L48 or L5030 - My Jump Into The Tractor World?

txdon · Oct 17, 2004

Gray, Wow you do have the best at both ends! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

gray · Oct 17, 2004

Not so sure it's the best but it works.

I could not believe I could tweek that thumb until I did. Glad to have the thumb though.

I am going to add teeth to the 4in1 soon. I think I mentioned that in a post. The teeth would make it easier to pick up and or pull logs. On odd shaped logs it is sometimes hard to get a grip on them with the bucket. I don't know if I will hard mount them or bolt them???? Thoughts?

Ursushorribilus · Oct 18, 2004

Fantastic pictures...that is an awesome setup!

gray · Oct 18, 2004

Here is a picture of the thumb holding a 12inch stump. This stump max. out the BH lift capacity. The boom would actually drop it I expended the dipper stick out with the stump. The stump must weigh in at around 1200 lbs? In close it would lift it but out away it would stall the boom.

gray · Oct 18, 2004

This picture is of the stump that was in the thumb now in the 4in1 bucket. This is a common use for the bucket. This stump is about average for the ones i have handled with it. The sun is about down so the picture is a bit washed out.

Ursushorribilus · Oct 19, 2004

Gray, those pictures make all the difference! Definitely making a believer out of me /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Tony

gray · Oct 19, 2004

Tony.

I don't know if you read my E-mail. You had a tough question. I did go with the L48 because: It is trailerable, powerful, built like a construction loader BH, has a 3ph and is from a long standing high quality company.

I have added a few things to make it more functional to my needs. Many units can be added to or modified to fit your needs but the L48 had enough power to make thoughs things work.

I miss posted a picture. I think it was supposed to be a BH one and I posted a 4in1 bucket one. I will post the BH one with a stump in the thumb on this post.

Ursushorribilus · Oct 20, 2004

Gray, yes, I did get your message, thank you for that, and check your PMs.

So, I just got off the phone with the local Kubota dealer, who, incidentally, will be selling the new Ingersoll Rand BL 570, and I asked a salesman who was familiar with both his opinion of the better machine in respect to landscaping. It turns out that he had just come from an orientation at the IR facility, where they not only put the IR 570 through its paces, but ran an L48 right beside it for comparison. He told me that at one point the IR 570 got stuck in a sandpit because of its small wheels, and they had to use to L48 to tow it out /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Another compliment paid to the L48 by IR, as related to me by this salesman, was the fact than IR was "dissecting" an L48 and studying it so that its features could be incorporated into future IR machines /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

I love my L48, and I haven't even gotten it yet! I'll be dropping my down payment on Friday...Tony