch PTO deck, but they had to give the deck back to it's owner, after I did major repair work on it.
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When I first bought my house the grass and weeds were about 3 feet tall, I just drove back and forth over it with the tractor and squashed it flat, it would lay flat for weeks. With the FEL and backhoe the thing weighs over 4,000 lbs. The rear tires are filled with beat juice for added weight. That said I will be looking to down size after I finish the landscaping. The Kubota takes up and entire bay in my garage and really is too large for mowing a yard, its too heavy and is hard on the lawn when turning. Also could really use a mower with a grass catcher on the back. The only thing is the FEL is really handy, I could see still needing one going forward.
 
bosephus said:
my little ford new holland , bought it at an estate auction with one single $500 bid , it had a whopping 19 hours on it .
its a pretty fancy little mower , power steering , power deck lift , tilt wheel , and the two best features , no electric clutch for the deck
and a fuel sipping 3cyl nashiki ( Japanese kubota clone ) 17 hp diesel
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Yeah one thing that amazed me is how little diesel fuel my Kubota uses. Great buy on your tractor, $500 dang. Versus...wait for it...$26k for my Kubota ouch! (Coolidge wanders off walking funny)
 
coolidge said:
The only thing is the FEL is really handy, I could see still needing one going forward.
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I would get the forklift attachment for the FEL, it should give you about 1000 lb of lifting capacity. You have plenty of counterweight with the backhoe attachment. I use the neighbors FEL quite a bit around here. I also welded a chain hook to the top of the bucket for them, they use it for pulling engines and other lifting needs.
 
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coolidge

it was an impulse buy .. i was at the auction to buy a leather recliner of all things . turns out it was my lucky day being the only guy at the auction .
i had to borrow money from my girlfriend to pay for it , she was a bit put out about it when the recliner went for more then the tractor .
 
Coolidge: Switch it over to turf tires and put the backhoe and FEL on a storage rack til you need them. Don't run fluid fill on the turf rears and it will do much better on the yard. I run a B5100 with a belly mower and turf tires on both of our places and don't have a problem tearing it up unless I try to mow right after a big rain. It leaves less of a track than the JD zero turn that I use on occasions. I wouldn't get rid of that Kubota unless I was moving to somewhere that I didn't need a tractor, or was moving up in size.
 
cvairwerks - thanks for the input on the turf tires that's good to know. I had thought about that but they are bigger than the R4 tires. I priced out a sub-compact John Deere after my above post, north of $20k so forget that. I'll have to give my dealer a call regarding the cost of turf tires. If I had a shop building to store it I wouldn't even be thinking about getting rid of it.

Jim - Yes guys on the tractor forum frequently weld hooks on the FEL bucket, that's on my todo list once I get the TIG kit for my welder. What it really needs is a hydraulic grapple to grab things. We need a after picture of your field that was some serious amount of grass.
 
coolidge said:
Jim - Yes guys on the tractor forum frequently weld hooks on the FEL bucket, that's on my todo list once I get the TIG kit for my welder. What it really needs is a hydraulic grapple to grab things. We need a after picture of your field that was some serious amount of grass.
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I used my Lincoln 135 (120V) MIG to weld this one on about 3 years ago. 0.035 flux core wire. Standard 3/8 chain hook. I put a 1/4 inch pad under the hook to spread out the load on the thin bucket material. If the hook was welded right to the bucket it would have ripped out by now.

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And when I went over to take these pictures, what did I find sitting right behind the tractor? A 60 inch PTO mower deck, with a broken lock pin for the PTO drive shaft, I have the broken pieces in my pocket, and a piece of 4150 on the shelf. I'll bet I can make a new lock pin in about 15 minutes. That grass doesn't stand a chance now, and my poor old rider gets a reprieve.
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If you are talking about a rear mounted PTO field mower yeah RIP field of tall grass.
 
Yup :grin: 1800 RPM, low range, second gear, in 4WD, yeah, that wont take long:eagerness: Now just need for it to quit raining.
 
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