L3302 what size box blade and rotary cutter?

[Tonka]

Dealer said the L3302 can handle a 6' box blade. Sound right? Also, what size rotary cutter ( brush hog) ?

 

[85Hokie]

I would agree with both, BUT much more important - IF you grab too much anything with the box blade, it will lose traction - so smaller bites depending on material.

Same is true with rotary cutter - what speed will you operate in? L - M - H? how tall is the grass? What RPM you plan on cutting in?

 

[StephenR]

I've read that bush hog size was 1 foot per 5 HP. A five-footer would probably be OK as long as you didn't try to do some serious land clearing.

Steve.

 

[jyoutz]

I've read that bush hog size was 1 foot per 5 HP. A five-footer would probably be OK as long as you didn't try to do some serious land clearing.

Steve.

I agree and would recommend 5’ both for the blade and cutter.

 

[jimh406]

My dealer recommended a 6 ft rotary cutter for my L2501, but we don't have thick material to cut. I have a 6 ft Grader/Scraper that they recommended as well.

Depending on what you plan to do, you might be better off with the Grader/Scraper. For driveway maintenance, the grader/scraper is much easier to use.

Also, depending on how you want to mow, you might also consider a flail mower.

 

[Tonka]

I would agree with both, BUT much more important - IF you grab too much anything with the box blade, it will lose traction - so smaller bites depending on material.

Same is true with rotary cutter - what speed will you operate in? L - M - H? how tall is the grass? What RPM you plan on cutting in?

I had New Holland TC24, TC33 and have an LX2610 - I've always only cut in Low because if I've always only used a cutter for clearing wild overgrown land. And much of the time I'm backing up to scrub brush and lowering the cutter down onto the scrub grinding it down.

 

[Tonka]

I've read that bush hog size was 1 foot per 5 HP. A five-footer would probably be OK as long as you didn't try to do some serious land clearing.

Steve.

My LX2610 handles a 5 footer with ease - grinding the scrub brush down. Occasionally when I get into 2 to 3 inch stuff it will slow down some so I just slow the rate of descent on the cutter and give it more time to grind its way down.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

Dealer said the L3302 can handle a 6' box blade. Sound right? Also, what size rotary cutter ( brush hog) ?

check out about page 30 of your operators manual.

of course much comes into play like commercial/homeowners use, type of soil, type of brush, etc..... but the Kubota Op. Manual will likely have you conclude these sizes are to large.

 

[Tonka]

check out about page 30 of your operators manual.

of course much comes into play like commercial/homeowners use, type of soil, type of brush, etc..... but the Kubota Op. Manual will likely have you conclude these sizes are to large.

Don't own one. Thinking about one.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

Don't own one. Thinking about one.

gotcha... here is a free pdf download from Kubota.

Kubota USA recommends 52" max width for box blade but we know lots of people like to outguess the engineers or push limitations of design. But thats how stuff breaks IMHO.

https://cdn.intelligencebank.com/us/share/2GKy/1d4MG/pPNZn/original/OM+-+L3302%2C+L3902+ROPS+-+EN+-+TC82019731

 

[DDCD]

You need a 66" to cover your tire tracks on the standard L series.

 

[chim]

A little late, but I used a 5' box blade with the L3200 we had. It was easily too much sometimes depending upon how much I tried to do with it. It was frequently a good anchor when trying to be more aggressive than I should have.

The B7500 was a tad undersized for the 5' rotary mower we had. Again, with some patience and the FEL for a counterballast it was workable. I'd guess the L32/33 size it would be fine.