NEW L48 REPLACEMENT RUMOR POLL

[mike69440]

Saw and held the new M59 brichur today, pretty cool. Looks like big L39, 148 cubic inch motor, 4k lift at pins, 12' hoe, factory thumb, 8,840 lbs. $47K.
I am getting another L48 and cannot justify the incremental cost. Just my 2 cents.

Only 1850 lbs heavier than a L-39, but 1300 lbs more lift at pins? (2,700 vs. 4,000 lbs) At center bucket that ought to be about 3200 or 3300 lbs, which is near 50 % more than the L-39. I hope it has 6k in curl. (weak point of L-39) Sounds tippy, but interesting.

 

[curtisfarmer]

The brochure said 3k lbs. bucket center. Same Hyd. flow as L48, did not mention range speeds. Showed it with mower on boom arm, cool, but not useful as repostioning all the time would take forever. It does look big, and with loaded tires and other ballast, 10,000 lbs. trailers will be tough. I want to see one in person.

 

[mike69440]

The brochure said 3k lbs. bucket center. Same Hyd. flow as L48, did not mention range speeds. Showed it with mower on boom arm, cool, but not useful as repostioning all the time would take forever. It does look big, and with loaded tires and other ballast, 10,000 lbs. trailers will be tough. I want to see one in person.

Yeah, you are not going to move an M-59 with a 3/4 ton truck & 10K trailer, especially if you do the safe thing and ballast it to 10,000 lbs.

Considering the terrain we have in NH, ballasting my tractor was the smart safe thing to do.

 

[_RaT_]

Yeah, you are not going to move an M-59 with a 3/4 ton truck & 10K trailer, especially if you do the safe thing and ballast it to 10,000 lbs.

Considering the terrain we have in NH, ballasting my tractor was the smart safe thing to do.

What kind of terrain do you have?

 

[mike69440]

What kind of terrain do you have?

It used to look like this, $50,000 later, it is shaping up

 

[The Gardener]

It used to look like this, $50,000 later, it is shaping up.

That's NH alright, but you definitley must have moved some of your larger boulders before you took the image. Our acreage in NH is identical. Granite is a stable and highly dependable crop. More rocksw appear every spring until you finally have enough thatch to hold them down.

It took me the whole summer and into the fall [not quite done] to get control of the the surface rocks on a new 3/4 acre woods clearing. By next summer, I should be able to run the riding mower over the terrain at level 6 and escape a blade hammering.

The Gardener

 

[mike69440]

It used to look like this, $50,000 later, it is shaping up.

That's NH alright, but you definitley must have moved some of your larger boulders before you took the image. Our acreage in NH is identical. Granite is a stable and highly dependable crop. More rocksw appear every spring until you finally have enough thatch to hold them down.

It took me the whole summer and into the fall [not quite done] to get control of the the surface rocks on a new 3/4 acre woods clearing. By next summer, I should be able to run the riding mower over the terrain at level 6 and escape a blade hammering.

The Gardener

My wife and I cleaned up about 1.5 Acres of bulldozed woods this fall. +40 loads in a big Terex off-road dump carried the stumps away from 5 cleared acres of thick hilly woods.
First I used the Borford grapple on the L-39 and hoe for some rocks, then the 6' box blade on an L3400, then the 7' HD york rake either on L3400 or my little B7200 with plenty of hand picking of rocks, roots and branches.

$300 in pasture grass seed was spread.

We will see what it looks like in the spring. We have another +3 more acres to clean and seed not counting a 1/2 acre backyard.

Sounds like a job for an M-59!

 

[Steve]

HI,
It's my understanding that the M59 will replace the L48.
All the new 08 additions->
Carver Equipment introduces the 2008 Kubota new product additions.
We'll be posting lots of details asap.
Best wishes,
Steve

 

[mike69440]

HI,
It's my understanding that the M59 will replace the L48.
All the new 08 additions->
Carver Equipment introduces the 2008 Kubota new product additions.
We'll be posting lots of details asap.
Best wishes,
Steve

Steve,

That's an L39 in the Photo. Take it over to the copy machine and enlarge it, then repost.

Mike

 

[Ob1kubota]

Mike please Steve knows what he is talking about.theL39 is the end loader designation. Steve is the owner of Carver and I purchase thousands of dollars of parts for my rental fleet through his organization. He is very well connected to Kubota Corporate folks.