zeek87
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Hello all! This is my first time posting on the site although I have been lurking for the past several months since I bought some property and starting looking at tractors. We have a little shy of 100 acres that we are planning to build a house on. I will be using the tractor for gardening, about 5-10 acres of food plots, taking care of a driveway when that occurs, brush hogging about 15 acres 2-3 times a year, and possibly feeding some smaller round bales in the future. I figured I would need a 40-50 hp tractor although unsure on shuttle or HST. I need to keep the purchase under $20K.
I could use a little advice on a tractor I am looking at. It is a used kubota L5030 HST with around 1000 hrs on it. Of those, the last 800 hours have been as a rental with an average of 100 hr/yr. I have my concerns about being a rental along with my dad but we decided to look at the tractor. The dealer wanted $17K for it but has come down some. The tractor shows normal wear (does not appear to be what I would think rental wear would look like) and slight rust but we could not find any major issues. The one plus is all the service has been done and has been tracked due to the dealer owning it. No major parts have been broken or replaced. My dad has been around tractors all of his life.
Thoughts or possible issues to look for with this model?
While we were testing the tractor, the display is to show if the PTO is on and at what rpm. It only displayed the pto was on some of the time when we turned it on. We figured a connection was coming loose and the dealer said they would look into it. Of course when he had a technician look it worked when the technician turned the PTO on at idle and would rev the engine. It did not work if the engine was not at idle when he turned on the PTO. He thought this was how it was to function. Does anyone know if this is how it is to function?
Sorry for the long winded first post but any help is appreciated! Thank you!
I could use a little advice on a tractor I am looking at. It is a used kubota L5030 HST with around 1000 hrs on it. Of those, the last 800 hours have been as a rental with an average of 100 hr/yr. I have my concerns about being a rental along with my dad but we decided to look at the tractor. The dealer wanted $17K for it but has come down some. The tractor shows normal wear (does not appear to be what I would think rental wear would look like) and slight rust but we could not find any major issues. The one plus is all the service has been done and has been tracked due to the dealer owning it. No major parts have been broken or replaced. My dad has been around tractors all of his life.
Thoughts or possible issues to look for with this model?
While we were testing the tractor, the display is to show if the PTO is on and at what rpm. It only displayed the pto was on some of the time when we turned it on. We figured a connection was coming loose and the dealer said they would look into it. Of course when he had a technician look it worked when the technician turned the PTO on at idle and would rev the engine. It did not work if the engine was not at idle when he turned on the PTO. He thought this was how it was to function. Does anyone know if this is how it is to function?
Sorry for the long winded first post but any help is appreciated! Thank you!
