neilbedwell
New member
As the title says, I’m looking to upgrade from my L2800 Kubota.
To be honest,there’s nothing wrong with my tractor - it only has a little over 250 hours and has been shed kept.
Wife and I moved onto 12 acres a couple years ago and I brought the little Kubota here when we came. I run a 5 ft bush hog to cut the field.
So, the thing is that the tractor just feels small now. I routinely run out of lift capacity with the loader. I’ve got several projects going and several planned that will require the use of my tractor. It takes about 8 hours to completely mow the field with my bush hog.
I would love to have a tractor with a bigger mower but everything new that I’m looking at is $40k and up and all I really get for that is a 6 ft bush hog instead of my 5ft. That’s not enough of a gain to justify the cost. I’m not opposed to buying used but I don’t have time for a project or something that will need constant tinkering. I had a 1957 Massey TO35 that burned me out on the constant tinkering.
Wife wants to keep the L2800 because she says it’s easy to drive and she likes it - she says it’s hers, lol.
I’d like to find something under $30k that would run at least a 7ft Bush hog. I don’t care about 4wd or a loader bucket on this one.
Any suggestions? Am I just better off sticking with my L2800 and spending the time it takes?
Any input is greatly appreciated.
To be honest,there’s nothing wrong with my tractor - it only has a little over 250 hours and has been shed kept.
Wife and I moved onto 12 acres a couple years ago and I brought the little Kubota here when we came. I run a 5 ft bush hog to cut the field.
So, the thing is that the tractor just feels small now. I routinely run out of lift capacity with the loader. I’ve got several projects going and several planned that will require the use of my tractor. It takes about 8 hours to completely mow the field with my bush hog.
I would love to have a tractor with a bigger mower but everything new that I’m looking at is $40k and up and all I really get for that is a 6 ft bush hog instead of my 5ft. That’s not enough of a gain to justify the cost. I’m not opposed to buying used but I don’t have time for a project or something that will need constant tinkering. I had a 1957 Massey TO35 that burned me out on the constant tinkering.
Wife wants to keep the L2800 because she says it’s easy to drive and she likes it - she says it’s hers, lol.
I’d like to find something under $30k that would run at least a 7ft Bush hog. I don’t care about 4wd or a loader bucket on this one.
Any suggestions? Am I just better off sticking with my L2800 and spending the time it takes?
Any input is greatly appreciated.