Tractor Sizing Kubota L4600, L3240, L3940

[Skintback]

$26,000 with loader and rear remote. Traded in 2001 Agco ST30 in average condition and gave them $19,000 difference. I think I got a fair deal. Mahindra 5010 they wanted $21,500 difference at different dealer. Kubota is probably a better tractor.

I was priced $17,800 for 4600, top and front bumper. I want to say for tractor, loader and top was 23,500 and a mx 5100 with top and loader were 25,500. Now, all my prices are with gear trans.

 

[idaho181]

New Guy here. Have a Kubota L4600 being delivered on Tuesday. Getting the RCF2072 rotary cutter and the GS 1572 Grader. I went for the AG tires because I have a lot of sloping areas. The dealer suggests I have him put "Beet Juice" in the rear wheels. Any opinion on this?
Thanks appreciate it.

 

[TripleR]

New Guy here. Have a Kubota L4600 being delivered on Tuesday. Getting the RCF2072 rotary cutter and the GS 1572 Grader. I went for the AG tires because I have a lot of sloping areas. The dealer suggests I have him put "Beet Juice" in the rear wheels. Any opinion on this?
Thanks appreciate it.

Beet juice is a great ballast for your tires. My dealer only handles windshield washer fluid, but if I could have found someone who did beet juice, I would have gone with it.

 

[idaho181]

Thanks Triple R They want $500 to put it in my AG tires and I was thinking it was a little high.

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[TripleR]

Thanks Triple R They want $500 to put it in my AG tires and I was thinking it was a little high.

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That is the downside to it, very expensive, but if you do a search on here, you will find a lot of satisfied owners using it. I have to have flats fixed in the field and none of the tire services around here handle it, so it was WWF for me. I have considered weights, but that is even more expensive.

 

[idaho181]

I'm going to be moving a lot of two inch rock so thought it was in need of some weight. I had the wheels moved out wider as well. It should do the job. Been told by the dealer the 50 hour service is going to be around $350.

 

[TripleR]

I'm going to be moving a lot of two inch rock so thought it was in need of some weight. I had the wheels moved out wider as well. It should do the job. Been told by the dealer the 50 hour service is going to be around $350.

I've moved a LOT of 2" rock and weight really helps, I've even moved quite a few truck loads of 6" minus.

There really isn't much to the 50 hour service, we do our own, most recently on our L5740; not much to it and I certainly wouldn't want to pay that much.

 

[General Lee]

FYI... thats never been an issue on this series. Thats L2800-3400-3200-3800. They are a totally different tractor. The L4400 - L4600 are derived from the older Grand L-30 series. Its basicly a grand L30 w/o rubber floor mats.

That said, unless you need the HP the L3940 is a much more feature rich tractor.

My L-4400 has a jerky 3PH. I think I'm the only one though :laughing: I don't notice it with general implement use, but heavy loads such as a carry all full of wood, its bouncy. My rake, BB or mower are not generally raised slowly for small increments so I don't notice it.

 

[General Lee]

Thanks so much for the replies and great info! I have decided against the 4600. It is more tractor than I stated out to look for and I can't get past the made in Thailand thing. I wanted a grand l and think I will regret not getting one. For my personal comparisons, the 3240 compares to the Ford 2000 and the 3940 is close to the Ford3000. There is next to no difference between the 3240 and 3940 other than hydraulic pump flow and HP. From what I have learned here, the dealer gave good prices on these two tractors so now its up to me.

Thanks again for the help!!

Is it just the L4600 made in Thailand? I have a L4400 (which the 4600 replaced) and I have not seen one label on anything stating made in Thailand. Never heard of this until reading this thread

 

[idaho181]

Its a HST4 WD set up and was wondering how much fluid is involved .....the dealer says the the engine is 8 quarts. How about the hydraulics? I don't have a scrap oil burner....might look for one.

Thanks

 

[General Lee]

Its a HST4 WD set up and was wondering how much fluid is involved .....the dealer says the the engine is 8 quarts. How about the hydraulics? I don't have a scrap oil burner....might look for one.

Thanks

On my L4400 I believe eng. oil was 8 quarts, hydraulic is around 10 or 11 gallons.

 

[Skintback]

Is it just the L4600 made in Thailand? I have a L4400 (which the 4600 replaced) and I have not seen one label on anything stating made in Thailand. Never heard of this until reading this thread

Yeah its like a mental block. Years ago I decided I would not buy the first year of anything new or remodeled. I have always been burned by first year bugs. I did like the tractor alot though ans I am going back by the dealer and look at the tag myself

 

[TripleR]

Don't know about the 4600, but our 5030 was eleven gallons. We take all of our fluids to our dealer who burns them to heat their shop.

 

[idaho181]

Your opinion....does Land Pride make a good auger for the L4600? I see where they have one that mounts on the bucket to take advantage of the down pressure rather than the PTO on the rear. Cost??

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Your opinion....does Land Pride make a good auger for the L4600? I see where they have one that mounts on the bucket to take advantage of the down pressure rather than the PTO on the rear. Cost??

You can get a down pressure kit for a 3pt PHD if you need to have it. They have hydraulic 3pt augers also.

 

[idaho181]

Been using a case 580 with the bucket full of rocks to drive some T posts in. Need to auger in some RR ties as soon as we get some rain and was just starting to look at auger for the L4600.

Thanks

 

[crazyal]

Been using a case 580 with the bucket full of rocks to drive some T posts in. Need to auger in some RR ties as soon as we get some rain and was just starting to look at auger for the L4600.

Thanks

You are going to notice quite a bit of difference between a 580 and the 4600. I've never looked but I would guess there has to be easier way of driving T-posts. If nothing else I would think a ballast box could be modified to drive them.

 

[idaho181]

Crazyal..... You're probably correct. We have a lot of lava rock mixed in with basalt base rock.

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[idaho181]

That is the downside to it, very expensive, but if you do a search on here, you will find a lot of satisfied owners using it. I have to have flats fixed in the field and none of the tire services around here handle it, so it was WWF for me. I have considered weights, but that is even more expensive.

When I was ranching in N Dakota they used Calcium Chloride.....it was rough on the wheels. I'm assuming the 'Beet Juice' is better in that regard. I get service on the JD stuff from the local dealer in Nezperce. They do work on other brands but are somewhat reluctant to do so. They fixed the clutch on our D-4 Cat.....it's a 1953 with the pined Holt blade.

You growing corn ?

Mike

 

[TripleR]

When I was ranching in N Dakota they used Calcium Chloride.....it was rough on the wheels. I'm assuming the 'Beet Juice' is better in that regard. I get service on the JD stuff from the local dealer in Nezperce. They do work on other brands but are somewhat reluctant to do so. They fixed the clutch on our D-4 Cat.....it's a 1953 with the pined Holt blade.

You growing corn ?

Mike

Yes beet juice is harmless to the wheels and non toxic if spilled. Growing up, we used calcium chloride and it rusted the wheels out eventually, but took a lot of years.

I haven't farmed since the mid 70's we rent all our row crop land out. This year we had corn, wheat, soybeans and cotton.