Kubota B6100E; Kubota K-420 Tiller; Woods RM48 & RM 400
Model Year: 1977
This tractor has mowed 2+ acres for about 22 years using a Woods RM48 & RM 400. I didn't properly care for the RM48, the deck rusted out because of not cleaning the grass from below. Also not crazy about it hanging off the 3 point and the 2 trailing wheels. Sold it for parts. Replacement was/still is a Woods RM400 I found at a garage sale and price was more than right (haul away - no repairs except replace the blades!). I added full caster wheels to the front and it has done a great job since. Now mostly use a ZTR, much faster, but still use the RM400 when I want to be left alone for a few hours. The only tractor issue: loosing both brakes at different occasions because of the brake gears shearing. Otherwise it fits on the back of a pick-up and and has the features of the older tractors, sliding rear wheel track on axles, good ground clearance, etc. This 14HP Kubota, with tire fluid and tire chains has pulled a few 3/4 & 1 Ton Pick-ups out of the roadside ditch during a few winters. It also has given the edge to 2 empty tri-axles spinning wheels on wet grass and a slight slope, and you cannot make that up! Too bad not built in the U.S.A. but then as now, still the same issue. None this size made in the U.S.A. That's 34 years. We are all loosing out! The K-420 tiller (KUBOTA engineered this so well, they stopped making it. Probably because all that needs replacing are the tines and it is a fine piece of equipment). It has earned it's keep. Tines replacement = (28 - 14L & 14R cost went from $2.00 a piece to $10.00), but now no one seems to have them. They fit other tillers as well, and the manufacturer in Italy has discontinued production. If any one knows a supplier having these tines or knows of a sub. aside from buying a newer tiller, I would appreciate the info. Thanks in advance.
Pros: Great buy for the buck in1978.
Cons: Brake gears shearing.