L48 for the weekend
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Gordon
I put about 7 hrs. on her yesterday as it came late in the day.I had no experience to speak of running a hoe so the first 20 min. or so were becoming familiar with the controls out of harms way. They are easy to become familiar with and this baby will DIG!I wish I was putting in a basement or something other than digging monster stumps and rocks.The ability to curl underneath the stuff and lift has me grinnin' while I type reply.Power and lift ability of hoe became clear when I was taking out a huge stump.I had enough hole to leave it in there and cover it but that would not of been any fun/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.It was nearly out, needed a liitle more pull so I eased up the outriggers and Fel and reached around for the HST pedal to go forward.Whoa! Picked a bad time not to have some weight in the bucket!And this was with the stump probably 90% out of the hole secure in the hoe, using every bit of it.
Another observation was ability to move while still facing hoe.The controls were easy to reach and I did experiment some.Only thing I did not like was having to spin around to push in the clutch for a engine start.The beast was on and off more than a normal user would, I'm only allowed 16 hrs. and I didn't want to burn them up admiring my work(play).
Finally your question. The wife asked me if I was sorry for L4610 purchase and she got immediate no.The hoe on L48 does NOT look like something I would want on and off as frequently as I change attachments.The FEL had the large capacity bucket which would be nice for bringing up firewood, but the ability to shove it into the mountains of dirt I created was not as nice as the bucket on the LA852 FEL loader on L4610.One last observation,I don't regret not having ags.!The L4610 has o.s. loaded turfs and I didn't notice much difference, however I was on the bucket and outriggers most of the time.I did have it in 4wd and made some turns etc. where it's mowed and there was minimal tearing up of the grass.The front and rear work lights on the L48 are really nice, wish L4610 had something like them out of the box.
Well,I've been making post waaay to long(did anybody even stay awake long enough to reach this point?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.I gotta get another tube of grease for the gun and go over her before I burn up the remainder of those hours.I've got 3!Kubotas! in my custody for the rest of the day!!!/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
regards
Mutt
I put about 7 hrs. on her yesterday as it came late in the day.I had no experience to speak of running a hoe so the first 20 min. or so were becoming familiar with the controls out of harms way. They are easy to become familiar with and this baby will DIG!I wish I was putting in a basement or something other than digging monster stumps and rocks.The ability to curl underneath the stuff and lift has me grinnin' while I type reply.Power and lift ability of hoe became clear when I was taking out a huge stump.I had enough hole to leave it in there and cover it but that would not of been any fun/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.It was nearly out, needed a liitle more pull so I eased up the outriggers and Fel and reached around for the HST pedal to go forward.Whoa! Picked a bad time not to have some weight in the bucket!And this was with the stump probably 90% out of the hole secure in the hoe, using every bit of it.
Another observation was ability to move while still facing hoe.The controls were easy to reach and I did experiment some.Only thing I did not like was having to spin around to push in the clutch for a engine start.The beast was on and off more than a normal user would, I'm only allowed 16 hrs. and I didn't want to burn them up admiring my work(play).
Finally your question. The wife asked me if I was sorry for L4610 purchase and she got immediate no.The hoe on L48 does NOT look like something I would want on and off as frequently as I change attachments.The FEL had the large capacity bucket which would be nice for bringing up firewood, but the ability to shove it into the mountains of dirt I created was not as nice as the bucket on the LA852 FEL loader on L4610.One last observation,I don't regret not having ags.!The L4610 has o.s. loaded turfs and I didn't notice much difference, however I was on the bucket and outriggers most of the time.I did have it in 4wd and made some turns etc. where it's mowed and there was minimal tearing up of the grass.The front and rear work lights on the L48 are really nice, wish L4610 had something like them out of the box.
Well,I've been making post waaay to long(did anybody even stay awake long enough to reach this point?/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.I gotta get another tube of grease for the gun and go over her before I burn up the remainder of those hours.I've got 3!Kubotas! in my custody for the rest of the day!!!/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
regards
Mutt
patrickg
Veteran Member
Hello Mutt, fellow L4610 driver. I envy you getting to use a backhoe. As I have the cab model Kubota won't/can't put a hoe on it. I have just got it back from 50 hr and am looking for an after market hoe, even if I have to build one from purchased plans. I don't care if it is smaller than Kubota's or isn't cost effective versus rental,
I W A N T O N E ! There I said it. I have been thrilled by the ditch digging ability of the FEL. Digs about two feet deep with one side nearly vertical and cut smooth and the other a bit ragged and not so steep. Ditch is bigger than needed for laying pipe, conduit, or wire but easier than a shovel and cheaper than renting a ditcher. Just got 2 1/2 inches of rain over last couple days. Going down to use pump to empty all my nice ditches tomorrow.
Doncha jus lovit? Try for weeks to get a plumber to come out and help plumb under my mom's new house and when I find one then a few days before the scheduled date it rains and makes a swimming pool under the house. Now if I couldl just find a way for te tractor to fix that!
Any thoughts you could share re backhoe on a L4610 with cab would be greatly appreciated.
Patrick
I W A N T O N E ! There I said it. I have been thrilled by the ditch digging ability of the FEL. Digs about two feet deep with one side nearly vertical and cut smooth and the other a bit ragged and not so steep. Ditch is bigger than needed for laying pipe, conduit, or wire but easier than a shovel and cheaper than renting a ditcher. Just got 2 1/2 inches of rain over last couple days. Going down to use pump to empty all my nice ditches tomorrow.
Doncha jus lovit? Try for weeks to get a plumber to come out and help plumb under my mom's new house and when I find one then a few days before the scheduled date it rains and makes a swimming pool under the house. Now if I couldl just find a way for te tractor to fix that!
Any thoughts you could share re backhoe on a L4610 with cab would be greatly appreciated.
Patrick
patrickg
I could not believe Kubota would design the cab model to not use the backhoe.That and the extra $$ kept me cabless. Somewhere, maybe on this site, there was a mention of a sub-frame mount lengthened to work with a cab model. Wish I could help more.Right now I'm trying to convince the boss we need a 3rd tractor around the house/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.
regards
Mutt
I could not believe Kubota would design the cab model to not use the backhoe.That and the extra $$ kept me cabless. Somewhere, maybe on this site, there was a mention of a sub-frame mount lengthened to work with a cab model. Wish I could help more.Right now I'm trying to convince the boss we need a 3rd tractor around the house/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.
regards
Mutt
JonE
Cost for the weekend was $500. That included $125 for delivery and pickup as I am about 140 miles round trip from the dealership. I rented from the same dealership I got the L4610 from rather than the local guy.The L48 had an hour on it, she was only driven on the owners lawn till I got my hands on it/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif.As far as digging the basement, I'd go for it if needed. That machine will realllly dig/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.
regards
Mutt
Cost for the weekend was $500. That included $125 for delivery and pickup as I am about 140 miles round trip from the dealership. I rented from the same dealership I got the L4610 from rather than the local guy.The L48 had an hour on it, she was only driven on the owners lawn till I got my hands on it/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif.As far as digging the basement, I'd go for it if needed. That machine will realllly dig/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.
regards
Mutt
