juddspaintballs
Silver Member
This is my first tractor. Other than clearing the driveway, I don't know exactly what I'll be using it for yet, but I have plans. FEL's are very useful, I may get a snow blower, I definitely want some pallet forks for the FEL, I could use a post hole digger for putting up a few acres of fence, I might brush hog, and I'll probably get a grapple. I'm sure I'll find other uses for it, however.
My dad has a BX2330 that he's been abusing for 10 years, and after looking at Mahindra and New Holland tractors, I decided I wanted a Kubota. I started off liking the B series, not really knowing what I wanted or needed, just knowing that the BX was too small for my property. It didn't take long for me to jump up to liking the L3200 for the heavier frame. After thinking that I might need to brush hog some of this place, I moved up to liking the L3800 for PTO horsepower, and then very quickly the L4600 with the minimal price difference. After a bit more poking around, I found the MX4700/MX5100 to be very closely priced to the L4600 so moving up to an even larger tractor with bigger FEL capacity, heavier weight, etc. etc.
I finally settled on the MX5100 with FEL and W. R. Long third function valve. I had to have the SSQA on it and I got the grille guard and rear tires filled with Bio Ballast. $28,400 financed for everything delivered to my house 90 miles away from the dealer and they filled the fuel tank to the top for me too. The dealer even gave me a set of hoses for whatever front implement I get to hook up to the third function.
It was delivered with .4 hrs on the clock and now it has 1.6 hrs on it. I drove the girls up and down the driveway with it and lifted my MEP-003a generator out of the trailer it was in and put it in my shed. 1300 lbs of generator in the bucket (secured with straps and sticking out about 2' past the bucket) makes the rear end light. I really need to turn one of my barrels into ballast very soon. I pushed over a tiny tree and broke off a few low lying branches too. With the ROPS folded, I can back the tractor into my garage with about 2" of clearance for the garage door opening. The tractor will live in the garage until I build a run-in for it behind the garage.
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My dad has a BX2330 that he's been abusing for 10 years, and after looking at Mahindra and New Holland tractors, I decided I wanted a Kubota. I started off liking the B series, not really knowing what I wanted or needed, just knowing that the BX was too small for my property. It didn't take long for me to jump up to liking the L3200 for the heavier frame. After thinking that I might need to brush hog some of this place, I moved up to liking the L3800 for PTO horsepower, and then very quickly the L4600 with the minimal price difference. After a bit more poking around, I found the MX4700/MX5100 to be very closely priced to the L4600 so moving up to an even larger tractor with bigger FEL capacity, heavier weight, etc. etc.
I finally settled on the MX5100 with FEL and W. R. Long third function valve. I had to have the SSQA on it and I got the grille guard and rear tires filled with Bio Ballast. $28,400 financed for everything delivered to my house 90 miles away from the dealer and they filled the fuel tank to the top for me too. The dealer even gave me a set of hoses for whatever front implement I get to hook up to the third function.
It was delivered with .4 hrs on the clock and now it has 1.6 hrs on it. I drove the girls up and down the driveway with it and lifted my MEP-003a generator out of the trailer it was in and put it in my shed. 1300 lbs of generator in the bucket (secured with straps and sticking out about 2' past the bucket) makes the rear end light. I really need to turn one of my barrels into ballast very soon. I pushed over a tiny tree and broke off a few low lying branches too. With the ROPS folded, I can back the tractor into my garage with about 2" of clearance for the garage door opening. The tractor will live in the garage until I build a run-in for it behind the garage.
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