Threepoint
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- Joined
- Feb 13, 2014
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- Tractor
- Kubota B2150HST w/ LA350 loader, Kubota GF1800 HST, Kioti CK3510SE HST w/ KL4030 loader, Kioti NX4510HST/cab w/ KL6010 loader
For another comparison, I've pulled a 5-ft. Howse box blade (around 400 lbs) behind my little Kubota B2150HST (24 hp, about 2300 lbs with loader) for many years. Mostly maintaining a 3/4 mile access road of crusher run. Even with a full box of wet stone, I've never had a problem in medium range.
Sneaky001, I need to make a correction to the above post, in case you use it as a another data point. When I said the overall weight of my B2150HST with loader is about 2300 lbs, I forgot to add the weight of the liquid ballast in the filled rear tires. :duh: They are large turfs, so that's probably another 550 lbs. So the total weight of 2850 lbs is closer to the 3000 lbs of your CK2510. As you know, more tractor weight usually means better traction, plus the benefit of inertia once you're underway. For ground engagement work, loss of traction often occurs before the engine bogs down. So weight can be more important than hp.