New owner l4610 gst

   / New owner l4610 gst #1  

emanaresi

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Kubota L4610
Just today I bought a kubota l4610 with front end loader and bradco 511 backhoe. We have 41 acres of woods in south jersey and will be building a house so it should be a good investment. The tractor is a 2001 model and only has just under 400hours on it. This is my first tractor an I have a lot too learn. Can you guys tell me what maintenance things I should address first? Also, I don't have 3 point hitch parts, the owner lost them since he never took the backhoe off :-( any tips on where to find them? Is a dealer my only real option?

Thanks
 
   / New owner l4610 gst #2  
Nice buy. I have a L3710, two sizes under your machine. All time best buy ever. These grand Ls do not seem to need much fuss over them. Id say change the filters, and grease it. I believe the L4610 had a extra heavy front axle that holds more oil than the smaller models.
 
   / New owner l4610 gst #3  
With it being a GST I would say use Super UDT for the hydraulic fluid also.

Sometime I wish I had the 511 but love thew Bradco 408.

David Kb7uns
 
   / New owner l4610 gst #4  
Congratulations on your new tractor, we are on our second Grand L and really like them. If you don't have a manual, get one. We maintain our own and maintenance is not hard. Your manual will have maintenance items, ours shows maintenance at every 50 hours with different items needing attention at 50-100-200-400 etc. Valve adjustment is not due until 800 hours, your tractor has very few hours so you will probably never wear it out.
 
   / New owner l4610 gst
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Any thoughts about where to get 3 point hitch parts? Would any other tractors share the same parts with the l4610?
 
   / New owner l4610 gst #6  
I doubt it, you can get parts diagrams from Messicks to see if they are interchangeable between any other models, but I just don't know; sorry.
 
   / New owner l4610 gst
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so the parts drawings reveal that the 4310 and 4610 do share 3 point hitch components. Iwish I could find some used ones :-(
 
   / New owner l4610 gst #8  
Congratulations on a great tractor! Of course I'm a bit biased, but ours has been flawless for more than 10 years now.

A new set of 3 point arms might be available (check with Messick's), but it'll be quite expensive. An alternative might be a salvage place like this (there are others, this is just one I know of):

Kubota Tractor Parts: Engine Parts || Weaver's Compact Tractor Parts & Compact Tractor Salvage

Don't know if the 3 point arms from a "standard L" would work on a "Grand L".

Particularly if you don't know the service history of the tractor, it wouldn't be a bad idea to do a full round of new fluids and filters. These little Kubota engines are about indestructible if you keep everything clean and well lubed.

The Bradco 511 is an outstanding backhoe. I seriously considered it for my L4610 and only went with the Kubota factory backhoe because of the dealers involved. Keep all the loader and backhoe grease points well lubed (tractor too!). It looks messy, but everything will last.

Be sure to keep the radiator clean. It tends to accumulate crud in the vanes that need to be carefully rinsed out. It should not drink anything except diesel fuel, and it's frugal with that.

For most things you do, 1800-2200 rpm is plenty. I don't like to putt around at idle and try to have at least 1500. There is always plenty of power and you should virtually never need full pto rpm. With my backhoe, 1600-1700 gives full hydraulic power but doesn't make the controls so hair-trigger that everything is jerky. Yours will probably be a bit different, of course.

I have a shop manual for the L10's, if there's any specific information you need.
 
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If anyone has an L4610 or L4310, could you please measure the lengths of the lift rod, min and max length of the leveling rod, min and max length of the top link, and min and max length of the stabilizer arms? Maybe I can find some of the parts without paying kubota prices! I think the actual 3 point lift arms I will have to get from kubota.

From messicks, all the parts came out to $1800!
 
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The guy I bought it from found most of the 3 point hitch, so that is one big relief!
 

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