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Interesting post. My 2410 does the same. You step on it and it seem's to lurch after a pause. Mine is two years old and I've never paid much attention to that but I guess I'll have my mechanic check it out during winter servicing.

B2410 lurch in hydro trans when starting out in high
Kubota Tractors
Replies 25 Post by PaulB

I read your note before buying my BX2200 and asked the salesman about the catalog recommendation. He said it's ok to run at full throttle from the start, saying it's better for the fuel injectors to run full blast.

BX 2200 Break In
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by PaulB

Gotta add my 2 cents worth, as I have 7 horses, 10 acres. I went small and maneuverable to do the work I do, and have not regreted it. I bought a kubota B1700, which is 17 horsepower, and is physically slightly smaller than the JD4100. I haul wood, move dirt, spread manure, bring water to the pastures, carry hay out to the pastures, drag my riding arena, pull out old fence posts, drag trees out of the woods to get cut up for firewood, plow the driveway in the winter, pick rocks out of the pastures, even once had to push a horse who died over to his grave and fill it in (don't want to have to do that again in the near future) and do everything else you need to do except mow, which I will once my garden tractor dies and I need to buy a deck. I never feel underpowered, and I appreciate the ease of maneuvering around the barn and paddocks that the smaller tractor allows. Yes I have to pull a smaller manure spreader than I could with a 30 horsepower machine, and I will get a 48 inch bushhog not a 60, and my 5 foot rear blade takes longer to plow than a 7 footer would, but for me when I am on the tractor I am having fun, so taking a little longer to do a job is no great shakes. Most users say go bigger, but I am from the opposite camp, and like my smaller machine. I would say, get hydro and 4 wheel drive whatever you decide on. good luck.

Looking for Advice on Purchase
John Deere Tractors
Replies 14 Post by PaulB

Terry - yes, you absolutely can turn your wheels concave side out, but do so by switching left side wheel for right side if you have tires with treads that have a right way and a wrong way direction, as do ag tires. If your tires are liquid filled BEWARE about how ungodly heavy they are !!!!!

Reversing wheels
Kubota Tractors
Replies 3 Post by PaulB

Also check out the Carver site (banner ad above) as they advertise special needs conversions available

First time buyer
Operating and Attachments
Replies 3 Post by PaulB

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/kb13/TF_home.htm#anchor440323
this is the site. If for some reason I can not get it to work as an automatic link,you can type it in directly. I will try the link again.
PaulB

Diesel Vs Gas compact Tractors
Operating and Attachments
Replies 7 Post by PaulB

Steve - go to Yesterdays tracors web site and hunt around - I know I saw a listing of specs on all of the hitches there

Category 0 three point hitch
John Deere Tractors
Replies 4 Post by PaulB

Here it is. Sure enough they do make a 42 inch model

Kubota B7300 Rear Rotary Mower
Kubota Tractors
Replies 3 Post by PaulB

following the directions is something I can do. You should have heard the neighbor hooting when I took the little cutout page from my garden tractor owners manual, the one where you fold it at a 15 degree angle and use it as a guage to determine if your hills are too steep, and went out and measured every hill on my property - looked like a cross between a land surveyor and a kindergartener I guess. If its spelled out in the book, i can do it.
PaulB

Post hole digger advice tips
Operating and Attachments
Replies 10 Post by PaulB

John - not familiar with the brand names you mentioned, but what I have is a 6 foot wide drag harrow ( developed by Fuerst according to their web site, so I guess we are talking the same thing) which has 2 pieces that link together. the first piece has a bar and attatchment to fit on the drawbar, otherwise the 2 pieces are identical. I got mine at TSC for around $350. I have seen them in the Country Manufacturing catalog (see link) also. From what I can see they are all about the same, and are all excellent. I especially like the fact that you can reverse or turn over one or both pieces to give a deeper or more shallow cut. I am looking at buying a frame from Country Manuf. that fits to the 3 point, because moving that thing is a real job - it weighs a ton.

chain harrow
Operating and Attachments
Replies 3 Post by PaulB

Paula - I have 10 acres, 7 horses, indoor riding arena, lots of manure to move, old fence posts to pull out, snow to plow, etc, etc. I have a 17 horsepower Kubota, and it does it all easily. Your 4100 should be more than enough tractor, but by all means MAKE SURE you get the hydrostatic transmission - it is infinately superior to a gear transmission in my opinion.
PaulB

4100 enough for me
Operating and Attachments
Replies 23 Post by PaulB

Warren - I looked at the 1205 before I bought my Kubota B1700, which at 17 horsepower is close enough for comparison I would think. Looks like a nice tractor for a great price. I use a 5 foot rear blade on mine. I think it is a perfect size for moving heavy material like dirt or gravel, but for snow I am thinking of getting a 7 footer because the tractor moves snow so easily with the smaller blade I think I could move a wider path without taxing the machine or running out of power. I would stay away from a 4 foot blade simply because you will then be cutting a path more narrow than your wheels, which will make moving a berm of snow or getting real close to a wall with the blade impossible. For powered equipment like a rotary mower ("bush hog"), snow blower, or a tiller, I have been advised to stay at 4 feet wide. I think this is mostly due to weight not horsepower. I have a flexible tine harrow to drag my riding arena, and it is a 6 foot width, which the tractor handles with ease. A rear scoop looks handy too, and I saw a 30 inch wide model mounted to a B7300 (16 hp) which looked like a perfect fit.

1205 MF Implements
Massey Ferguson Tractors
Replies 3 Post by PaulB

I'm lucky, mine only takes 3 gallons, and at $16 a gallon you are right, it isn't cheap. However, I would certainly suggest that you stick with it especially during your warrantee period, which for the running gear is 3 years not 2 like most other brands. Seems to me that if you ever did have a claim under warrantee, you might lose if you used anything other than what the book says.
paulB

Super UDT fluid
Kubota Tractors
Replies 4 Post by PaulB

Harry - sounds like you need 2 different machines. If you get a monster big enough to do the clearing work, you will be stuck with a tractor too big to be handy around the horse barn, and a gas hog to boot. I have 5 horses, 10 acres, and an indoor ring, and I find I need maneuverability more often than I need power. Have you considered hiring out the heavy work, then buying a machine better suited to your long term needs of fence maintenance, dragging the indoor ring, moving manure, bringing hay and water out to the pasture, etc?

Tractor reccomendations
Operating and Attachments
Replies 2 Post by PaulB

Chis - I recently had what I thought might be a cold weather problem (turned out one of my brakes was rubbing) and asked my dealer about using something other than super UDT in my Kubota. He called a factory rep, and found out that Super UDT is rated at 5 weight, so it is about as thin in the cold as you can get. I don't know what NH uses, but maybe your dealer can find out what viscosity it is rated at.
PaulB

HST and cold weather
New Holland Tractors
Replies 33 Post by PaulB

Jason - just to get you started, check out a local dealer in my area (near Syracuse New York) at www.deveautractor.com I do not work for them, I didn't even buy my tractor there, so I have no stake in promoting them, but they do list quite a few small older Kubotas on their used equipment web site.

WANTED B7100 7200 8200
Kubota Tractors
Replies 7 Post by PaulB

Mike - no B4200 in the CURRENT lineup, but there was one, 12.5 horsepower, introduced in 1987. I do not know how many years they were produced.
Source : Zimmerer Kubota web site, history of the B series.
PaulB

Kubota B-4200
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by PaulB

10 acres, 7 horses, in Central New York. I have a Kubota B1700, with loader, flexible tine harrow, and back blade only for now. Manure spreader coming in the spring (people I talk to think I am certifiable because I am all atingle about getting a manure spreader - they have yet to learn the joy of tractordom). I use mine to move tons of stuff I used to break my back over, pull out old broken fence posts, put in the new posts (also buying a post hole digger when the $ is available), moving snow (UNBELIEVABLE fun), bringing hay and water to the pastures,carrying tools to the opposite end of the property (1/4 mile I used to have to walk one armful of tools at a time), dragging the riding arena, pulling the neighbors cars out of the mud, dragging trees out of the woods to cut and split, etc,etc. I could not run the farm without it. Unlike several other posters, I am not of the bigger is better school. I like my tractor because it is easy to get into tight spaces, like the barn aisle, it is quiet, easy on fuel, and strong enough to get the work done. Whatever excuse you nead, if you love to do things yourself BUY A TRACTOR!!!
PaulB

How Much Property Do You All Have
Tractor Projects
Replies 29 Post by PaulB

Michael - I had read (maybe from an earlier post by you?)about the zero fatality record of the rops/seatbelt combination, but I have no idea where those data come from. Where can I research that sort of information?
Thanks
PaulB

Help select tractor
Operating and Attachments
Replies 10 Post by PaulB

Pete - you have opened up my favorite topic - spending other peoples money on small tractors! I own a Kubota B1700, 4 WD, hydro, with ag tires and a loader. No mower - I use a cheap MTD mower on my 5 acres of lawn and 4 of pasture because my land is so hilly the Kubota can't go all the places I need to mow. However, I do everything else you can imagine using the Kubota. I move dirt with the loader, dig up old fence posts usiong the 3 point and a tow chain, put in new fence posts, move dirt and snow with the rear blade, backfill with the loader, drag my riding arena , pull stuck cars out of the mud, pull trees out of the woods, and lots of other jobs, some big and some small. I have no hesitation in recommending a machine of this size (7300,1700,2100,2400) for the jobs I do. The BX looks interesting on paper (I have never seen one in real life) but it does give up quite a bit of loader power (480 pound lift vs 660 for my 1700) and 3 point lift (600 something vs a little over 1000 pounds) If you want to bounce ideas off of me, e-mail, I love to talk tractors!
PaulB

Kubota BX Series Is it Too Small
Kubota Tractors
Replies 3 Post by PaulB