I'm looking at purchasing my first tractor. I'm talking with the owner of a used John Deere 4100 and it seems like a pretty good deal. One of the main things I want to do with a tractor is use a tiller. So I will have to purchase one since he doesn't have one. My funds are limited though. I found a used Kubota tiller for sale locally. Will the Kubota tiller work with the 3pt on the Deere 4100?
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Should be fine. If possible, take your tractor and try it on the tiller, or ask the guy if you can bring it back if it doesn't fit. I have used an old 4 foot kubota tiller before on a JD 5300 and it fit fine.
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The nice thing about the 3ph system and PTO is that any brand of implements works with any brand of tractor, as long as each has a standard 3ph and PTO shaft (which every major brand and most minor brands have).
WayneB
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Not sure what model Kubota tiller it is. They have a 4 foot tiller that has an off-set so you can move it to one side to cover the tire track.
where are you located and what is the price for the used Kubota tiller. I am looking too!
Wayne
where are you located and what is the price for the used Kubota tiller. I am looking too!
Wayne
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I have a friend with a Kubota back hoe on his JD 750.
The deal did not work out with the tractor and the guy with the attachments was a scam. Of the ten or so ads I contacted from Craigslist all but one were scams. Probably the same person or group of people running different ads.
So I think I will end up getting a smaller Kubota with a loader/backhoe. I have approx 3-4 acres of field with a fairly gentle slope and then another 3-4 acres of landscaped property that is about half made up of fairly steep grade. The field I want to work and there are areas around the rest of the property I want to change. I have a small creek which I'd like to dig out and line and some of the hilly landscape I'd like to terrace.
So I think I will end up getting a smaller Kubota with a loader/backhoe. I have approx 3-4 acres of field with a fairly gentle slope and then another 3-4 acres of landscaped property that is about half made up of fairly steep grade. The field I want to work and there are areas around the rest of the property I want to change. I have a small creek which I'd like to dig out and line and some of the hilly landscape I'd like to terrace.
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xreliable said:
I had a similar situation. Bought a new Kubota B7510HST in May05 and later bought a used 4-ft Yanmar RS-1200 rototiller ($300 from my local grey market tractor dealer).
The tiller didn't have any shear pins so I had to get a slip clutch (the yellow thing in the 4th photo). To make room for the slip clutch, I had to use the 35" long lower lift arms from my MF-135 in place of the shorter 26" Kubota arms. Then I had to add a pto shaft extender on the rototiller so the slip clutch wouldn't rub on the tiller's sheet metal. The pto shaft that came with the tiller had bad U-joints so I had to buy a short pto shaft from Tractor Supply and then cut it to fit. Ended up paying about $170 for these new components.
With these mods the rototiller works fine. Tilled the veg garden and the new lawn areas around the house with no trouble.
I mention these things to give you an idea of some of the little problems you might run into when you want to use "foreign" attachments on your tractor.
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xreliable said:
I had a similar situation. Bought a new Kubota B7510HST in May05 and later bought a used 4-ft Yanmar RS-1200 rototiller ($300 from my local grey market tractor dealer).
The tiller didn't have any shear pins so I had to get a slip clutch (the yellow thing in the 4th photo). To make room for the slip clutch, I had to use the 35" long lower lift arms from my MF-135 in place of the shorter 26" Kubota arms. Then I had to add a pto shaft extender on the rototiller so the slip clutch wouldn't rub on the tiller's sheet metal. The pto shaft that came with the tiller had bad U-joints so I had to buy a short pto shaft from Tractor Supply and then cut it to fit. Ended up paying about $170 for these new components.
With these mods the rototiller works fine. Tilled the veg garden and the new lawn areas around the house with no trouble.
I mention these things to give you an idea of some of the little problems you might run into when you want to use "foreign" attachments on your tractor.
