New Kubota

[phoenix 1]

The place where I work just got a new L3800 with FEL, pallet forks, blade and 5' bushhog!:thumbsup: I am a very happy camper. I have been moving logs, gravel,digging out stumps, and bushhogging every where I go. There are 102 acres and several clearings and roadsides that have not been cut is years that mother nature has been taking back, so when I am traveling from one place to another the hog is spinning away.5 hours on it in between rain and the bushog has been running for at least 3 of them. I have used every thing but the blade and it will get it's time to.

 

[groundcover]

Sounds like you have plenty of use for it ! Use it in good health ! You are going to wonder how you ever did without it ! Don't forget to tighten the front lug nuts every once in a while while it is breaking in. I wrecked a rim and so did a friend of mine from the lugs getting lose as the paint wears off. ( according to the dealer ). Take your time and be safe. :thumbsup:

 

[bigbull338]

now thats what i call enjoying a new tractor.

 

[davethegundoctor]

I would say he's having a "Honey Moon " with that tractor.
Dave

 

[teg]

Re-check the front axle to see if the oil needs to be topped off...

 

[phoenix 1]

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I will check the lugs and fluid in the front end in the morning.

 

[RaydaKub]

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I will check the lugs and fluid in the front end in the morning.

And do it again in a week...

Enjoy!:thumbsup:

 

[phoenix 1]

doe's anyone know how heavy brush I can mow down with this tractor?

 

[davethegundoctor]

It should tell you in the owner's manual of your bush hog. Some are 1inch and maybe up to 3 inch but check what it tells you. Don't not go over what it say's or you will have some repair bills on your hands.

Dave

 

[Verticaltrx]

doe's anyone know how heavy brush I can mow down with this tractor?

That mostly depends on the bush hog. What brand and model is it? If it is fairly heavy duty I wouldn't hesitate to mow 2" diameter saplings with it. The other thing to be aware of is running over stuff with the tractor and tearing up things underneath. If it is real big brush I back the cutter up to it to mow it off. Smaller stuff I set the loader bucket about a foot off the ground and let the bucket push it over as I go. You just have to remember to not back up when doing that. Anything that you have pushed over under the tractor will spring back up and drive up into the bottom of the tractor possibly wrecking things.

 

[chucko]

So YOU get a new tractor and YOU get to have all the fun and someone else (the place you work) paid for it....... That's not fair to the rest of us. I need to go talk to my boss. I am sure somehow as a software tester I need a tractor

 

[phoenix 1]

So YOU get a new tractor and YOU get to have all the fun and someone else (the place you work) paid for it....... That's not fair to the rest of us. I need to go talk to my boss. I am sure somehow as a software tester I need a tractor

There is grass to mow and snow to be cleared isn't there? when i was working as a software tester one of the tech's and I would fight over who got to mow the grass.:laughing:

 

[phoenix 1]

It should tell you in the owner's manual of your bush hog. Some are 1inch and maybe up to 3 inch but check what it tells you. Don't not go over what it say's or you will have some repair bills on your hands.

Dave

That mostly depends on the bush hog. What brand and model is it? If it is fairly heavy duty I wouldn't hesitate to mow 2" diameter saplings with it. The other thing to be aware of is running over stuff with the tractor and tearing up things underneath. If it is real big brush I back the cutter up to it to mow it off. Smaller stuff I set the loader bucket about a foot off the ground and let the bucket push it over as I go. You just have to remember to not back up when doing that. Anything that you have pushed over under the tractor will spring back up and drive up into the bottom of the tractor possibly wrecking things.

it's a Fred Cain Agri-cutter, 5' sq. The dealer is out of the manual and is working on getting me one. I was mainly curios about what size brush I could run over safely as it is a smallish tractor. I think the bush hog will probbably eat enything I safely push down. I will be seeing the dealer in a day or two to get some fluid for the front axle, it was low!

 

[teg]

...to get some fluid for the front axle, it was low!

It takes time for the oil to seep down, that is why, RaydaKub said to do it again in a week. I would get a minimum of 2 quarts...

Tractor should handle what the cutting can cut... I would do a 2" pine but think twice if it's a 2" oak.

Remember that one "fault" with L3800 (and others like it) The steering linkage is exposed and are bent easily (don't ask me how I know).

 

[phoenix 1]

It takes time for the oil to seep down, that is why, RaydaKub said to do it again in a week. I would get a minimum of 2 quarts...

Tractor should handle what the cutting can cut... I would do a 2" pine but think twice if it's a 2" oak.

Remember that one "fault" with L3800 (and others like it) The steering linkage is exposed and are bent easily (don't ask me how I know).

Went by the dealer yesterday, he gave me a gallon of fluid. When I asked about the brush hog he said that the key was the shear pin, I'd know when the brush was to big when I broke it. I was been backing in when it's real thick, I have better visibility that way and less chance of running over something I don't want to. The property used to be a saw mill and there are logs every where.