L3800 suggestions desired: cab, blade, and grapple

[jim_wilson]

I have shown him my rachet rake, but he doesn't really have much need for that. He has a 5 foot box blade used as ballast and will maintain his driveway. Most of his property is native grassland. There is national forest on 3 sides and all the firewood he could ever use up.

My request really is for those 3 items: cab, blade, and grapple.
But thanks for answering.

There's a number of companies that make blades that will hang off an SSQA adapter. Kubota may have one that is appropriate for the L3800 - I know they do for the new B3350 and B2650. If Kubota doesn't - then I know I've seen 3 or 4 other companies that do make them correctly sized for that tractor.

Quite frankly - there's more grapples available for that tractor than you can shake a stick at. The real question is: what kind of work exactly do you want to do with it?

What kind of cab is he looking for? All glassed in - or more of a fabric type "temporary" cab. Cabs are available for that tractor - but if he's looking for a "factory" level cab - it's going to get pricey.

 

[RaydaKub]

His grapple work would primarily be heading out to some of the slash piles that the forest service creates and grabbing a log to cut up for firewood. He has done this in the past either by hand or wrapping a chain around it and dragging it out. This would be much easier.

As for a cab, he wasn't even sure if he wanted heat or not, just something that would break the wind while clearing snow. I had told him that the FEL would clear the snow just fine, but as we all know, the FEL is slow (hence the blade). But hard side cab or soft side is up in the air. I told him that having it heated would be really nice, so he is now considering it. He isn't in to music, so he doesn't need something with a fancy sound system. But if he sees the benefit of a "factory" level cab, he would not hesitate to invest in it.