Buying Advice Kubota L3560 - Grand L

[jeff9366]

Here is another question in connection with my upcoming purchase of a Kubota L2501 HST....

Weights - I plan to get my rear tires filled, and will likely keep the rear blade on for additional rear weight......Not sure if I want to also get wheel weights or a ballast box.

===== I assume you will order 4-WD =====​

There is only so much 25-horsepower can do.

"Loaded" rear tires are fine. Tractor center-of-gravity will be lower, improving stability. More weight in addition to loaded rear tires will not improve L2501 traction. You will optimize L2501 traction with loaded rear tires.

Removable rear blade is fine, by itself, should you wish to run over lawns without rutting them, with the blade off. You will need 'some' TPH counterbalance when using your grapple, supplementing loaded rear tires.

Forget wheel weights. Forget the ballast box. Whoa!

There is only so much rear weight rear wheel rims and an axle supplemented with wheel spacers will tolerate long term. A wider wheel stance usually means wider, therefore heavier implements. Your tractor warranty will be void from day one with non-Kubota wheel spacers installed.

BUY ENOUGH TRACTOR
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If you want more 'grunt', consider a Kubota L3560, 1,000 pounds heavier than the L2501 with 35-horsepower. Adjustable rear wheel spread (by Kubota) with R4 tires is standard kit. Diesel consumption = 1/2 gph.

 

[jeff9366]

You have me thinking about a L3560 since I like the idea of more weight and width. Can you suggest other benefits of the L3560 over the L2501 that justifies the heftier price tag? Thanks.

My property in the Texas hill country is rocky and hilly. My half-mile driveway is narrow, curvy and fairly steep in places.

The L2501 is an economy tractor.

The L3560 is the lightest of Kubota's 'Grand L' series, all deluxe kit compact tractors. The axles are much heavier and protected from collisions by steel guards. The TPH is also much heavier and has telescoping Lower Links and telescoping, pin adjustable Lower Link stabilizers. TPH has additional adjustment modes and more adjustment increments within modes. TPH raises via twin external hydraulic cylinders, which is much smoother then L2501 rock shaft elevation. (These features make implement attachment relatively easy.) R4 tire spread adjustment standard. (Standard R4 tire spread is 60") (10-ply R4 front tires standard, 8-ply R4 rear tires standard.)
Grand Ls are very quiet, relative to standard L tractors. The operator's station is commodious. Mine has a suspension seat. Tilt steering wheel. Flat floor.

Ground level fueling.
Diesel consumption = 1/2 gph.

The HST/PLUS 3+3 range HST transmission, however, is the best feature on all the Grand Ls. Within HST/PLUS my favorite features are the additional range augmentation or 'step' on each of three HST ranges (3+3) and Stall Guard.

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[jeff9366]

TheMadOne - 3/05/2019​

I went with the L3560 to replace my L3301, which shares the same 2,700 pound frame as the L3901. I was often spinning tires with the L3301.

I find the pucker factor very high on the 2,700 pound L3301 vs the 3,700 pound bare weight L3560. Weight = work done with ground engagement tasks.

The L3560 got me the weight I was missing, the cab I wanted, and resolved several ergonomic issues I had with the standard L.



Open station MF1734 = 2,700 pounds bare tractor.
Open station 'Standard L' L2501/3301/3901 = 2,700 pounds bare tractor.
Open station L3560 = 3,700 pounds bare tractor. (Cab 500+ pounds ??)


Weight = Capability for ground engagement work plus tractor stability/safety.

The fundamental importance of TRACTOR WEIGHT eludes many tractor shoppers. Heavier tractor weight is more important for most tractor applications than increased tractor horsepower. Bare tractor weight is a tractor specification easily found in sales brochures and web sites, readily comparable across tractor brands and tractor models, new and used.

Many who order a cab equipped L3560 forego having the rear tires loaded with liquid.

My L3560 is open station, air inflated R4 tires. I have never wanted more power to operate my assortment of heavy implements. L3560 is my third tractor, second new Kubota, so I felt pretty qualified by experience ordering it. My land in Florida is flat and snow is not a factor. The three cylinder L3560 engine is quiet.

The open station L3560 is almost identical in size to the Ford 8N tractor series which inaugurated modern light tractors on the farm in 1939. Very easy to mount Three Point Hitch implements.

The 'Grand L' HST/PLUS transmission is fabulous. The half-range steps may be equivalent to 8-horsepower in a Standard L. HST/PLUS has spoiled me.

The only power intensive PTO application I have is operating a 60" Land Pride RCR2660 commercial grade Rotary Cutter weighing just light of 1,000 pounds. L3560 powers this heavy cutter through Florida jungle fine with its two HST/MED steps.

VIDEO: Kubota HST Plus Transmission Features - YouTube