MX Series Pricing?

[cold1313]

Yes, the 88" is outside to outside of the widest R4's.

I agree, a better blade for dirt work. I really need to get a box blade I think.


Any other implements or accessories? Telescopic lift arms worth the $$?

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Yes, the 88" is outside to outside of the widest R4's.

I agree, a better blade for dirt work. I really need to get a box blade I think.


Any other implements or accessories? Telescopic lift arms worth the $$?

I run a quick hitch and you could pry it out of my cold dead hands. So my telescopic lift arms are mostly useless.

On my list are: grapple, 3rd fxn, hydraulic top link, combo ballast/carry-all box, sun/rain canopy, real grill guard.

 

[motownbrowne]

Implements or accessories? Of course. One or two of each. Bush hogs in 6' and 8', heck a 7' flail. 6' tiller, 48" grapple, logging winch, chipper, snowblower, and on and on. Gotta be careful around here, we like spending other people's money.

I don't know how often you'll be changing implements, but I can tell you that i sure wish my Kubota had the telescoping lift arms. I have them on my New Holland, and they make hooking stuff up a lot easier.

 

[cold1313]

Right now I only switch between the mower and the blade.

I think the telescoping is the best for me at the moment. Quick hitch once I get a larger barn to store more stuff.

 

[Code54]

Love the telescoping arms on ours! Make changing implements a simple process!

 

[sixdogs]

Love the telescoping arms on ours! Make changing implements a simple process!

Absolutely. It's OF for standard ends if you don't change implements often or are young and broke but if you can afford it and DO change implements often, extendable ends save a lot of time and energy. I have one tractor with basic fixed link ends and it's OK to hook up something light but is tedious to hook up anything heavy or awkward that I can't lift into position.

 

[cold1313]

I run a quick hitch and you could pry it out of my cold dead hands. So my telescopic lift arms are mostly useless.

On my list are: grapple, 3rd fxn, hydraulic top link, combo ballast/carry-all box, sun/rain canopy, real grill guard.

What grill guard do you have or should I consider?

 

[cold1313]

Lastly, not to beat a dead horse on this one - I did a lot of reading in the past on the insurance Kubota offers. I want to say when I purchased my B3200, that my dealer really didn't encourage me to get it. He wasn't telling me to avoid it, but left it up to me. More or less no opinion on it.

However, if I remember right, everyone seems to highly recommend getting the Kubota insurance. I forget what it's actually called....I put low hours on the machine, so whatever "standard" warranty it comes with, will run out before I'm likely to find something after it "works loose". But I believe the Kubota insurance pretty much covers everything that could happen to it?

I'm also assuming the price continues to go up as the cost of the tractor does as well.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

What grill guard do you have or should I consider?

Sorry, I should have been more specific.

No one makes them commercially that I know of. I meant to modify the existing grill guard to protect the battery and radiators PRIOR to using any kind of grapple. DIY if you weld or like the plywood (Clampett's came to town ) look or get a welder to add some HD (#9?) expanded metal).

If you do not do this you WILL shove a stick etc into your radiator or fan and ruin your day. :2cents:

 

[Fallon]

I run a quick hitch and you could pry it out of my cold dead hands. So my telescopic lift arms are mostly useless.

On my list are: grapple, 3rd fxn, hydraulic top link, combo ballast/carry-all box, sun/rain canopy, real grill guard.

Same. everything gets modded to QH compatible if it's not, or gets sold. Never really used the telescoping action on my L4060. Looks cool, but QH is cooler.

 

[cold1313]

Looks like I'll move forward with the MX if I can unload the B3200 first. I know one or two people in this thread asked about it. I believe I messaged you - if not, please shoot me a direct message. For some reason the website isn't telling me if I get a new message, but I try to check it a few times a day now.

 

[cold1313]

Curious - what are people using to remove snow with these size machines? (Not counting a 3 point blower).

I got a price on a snow blade and then to add the hydraulic angle and ouch!

 

[LD1]

Curious - what are people using to remove snow with these size machines? (Not counting a 3 point blower).

I got a price on a snow blade and then to add the hydraulic angle and ouch!

I got a 7.5' meyer truck plow.

I take my pallet forks off the fork frame and put brackets on the ssqa fork frame to hook up the plow just like you would to a truck, still using a chain lift for float. Got front hydraulics via a diverter cause I also have a grapple. This is how I angle.

Used truck plows.....plow only......seem to sell for $200 or so in good enough condition to do a driveway for many many years.

But......given the winters of the last two years, it really hasnt had much of a workout. But I dont anticipate any issues at all. My smaller kubota L3400 that I had for the last 11 years before getting the MX, I used a 7' rear blade. And that was just about unstoppable in the snow. But not much in the way of hills either.

 

[Code54]

7' rear HD blade. Plow about 3/4 mile with it without any problems. The front blade would be nicer however!

 

[cold1313]

i use the rear blade on my B3200 and it works pretty good. Problem is that my current blade is 72".

 

[cold1313]

I had a few more random thoughts jump in my head this morning....

Kubota's website states: "Overall height (w/Foldable ROPS) - 95.7" - I am assuming this is with the ROPS in the upright position? Then you can fold the ROPS to get through a standard 8' tall garage door?

With the wheels turned so that the tires are as wide as they can get...I wonder if I can still get all 3 sets of wheel weights on there?

 

[LD1]

Don't know the actual height because my rops is always down, but no issue with an 8' door.

I modified 6 enfo weights. Got 3 per side and they fit with my tires at their widest. Don't know about other weights

 

[sixdogs]

Only the first rear weight bolts to the wheel. The next sets bolt to the prior weight. You could put 10 sets on.




For front end weights, here's a pic.







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[cold1313]

Sixdogs - After seeing your front weights - should I consider those to stick to the slopes (driving across, not up and down) in addition to the loader? Or is the loader fine and just pick up some weight in the bucket? That's pretty much what I do now with my B.

Would anyone mind measuring the length of your MX, with the loader bucket on the ground? I'd really like to know the overall length of the machine with the bucket and a rotary cutter behind it to see how things fit in my barn.

For counter weights, my practice in the past is that my mower has worked for a counter weight and I leave it on pretty much all summer. Do any of you guys switch to a ballast box? Or a home made one? I've always thought the mower is fine, other than it hangs out there a bit. (remember, I'm looking to lift a 1 ton pallet of wood pellets just a couple times a year, low and slow)

Lastly, after everyone recommended buying used SSQA forks, I have not seen anything on Craigslist...nothing remotely close to me has even come up...surprising. Are they are to find, or am I better off just getting new and rolling it into the financing?