| Sean bought
a brand new Kubota compact tractor in October, 2004. [Kubota L3130 HST,
R4 tires, foldable ROPS, LA723 loader].
I went down to the dealer's on Monday the 25th,
to sign some paperwork and take a look at the tractor. They've
finished setting everything up and it's basically ready to go.
Delivery date is Friday the 29th. |
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| Kubota with subframe and
front blade attached. I'll use the front blade for snowplowing in the
Winter. |
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Posthole digger mounted
on the 3-pt hitch, with a 9" auger. I'll use this for digging holes
for fence posts. |
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| View of the instrument
panel. |
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Another view of the
front blade. The subframe is very heavy duty and extends nearly the
entire length of the tractor. It's only used for the front blade and
must be removed when the loader is attached. |
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| Operater's seat |
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View of the rear PTO and
good view of the R4 tires. For a small tractor, the power is
impressive--the 3-pt hitch has a lifting capacity of 3,600 lbs. |
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| Rear blade, which I'll
use for grading our 1000' driveway. |
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60" rear finish mower,
which I'll use for mowing the yard and field. |
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| Front loader with 72"
bucket. When subframe for front blade is not attached to the tractor,
this loader goes on or off within a couple of minutes. |
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Another view of the
loader, on stands. |
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| The rock box, sitting in
Lano's pile of goodies. |
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| Kubota is
delivered on Friday, 29Oct04. Because of the number of implements, it
arrived on a flatbed. They also had thrown a Bobcat onto the truck,
which the driver used to unload all the implements, sitting on skids.
The driver wisely chose not to try coming up our driveway--he would have had
to back all the way up. The package:
Kubota L3130 4WD r/R4 tires and foldable ROPS
Kubota LA723 loader with 72" square back bucket and bolt-on
cutting edge
Kubota L2172A 72" front blade and quick hitch frame
Befco C30 60" rear finish mower
Befco 3 pt post hole digger and 9" auger
Befco 3 pt 72" rear blade
Kubota B8160 3 pt rock box
Front grill guard
Swinging drawbar. |
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| New tractor arrives on a
misty afternoon. |
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The driver wisely
decides to unload at the bottom of the driveway. |
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| View from the front
yard, across the field. |
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Christened "Klondike", our
3130 waits on the flatbed. |
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| Parked by the garage. |
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Klondike with loader and
post hole digger. |
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| Rock box |
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A bunch of implements
(front blade and rear blade) |
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| Quarter view |
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Side view |
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| L3130 |
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PTO view |
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| Good shot of the auger |
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Rear quarter view |
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| Details of
front blade, 1-Nov-2004. |
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The black piece is the subframe
that the front blade attaches to. Rear blade and RFM can be seen in
the background. |
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Closeup of the front of the
subframe. The bit that sticks out forward fits into the bracket on the
front blade and then is able to move vertically to raise/lower blade. |
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Closeup of front blade |
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| Front blade,
23-Nov-2004. |
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I removed the front end loader and
installed the subframe and front blade. Here's a closeup of the front
blade mounted on the frame. |
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The tractor lives in the garage,
now that the sailboat has been "demoted" to the field for the Winter. |
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