B7510 VS the JD4110

[btolle]

I don't know anythingabout the JD but I bought a B7510 about 3 months ago and have been very happy with it. While I only have 72 hours on it, it has done everything I have asked it to do and am satisifed that it was the right tractor for me.

I had a B6100 before so I was used to the treadle pedal design and didn't like the 2 pedal design on the JD I looked at.

Bill Tolle

 

[frank_f15]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I apologise if I've dipped too deeply into the Kubota side of the board with JD vote.
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CLIFF this is an open board and your well within your rights to voice your views. The man asked a question /opinion and you answered it .no person should take exception to that and if they do? tough!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jkm]

Well....ordered the 7510....BTOLLE I guess I have joined the ranks as a fan of the 7510. I am trying to develop my technique with the FEL as I am so new to using one. I got the 60 in mmm and a woods boxblade and the 302 FEL and the sleeve adapter that lets me tow my trailer...I think it is a leinbach. (very heavy duty). I noticed a few scuffs on the roll bar...does Kubota have touch up for that? How hard is it to remove the FEL or Mower...the dealer went over it and it seems easy...but he said do it on a flat surface and it would be easier?

 

[DanR67]

jkm -

Congrats on the B7510!

Removing the FEL on my B7610 takes @ 3 minutes - really! Putting it back on is where the *flat surface* part comes in - but normally this takes me only slightly longer (< 5 minutes) - it's really easy once you have done it a few times.

The MMM is a bit trickier - I have a 54" - and it still requires some twisting / manuevering. The "sticky point" is getting the front anti-scalp roller columns past the front wheel.

While definitely "perform at your own risk" - I have come up with a simple method of using the FEL to lift the front wheels a few extra inches off the ground - which makes getting the MMM deck back under / out from the tractor quite simple. That's the *worst* part of MMM installation / removal in my opinion.

Generally speaking, I can mount or remove my MMM in @ 10 minutes.

Hope that helps and happy tractoring!

Dan

 

[flenn]

Dan,

Are you swiveling the wheels 90º to slide the mower deck in and out? Also, I intend on using a floor jack to raise the wheels up for extra clearance. I just bought my tractor and have no idea how this will work but intend to mount and dismount the deck throughout the summer. What do you think?

 

[btolle]

Kubota has spray paint that is supposed to match the gray paint on the engine, roll bar, etc. It is about $8 a can but I haven't found anything else that really matches the gray very well. BTW, the Kubota gray spray paint is very thin so you have to spray very light coats or it will run pretty badly.

If you need orange touch up you can buy Dupli-Color Chevrolet Engine Orange spray paint a lot cheaper than the Kubota paint and it is pretty hard paint after it dries. I buy it at Wal Mart.

My roll bar had a few scratches on it when I got the tractor and I have since put several more on it since I am clearing a lot of woods so I haven't bothered to touch it up yet.

Congratulations on the B7510. I hope you will be a pleased with it as I am with mine. I have the bar tires (R4's) and filled the rears to 75% using 2 gallons of antifreeze and the rest water since it seldom freezes in East Texas. Seems to make a lot difference in the traction.

The FEL just takes practice. The first few hours I used the FEL on my old B7100 I would end up with about 1/4th of a bucket full at times.

One thing a friend taught me was that when trying to make precise cuts with the bucket going very, very, very slow is much better.

Have fun!

Bill Tolle

 

[jkm]

Thanks... I also got the r4 tires...with the FEL off do you notice any tearing of the grass when turning? Also, how did you fill your tires...the dealer says I could rig up a flex tube and remove the core of the valve stem to add it....I imagine that would be a nice mess.....he said he would charge me 100 to do it for me....

 

[btolle]

I bought a valve that is made for adding water to tractor tires, cost about $9. It had several fittings for the tire valve end and you hook a garden hose to the other end. It also has a air relief valve on it so you can add water and then release the air pressure evey 30 seconds or so until you get the tire filled.

I used a cheap electric drill driven pump that I bought for $8 at Lowe's to pump the anti freeze. You will need a short (18" to 36") section of garden hose to drop into the anti freeze jugs. I used a 6" section of hose I happened to already have to go from the pump to the fill valve but you could just screw the pump directly onto the adapter.

Once I had the 2 gallons of anti freeze in a tire I used the water hose to finish filling. Most water supply systems operate at 40 pounds or higher so there is plenty of pressure to fill the tire. CAUTION: If you have high water pressure be careful you don't overinflate the tire, it could blow out. I have about 90# of pressure at my house and have to be careful when doing something like this.

It took me about an hour to do both rear tires.

Don't forget to jack up the rear end so that the tires are barely off the ground before you remove the valve stems to let the air out or you might break the bead off the rim. If you keep the valve stem at the 12 O'clock position you will get 75% fill.

You can see a valve adapter like I used at Tire Adapter

That same site also has a good page of instructions at Valve Adapter Instructions

In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words.

I have never had the FEL off and I do get some tearing of the grass if I turn sharply when the ground is damp. Going slow and making wides turns would probably prevent that. Make sure you are not in 4WD on the grass or it will dig in when you turn.

Bill Tolle

 

[garbageman]

Take off the loader while cutting the grass, you will have no problems.
RJ

 

[btolle]

garbageman, since it sounds like you have some experience with running on grass, do you know if lowering the tire pressure has any effect on how much it affects the grass?

Bill Tolle