I would reconsider, unless it's all that you can afford. Small, grey market, 2WD with a loader will be a hard resale if you don't want to keep it. It will most likely be a challenge, at least, to find parts for.
We bought an old, but solid- and it's still parts supported- John Deere 310 backhoe for $7000. On our land, there's quite a bit of creek bank that needs to be cleaned up (overgrowth), as well as other random uses. It has been a great purchase- for the money, it's the best option. It has decent...
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Have you explored a machine or driveline shop? For instance, there is an excellent driveline shop in my area that can build driveshafts for anything.
Kubota was thinking that the owner would know the limitations of their machine, and work within those limits. No matter what they design, or how, someone will think that Kubota doesn't know what they're doing.
While those types of numbers are hard to find accurately, it will lift more than 400 lbs. I had a B7100, same basic tractor, and it would lift my 600 lb tiller easily.
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For the record, my long lead time has dwindled over the last 3 1/2 years. I am down to working week to week, so the lead time is typically a week or so for now.
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To shut the tractor off, you pull the throttle all the way back. So, if you try to idle it down too far, fuel will be cut off. Perhaps you are expecting it to idle lower, when it isn't engineered to?
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I looked at the link posted- that's a chincy design. I wouldn't trust it with a load that an MX would be capable of lifting. I suggest that you look at what Kenny offers.