B2150 HST arriving - What do I do?

[Andyfr]

Re: B2150 HST arrived!

Kelvin

Thanks for the information. I knew that the price was a good one over here as a couple of months ago I was offered the same setup for £2,000 (US$3,000) less but with lots more hours and the dealer - a different one from who I eventually did a deal with - described it as tatty. He told me it had been used by contractors who had worked it very hard, the hood was badly dented and the hoe was sloppy, he said that it would cost around £2,000 (US$3,000) to rebush it /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif, so I politely declined /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

I got home from work the other night and it had stopped raining so I had a little go with the backhoe /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif, it is far better than the mini digger I rented when we were building and I had to dig a trench for the gas pipe.

If it stays fine this weekend I will take some pictures and post them in the Photos forum.

 

[Wal59]

Re: B2150 HST arrived!

Hello all,

I also have a B2150HST and it's a great machine. One question though... I understand the low, med, high gears but I also keep hearing about a turtle/hare lever that doubles the top speed. I spend a lot of time transferring material up a 3/4 mile track and it would be very useful to go faster in a straight line. Can anyone help me out finding this lever. There is something directly above the diff lock lever but it seems to be seized.

 

[TimP]

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Wal59,

I too have B2150HST and I am not aware of any sort of "turtle/hare" lever. I've had my machine for 17 years and have the shop manual too, and there is no mention of such a lever.

There should be two levers above he differential lock foot lever..... the PTO speed selector, and the 4WD/2WD selector lever.

 

[Grandad4]

Re: B2150 HST arrived!

Hello all,

I also have a B2150HST and it's a great machine. One question though... I understand the low, med, high gears but I also keep hearing about a turtle/hare lever that doubles the top speed. I spend a lot of time transferring material up a 3/4 mile track and it would be very useful to go faster in a straight line. Can anyone help me out finding this lever. There is something directly above the diff lock lever but it seems to be seized.

Sorry, when you've got it maxed in Hi range, that's all she's got.

The "Turtle - Hare" markings are on the BX models, which have a 2 range transmission rather than a 3 range one like your B2150. For some reason Kubota decided turtles and bunnies would make more sense to BX owners than "Hi-Lo" or "1-2". You have to wonder if Kubota figures BX owners would get confused by actual numbers or if they couldn't decide which cute creature to use for medium/2nd gear on a 3 range unit.

 

[PatrickGeorgeCox]

Re: B2150 HST arrived!

Hello all,

I also have a B2150HST and it's a great machine. One question though... I understand the low, med, high gears but I also keep hearing about a turtle/hare lever that doubles the top speed. I spend a lot of time transferring material up a 3/4 mile track and it would be very useful to go faster in a straight line. Can anyone help me out finding this lever. There is something directly above the diff lock lever but it seems to be seized.

The turtle/hare lever is usually the engine speed control lever. Both my lawn tractor and my Kubota B2920 use the "turtle" symbol to denote slow engine speed and the "hare" symbol to denote fast engine speed. I say USUALLY because there may be some exceptions.

"Idle" is a term that is sometimes misused. Idle should mean that the engine is unloaded. I have a 1939 John Deere B and the manuals talk about "slow idle" and "fast idle". Since most tractors have a governor, when you move the "throttle" lever you don't move a throttle plate as would be in a carburetor, you are selecting a governed engine speed. The governor will attempt to maintain the selected engine speed by increasing or decreasing fuel flow as necessary.

Pat Cox