Manuals

[melvinhatcher]

I have a new L3301, should I purchase a Service manual or a Work Shop Manual, what is included in each manual?
Thanks in advance.

 

[100 td]

Parts manual, parts list exploded views and part numbers, Owners/Operators manual, general layout and use/control of machine, Service/Workshop/Repair manual, detailed repair of machine.

 

[Dave_eng]

My experience is that you really need both. The owners manual presents material with a bit of an explanation and identifies the must do maintenance things. The WSM is more like a reference book to for someone with lots of skills. It is not a "how to" book.
Did you buy your machine from a Kubota dealer. They have all the manuals in digital form. My dealer said come with a USB stick and he gave me everything.
This practice seems unusual according to other forum members.
Dave M7040

 

[whitetiger]

My experience is that you really need both. The owners manual presents material with a bit of an explanation and identifies the must do maintenance things. The WSM is more like a reference book to for someone with lots of skills. It is not a "how to" book.
Did you buy your machine from a Kubota dealer. They have all the manuals in digital form. My dealer said come with a USB stick and he gave me everything.
This practice seems unusual according to other forum members.
Dave M7040

Probably because it violates the Dealers contract with kubota and can result in being canceled as a dealer.

 

[coachgeo]

Probably because it violates the Dealers contract with kubota and can result in being canceled as a dealer.

ORRRRRRRRRR.... Kubota is now going to paperless manuals. Many have done this. They just encrypt them in a way where they can only be copied by extremely laborious print screen page by page. Which in long run is useless if the program running the manual material is of an intelligent "branching" design. (aka- massive linking {branching} that can pop you over to more and more in-depth material located elsewhere in the pages and pages of data. Also linking to cross reference of areas of relevance etc.)

Some Military vehicle manuals went this way nearly decade or so ago.

 

[I C Bonz]

May be a Canadian thing mine did the same but gave me the stick also.

 

[MattMarchand]

Hi this is my first post on the site.
I am just purchasing my first tractor a L3901HST and do not take delivery until later in the month, but would like to get the owners manual in PDF so that I can be prepared before it arrives. I am not near the dealer to pick up the hard copy. I live in southeast MI and the tractor is for my place in northern MI (270 miles away). The dealer does not seem to know if there is an electronic available, does anyone know where I can get an electronic copy. I am sure I will be asking a lot of dumb questions so thanks in advance for your patience.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

The dealer does not seem to know if there is an electronic available, does anyone know where I can get an electronic copy.

Not in the US, they only distribute hard copies, yes, It's a little behind the times!
Order one from here:

http://www.colemanequip.com/Kubota_Parts.asp

 

[CountryBumkin]

And check this site for free http://kubotabooks.com/