Tractor delivered today...

[Anonymous Poster]

My first project.....my grandmother had some old clothes line poles that my grandpa put down years ago. She wanted to pull em up....so I did /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Also had my first accident. Just wasn't watching /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif and hit the side of our shop with the front loader. Figured my Dad would go ape **** when he saw it but he was cool about it, lol.

 

[icat]

Well that's coming out of your allowance! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Sweet machine - mine's due in a week from Thursday. Can't wait to join all you "New 'Bota" owners with some pics of my own.

Congrats!

 

[Tdog]

Hey Jarrett,

Congrats & sympathy too. Nice toy.

Got my new BX22 the last week of April & I'm really happy with it.

What part of LA are you in?

 

[icat]

Jarrett,
If you get a chance, could you measure the length of the tractor with the FEL and Box Blade attached. I'm looking to order a Cover-It for storage and want to be sure to get one long enough.
Thanks.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Hey Jarrett,

Congrats & sympathy too. Nice toy.

Got my new BX22 the last week of April & I'm really happy with it.

What part of LA are you in? )</font>

Thanks. I'm from Gonzales, just south of Baton Rouge.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Jarrett,
If you get a chance, could you measure the length of the tractor with the FEL and Box Blade attached. I'm looking to order a Cover-It for storage and want to be sure to get one long enough.
Thanks. )</font>
I think it's about 17ft, but I can check again. My Dad measured it today to see how it would fit on our 16' trailer. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Wow, you got a big boy. Hey what's that orange rod that sticks up on the side of the FEL? I have done some collateral damage with my FEL also, thankfully, so far it's just some trees.

LOL, Frank

 

[SeanInMN]

What are the specs? Size, etc.? Just want to know what I'm drooling over.. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[SeanInMN]

Oops--apologies--I see from your other post that it's a 3130..

 

[Anonymous Poster]

It looks like a Star Equipment sticker on yor loader. You didn't happen to buy it in Hammond did you?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( .....Hey what's that orange rod that sticks up on the side of the FEL?......
LOL, Frank )</font>
That's the bucket level indicator to show what angle the bucket is curled at.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It looks like a Star Equipment sticker on yor loader. You didn't happen to buy it in Hammond did you? )</font>
Sure did. I know the owner's son pretty well from college and when I started looking for a tractor he was the first person I talked to about it. They're really great people over there.

BTW, here are the specs:
L3130 DT FWD
R4's
LA513 Loader w/quick attach bucket
Woods GB60 Box Blade

 

[Anonymous Poster]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Jarrett,
If you get a chance, could you measure the length of the tractor with the FEL and Box Blade attached. I'm looking to order a Cover-It for storage and want to be sure to get one long enough.
Thanks. )</font>

I measured the length of the tractor today. It's 16'6" from the tip of the bucket (sitting flat) to the tip of the rear blade on the box.

 

[icat]

Big Thank You!

I had a moment a work today and I measure the wheelbase on the photo you posted, then measured the length of everything in the photo. I then took the actual measurements from the Kubota brochure and used them to convert the numbers from your photos. I figured I would be within a couple of inches. Came out to 16 feet and 7 inches in my estimation - not bad! See, you really do need algebra in life! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Nice to know the REAL deal though! Once again a big thank you!

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Just bought the same setup with R-1 tires. I live so close I actually drove mine home. They've been real good to deal with.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( -Originally posted by icat - Big Thank You!

I had a moment a work today and I measure the wheelbase on the photo you posted, then measured the length of everything in the photo. I then took the actual measurements from the Kubota brochure and used them to convert the numbers from your photos. I figured I would be within a couple of inches. Came out to 16 feet and 7 inches in my estimation - not bad! See, you really do need algebra in life! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Nice to know the REAL deal though! Once again a big thank you! )</font>

You're welcome. That sounds like something I would do. Dig back into my old calculus and engineering courses and try to calculate stuff from a pic, lol.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( -Originally posted by hammer1995- Just bought the same setup with R-1 tires. I live so close I actually drove mine home. They've been real good to deal with. )</font>

Cool, that would have been fun driving mine home on I-12, lol.