But what a way to go! And then she'd be single, and have an excavator! Talk about a honey trap!She would bury me with my new bought excavator if I told you
You're never too old for your first tractor .... even if it's an L47TLB!
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I've been doing some digging (no pun intended) and it looks like the thumb is a $4k option. A new salesman at the dealership told me that it was standard. It's a K7545A which looks just like the part in the link below. Also, I hadn't realized that the L47 has the HST Plus (6 range) transmission and 25 gallons of oil flow! Dammit! I should have bought this thing rather than waiting to buy a mini excavator. Now I'm officially jealous.
He's going to be so spoiled with this beast. Today it would cost $80k for what he bought for 60% of that. A very good deal for him.
I started out on your side, but then the idea of a single woman with an excavator made me question my loyalty.Whose side are you on?
That’s cold dude. Why not just tell him you would help her bury his ass to get her and the excavator.I started out on your side, but then the idea of a single woman with an excavator made me question my loyalty.
Another interesting thing with the L47 is that the three rear remotes come as one piece (one kit) and the dealer price is $1,698 for L9553A. That's a decent price for the factory set up. I'll have to see if he wants to order that upgrade now and I can help him install it in the spring.
Other than implements I don't think he'd need to do much in the way of upgrades once he has three rear remotes.
Other than implements I don't think he'd need to do much in the way of upgrades once he has three rear remotes.
Good point.
But wait, you want a single woman with an excavator. To save my life, that puts me on a kind of a self-inflicted "witness protection plan".
And she (we) love Montana and always talked about wanting to move there, now I know why she wants too!
Thanks anyway, but I won't give you her cell #, I will at least "live" without an excavator.
It's been fun joking about this, and sorry for taking this off track, but again, it's good to see what you are doing to help a friend. We need and do get that in the tractor community.
But wait, you want a single woman with an excavator. To save my life, that puts me on a kind of a self-inflicted "witness protection plan".
And she (we) love Montana and always talked about wanting to move there, now I know why she wants too!
Thanks anyway, but I won't give you her cell #, I will at least "live" without an excavator.
It's been fun joking about this, and sorry for taking this off track, but again, it's good to see what you are doing to help a friend. We need and do get that in the tractor community.
Pretty sure that's just the thumb kit. Then there are 2 or 3 kits for the valve section, foot pedal control and hoses.I've been doing some digging (no pun intended) and it looks like the thumb is a $4k option. A new salesman at the dealership told me that it was standard. It's a K7545A which looks just like the part in the link below. Also, I hadn't realized that the L47 has the HST Plus (6 range) transmission and 25 gallons of oil flow! Dammit! I should have bought this thing rather than waiting to buy a mini excavator. Now I'm officially jealous.
Just keep whispering it into your wife's smartphone. The ads will speak for themselvesShe would bury me with my new bought excavator if I told you
I had a very good idea of physics when I bought my tractor. What I didn't understand was that the front axles provide no stability - until you hit the stops they give as much stability as one of those old tricycle tractors had.
The rear axle provides all the stability. That's a really important thing to know that isn't obvious to a new tractor operator. Things that aren't obviously until you have a bit of experience with it:
1. When you have a lot of load in the bucket, and light rear wheels, you can tip the thing over on flat land by going round a corner fast.
2. When you're on a side hill, speed is your enemy. Drop a wheel in a hole, run a wheel over a bump, momentum can turn a tractor that was stable into an upside down tractor. If in doubt....go slow.
3. Most things with a tractor, if it starts going bad, you can just stop what you were doing. If you're lifting with the bucket and the rear wheels come off the ground, stop lifting. If you're pulling something with the 3pt and the front wheels start coming up, stop pulling. Building an instinct to stop as your first response is generally good.
4. Dropping the bucket to the ground also saves lots of situations.
One of the most frequent causes of tractor rollovers is low tire pressure.
Operators put themselves in life threatening danger by driving on steep side slopes with low tire pressure.
Underinflated tubeless tires can peel off of the rim due to downhill side thrust. It is almost always the downhill tire that does so as it is absorbiing nearly all of the side thrust. When the tire peels off of the rim, the downhill axle drops the distance between the ground and rim greatly changing the center of gravity of the tractor. Worse, the rim now digs into the ground preventing the tractor from slipping downhill. This almost always results in a rollover.
Not uncommon.
Nice B, by the way.
It's all in good humor for sure. We'd both love to have an excavator and I will enjoy seeing what you get if that day ever comes.It's been fun joking about this, and sorry for taking this off track, but again, it's good to see what you are doing to help a friend. We need and do get that in the tractor community.
I know what model I want and maybe it'll be a reality in a year or two.Like many here I really enjoy tractors and other forms of farming/construction equipment and always enjoy seeing everyone else's stuff regardless of make, model etc. I like learning about different tractors, and one of the benefits of helping a friend with his tractor journey is that I get to learn along with him.
This L47TLB has me going down the rabbit hole a bit and broadening my understanding and appreciation of Kubota products. I've never owned a tractor with the HST Plus transmission, and never had any experience with the larger TLB models, so as I show my friend the many features and capabilities of his new tractor, I'll get to experience it too.
As dumb as this sounds, I feel a sense of happiness for him knowing what's up ahead for him. He'll be like a kid for years to come and will take a cup of coffee out to the shed in the morning and just look at his tractor. I know him well and he's very calm and thoughtful and he'll spend a lot of time just sitting with his tractor, and thinking of him doing that makes me feel good.
I think my overall point is that you don't have to use the crap out of something to really enjoy it. I like looking at my tractors, I like owning them, I like using them. They're purposeful, functional and designed to work, but also look amazing just sitting there quietly minding their own business.
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Well put, I and I'm sure most of us tractor owners feel the same way. I use my tractor for something that doesn't require a tractor but it's more fun than doing it any other way.
Now if I could just feel the same way about an excavator...
Now if I could just feel the same way about an excavator...
I have some posts on here as I was thinking about what to do with our new property - a big tractor, or a smaller tractor and excavator. Then I got lucky and inherited a mini-ex from Dad. (Before people jump on that, Dad passed a few years ago, Mum was still using the excavator. She decided she'd done all her excavator tasks, and we could have it). Problem solved in the easiest possible way.
Nice machine! Sounds like a great price. I agree that a new user could benefit from KTAC policy. Learning equipment operations can be expensive.
KTAC will insure paid off equipment. I was quoted $840 per year for my L4760. If a total loss KTAC would have payed out my purchase price. Still $200 deductible for covered damage.
I ended up buying a farm tractor policy that covers fire, theft, rollover, trailering damage etc for $350 per year. My L4760 is covered and the policy includes coverage for my RTV 1100c and Polaris Sportsman XP 1000 . Hopefully I have learned how to avoid damaging the loader Q/A plate that KTAC covered. I will be covering any future repair costs out of pocket.
KTAC will insure paid off equipment. I was quoted $840 per year for my L4760. If a total loss KTAC would have payed out my purchase price. Still $200 deductible for covered damage.
I ended up buying a farm tractor policy that covers fire, theft, rollover, trailering damage etc for $350 per year. My L4760 is covered and the policy includes coverage for my RTV 1100c and Polaris Sportsman XP 1000 . Hopefully I have learned how to avoid damaging the loader Q/A plate that KTAC covered. I will be covering any future repair costs out of pocket.
I hauled the L47TLB to my friend's place yesterday. We spent today going over the many features and functions and even did some work with the tractor.
The features that I really like are the two speeds per range, the auto leveling bucket and the throttle advance on the loader joystick.
The tractor runs so well and my friend is already looking at a DeWalt grease gun after I suggested that he needs one.
He's a happy camper.
The features that I really like are the two speeds per range, the auto leveling bucket and the throttle advance on the loader joystick.
The tractor runs so well and my friend is already looking at a DeWalt grease gun after I suggested that he needs one.
He's a happy camper.
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That's a sweet machine...I've been thinking about one for when I replace the B2650. I do like the creeper switch.
Spent quite a few hours on the equivalent JD (110). Same sized machine, very similar features including 4 point BH mount.
Spent quite a few hours on the equivalent JD (110). Same sized machine, very similar features including 4 point BH mount.
That creeper joystick is awesome! Obviously the front brake pedal parking brake needs to be disengaged, and the rear hand brake has to be engaged to run the backhoe but disengaged to jog the tractor forwards or backwards. I made the point to my friend that he will have no steering in that mode so don't expect to do more than move short distances and don't think about heading off down the road while running the backhoe.
I like the built in loader safety feature, the ease with which to change the loader mode, and the fold down foot pedal for thumb control.
