I've been looking for a compact Kubota tractor for quite some time. My primary uses will be snowblowing our 600' driveway (we live in southern Maine and can get some pretty big storms with heavy wet snow), grade our gravel driveway, and tackle other odd jobs around the house including landscaping, clearing felled trees, etc.
Ideally I've been looking for a used B2650 (or something similar) with reasonably low hours and a factory cab. I've seen a reasonable number of 2650's for sale, but very few with a factory cab (lots of aftermarket cabs that look less than stellar).
The other day I saw a 2015 B3350 with a cab pop up for about $19k. The machine has less than 500 hours and was recently serviced. I called the owner and he said it was in good condition. They're the second owner and, after they bought it, they had it serviced to the tune of $7k to replace the injectors and do other work to get it running well. Needless to say this caught my attention - that's an expensive repair. He said the tractor had been run too long at low RPM's by the previous owner which fouled the emissions system.
This led me to do some research on this particular model and I've come across a number of posts talking about issues specific to the emissions system (I assume this is separate from the injector issue but not sure).
So, I'm looking for a sanity check. Do I proceed with caution, walk away, or run? Looking for some good advice with a bit of context to help me understand the issues a bit more clearly.
If the answer is walk away, what would you suggest I look for?
Thanks!
Ideally I've been looking for a used B2650 (or something similar) with reasonably low hours and a factory cab. I've seen a reasonable number of 2650's for sale, but very few with a factory cab (lots of aftermarket cabs that look less than stellar).
The other day I saw a 2015 B3350 with a cab pop up for about $19k. The machine has less than 500 hours and was recently serviced. I called the owner and he said it was in good condition. They're the second owner and, after they bought it, they had it serviced to the tune of $7k to replace the injectors and do other work to get it running well. Needless to say this caught my attention - that's an expensive repair. He said the tractor had been run too long at low RPM's by the previous owner which fouled the emissions system.
This led me to do some research on this particular model and I've come across a number of posts talking about issues specific to the emissions system (I assume this is separate from the injector issue but not sure).
So, I'm looking for a sanity check. Do I proceed with caution, walk away, or run? Looking for some good advice with a bit of context to help me understand the issues a bit more clearly.
If the answer is walk away, what would you suggest I look for?
Thanks!
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