overwhelmed by choices, please help

[chim]

I'm not familiar with the climate you're in except it gets cold and snowy. After spending over 20 years on open station tractors, I built a heated cab for the last tractor. The ventilation was via doors that lifted off easily when the weather got warm. With a small fan and the doors removed, it was better than an open station in the hot sun.

About 1-1/2 years ago I had the opportunity to move to a factory-cabbed tractor with both heat and A/C. It was a huge improvement over the heated-only cab. Being able to keep cool on the hot days in itself is great. Other benefits include watching the bugs, deer flies, etc bounce off the glass instead of biting me. Not sneezing and wheezing in Pollen Season and Dust Season, and driving without ear protection are nice.

 

[NHSleddog]

Digital dash? I kind of stopped worrying about digital after my first TI watch.
That old rotary phone was bulletproof though, until it broke.

I would say just about every mechanical dash I have owned for a long time has had issues. Usually bulbs and cables but issues regardless.

Knock on some simulated wood somewhere - at this point in life I have yet to have a digital dash break. Is this really an issue with any Kubota digital dash? Most "mechanical" or "analog" dash's at this point are mostly electronic anyway.

I get the preference for a needle vs. a number but reliability in theory should be much better in digital. Mechanical will always fail, it is just a matter of time being mechanical and all.

 

[B737]

B2650 will max out at 3-4" tree if you get a good grip on it.
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you sir, win attachment of the day. That is gnarly!!!

 

[therealhotrod]

The factory cabs have ac, but from what I understand you can't remove the doors and there are no windows to open. Here it gets over 80 for many of the summer days and our winners get quite cold and windy

 

[S-G-R]

The back window opens (not sure how far). Having used a friends B2650 in both heat and cold weather the cab was very nice to have. Nice cold a/c and great heat inside.

 

[aaluck]

I'll tell you that I have a L4400 (45HP) and my neighbor has a B series--not sure which model. I was recently helping him move large pieces of wood from a fallen dead tree and I ended up doing most of the work as his tractor was not capable.

Also I'm not sure if the B series is cat 0 or 1, 3-point.

 

[therealhotrod]

The back window opens (not sure how far). Having used a friends B2650 in both heat and cold weather the cab was very nice to have. Nice cold a/c and great heat inside.

Nice to know!

 

[therealhotrod]

I'll tell you that I have a L4400 (45HP) and my neighbor has a B series--not sure which model. I was recently helping him move large pieces of wood from a fallen dead tree and I ended up doing most of the work as his tractor was not capable.

Also I'm not sure if the B series is cat 0 or 1, 3-point.

What couldn't it do? I believe the b has a cat 1

 

[PaulL]

An L4400 is a much more powerful machine than an L2501 or any B. If you're trying to lift large logs that are bigger than a B or L2501 can lift, then yup, the bigger tractor will end up doing all the work. If you had stuff that was smaller and fit within the capability of a B, then it could have done the work.

Some of it also comes down to using what you have. I presume someone chainsawed the logs up, and chainsawed them to a size that the machine could lift. If you had to do it with a B, you'd just chop them up smaller, or you'd skid them instead of lifting them, or you'd do something else.

Dad and I did a big tree with his large Kioti. Couldn't lift it so we put a chain around it and dragged it out into the paddock. We cut it into rings, his loader isn't that strong (in my opinion), so we cut them small enough it could lift them. They all were going into firewood anyway, it's just a choice whether I cut them smaller in the paddock or cut them smaller when I get to the log splitter. And actually, we had to manhandle them onto the log splitter, so cutting them a bit smaller was nice, as we didn't kill ourselves trying to position the rounds.

 

[aaluck]

What couldn't it do?