Kubota B7500

[woodie]

Thinking about buying a Kubota B7500. Mostly residential use for about 6 acres. Any comments about this tractor? Is it large enough to do some meaningful digging with the loader? Any options that I really should pursue? What is a good price?

 

[Bird]

woodie, the B7500 should be a fine little tractor for you, EXCEPT when you talk about <font color=blue>meaningful digging with the loader</font color=blue>. I don't know what experience you've had with tractors and front end loaders and what kind of digging you intend to do, but you really just don't do much "digging" with a front end loader unless you have a really big tractor. You can scrape a think layer off at a time, otherwise you usually just stick the front of the loader into the ground and spin your tires. A tooth bar on the loader will make it do some better, but try them out before you buy.

Bird

 

[Thomas]

woodie,
First of all I agree w/ Bird about digging into mother earth,than again depends on what soil you have and other projects line up....21hp should handle your residential needs.

Were you looking at B7500DT or B7500HSD.
Here some price listing in my area.
B7500DT..$10,180.oo
B7500HSD..$11,730.oo
LA272..$2,770.oo
LA302..$3,021.oo

Take your time in tractor shopping and most of all have fun,plus ask all the questions you can think of.

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Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[woodie]

Bird/Thomas--Thanks for the advice. The dealer I'm working with indicated that he would let me work with the tractor prior to purchase and I intend to do just that. Also, the pricing for this B7500HSD with a loader and R4 tires was 12,800. This seems like a pretty fair price. I've had quotes as low as 12,500, but I'm trying to stay in the Northern VA area.

woodie

 

[GlueGuy]

Woodie,

We are "in the process" of getting a B7500 for ourselves. I looked around a fair bit, plu a friend brought over his B7100 to show us what it would do.

The thing that sold us was that it seemed to be able to handle all the things we needed it for, plus it's real "compact". We have a couple of narrow places to get through, and anything bigger just wouldn't make it. Also, the B7500 has about 6 more HP than the B7100.

The bids we got on the HST version ranged from $11,200 (low bid) to $11,800 (high bid). Of course we got several attachments. One of the bids we got listed what looked like close to full retail for everything, then threw in a $1250 discount after the fact.

As far as attachments, we got the FEL, Woods box scraper, Rear mower, and T & T kit. We "might" get a post hole digger, but that's still on the wish list....

We're using ours for (1) light road maintenance (we have a 3/4 mile gravel driveway), and (2) mowing about 2 acres around the house, and (3) light-duty landscaping.

GlueGuy

 

[Haldawson]

I got a B7500DT, my first tractor, several months ago and I love it. I paid $9500 for the tractor itself (Lampson Tractor, Geyserville, CA) and also bought the 272 FEL, a 4' Gearmont box scraper, and a 4' chopper. Am using it for the same things as GlueGuy, plus some work in the woods. I wish I had gotten the tip and tilt capability and may have it added when I can afford it. You might want to check out that thread (on Kubota Owning). Have fun.

 

[Steve_Carver]

http://www.carverequipment.com/b7500_introduction.htm

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Last week I bought a B7500DT with an LA302 loader and CaCl in the rear tires for $10,850. My dealer is located in mid Missouri. He even sold my old B6000 for me and got $3,000 for it.

 

[crown]

Prices seem high my best quote is $9700 for the tractor and $2300 for the FEL. Prices came in VA and WVA

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Crown, what part of VA. do you live in? I live in Fauquier cty. I am also looking for a B7500 HSD. Bob