Is the Kubota L2501 the largest 25 hp, non regen tractor?

[sd455dan]

You can easily get 30+ HP from the L2501, with a fuel adjustment or more power with forced induction, if one so wishes.

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Mike

So no Piston exchange to add boost? Some of Kubotas spec a different piston when they are to be turbo equipped.
A steel ring land is incorporated to take the extra stress that the increased cylinder pressures exert.
When "the Fred" boosted his Kubota in the first round the engine ran great for a while, but eventually lost power because the ring lands were not the reinforced ones for turbo applications.
The pistons top compression ring lands were pounded out and deformed after a while which compromised ring seal.
Once he installed the turbo speced pistons All has been well at least afaik.

 

[Vigo327]

So at the risk of totally derailing the thread i know a lot about turbocharging and basically any turbo setup can be tuned to run on any piston, but it's the near-total LACK of any kind of monitoring or adjustment of anything that's pretty much guaranteed to result in eventual piston failure.

I think this thread uncovered the main answer to the question already, about the Branson. Honestly, adding weight is easier than adding factory, warranty backed loader capacity. So if you're just after pulling traction and prefer the l2501 for other reasons, just add weight to it. But if you want a much higher loader capacity, it's a lot safer (mostly for the machine) to get there with someone else's engineering than your own. So i would consider the loader capacity a bigger factor than the bare weight in most cases between those two tractors.

 

[denisssska]

it's a bit wild for me to hear about a 25 horsepower tractor

 

[Torvy]

What can you get with fuel adjustments alone? Don't get me wrong, the 2501 is a good tractor. But the loader on the ck2610 lifts over 60% more lbs. Sorta puts it in a different class of capability, IMO

The 2515 lifts more than the ck2610 and lifts it higher, too.

2200 lbs up to 105 inches vs 1835 lbs at 98.4 inches for the Kioti.

Either one is still better than the L2501 at 1131 lbs at 94.3 inches.

 

[5030]

Once the T5 regs are adopted, everything will have a DPF or a Cat if gasoline. That includes your lawnmower, chainsaws and weed wacker.

I happen to own a T5 chainsaw and it has a cat on it.

 

[Jstpssng]

Ahhh,,, the L2501 is a 3 cylinder, not a 4

Thank you. I thought that I knew how many cylinders that my 3301 has, but was starting to doubt myself.

 

[hornett22]

Ahhh,,, the L2501 is a 3 cylinder, not a 4

I stand corrected. Salesman told me it was a four and I foolishly didn't verify it.

Thanks for the correct information.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

Were all the loaders tested to the same specs ? Or test by 3rd parties ?

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Once the T5 regs are adopted, everything will have a DPF or a Cat if gasoline. That includes your lawnmower, chainsaws and weed wacker.

I happen to own a T5 chainsaw and it has a cat on it.

A catalytic converter on a chainsaw.

Wow.

I'm starting to think I've lived too long.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Were all the loaders tested to the same specs ? Or test by 3rd parties ?

I'm sure they were not.

Which is too bad.