Ordered the above for my L3130. They shipped immediately, arrived a couple day later.
The Kit came complete and with good instructions. I spent 30-40 minutes at my workbench reading through things and pre-assembling all of the fittings. You'll need a 7/8", 1" & 1 & 1/16th" wrenches. I'd suggest doing this step first.
At the tractor and it was a few minutes to install the valve and hook into the hydraulics... no problems there.
My challenge was the wiring. The wiring harness from the stick and valve is considerable and I don't see a great place to tuck it all away. I zip tied it all together and tucked it up under the housing for the loader stick. Clearly not factory but I'm not sure how else it can be done. It's acceptable and I assume all kits will face the same challenge.
Now to get a hot wire and ground? The instruction had me hooking directly to the battery, I want it switched on with the ignition. I looked behind the fuse panel and at the rear lights. Kubota does a great job of tucking all the wiring away and securing it out of sight. I was not comfortable tearing things apart to find an entry point. I ended up going to the battery and found a nice path following the existing wiring through the engine compartment. The supplied blade fuse holder looked weak so I replaced it with an HD one I had on hand.
Its now hot all of the time ( I pulled the fuse ). I have ordered an in-line switch for the line. This will be my solution vs wiring it in post ignition unless I can figure out a good way in.
Up front, the mounting bracket did not fit anywhere on my cross bar. They did tell me at order modification would be necessary and they were correct. I'll have to figure this out ( looking at options ). Summit has a u-bolt option which should work.
All in all, I'm pleased and the install is fairly simple if you have a good idea / system for wiring in.
My grapple is being delivered any day now.
The Kit came complete and with good instructions. I spent 30-40 minutes at my workbench reading through things and pre-assembling all of the fittings. You'll need a 7/8", 1" & 1 & 1/16th" wrenches. I'd suggest doing this step first.
At the tractor and it was a few minutes to install the valve and hook into the hydraulics... no problems there.
My challenge was the wiring. The wiring harness from the stick and valve is considerable and I don't see a great place to tuck it all away. I zip tied it all together and tucked it up under the housing for the loader stick. Clearly not factory but I'm not sure how else it can be done. It's acceptable and I assume all kits will face the same challenge.
Now to get a hot wire and ground? The instruction had me hooking directly to the battery, I want it switched on with the ignition. I looked behind the fuse panel and at the rear lights. Kubota does a great job of tucking all the wiring away and securing it out of sight. I was not comfortable tearing things apart to find an entry point. I ended up going to the battery and found a nice path following the existing wiring through the engine compartment. The supplied blade fuse holder looked weak so I replaced it with an HD one I had on hand.
Its now hot all of the time ( I pulled the fuse ). I have ordered an in-line switch for the line. This will be my solution vs wiring it in post ignition unless I can figure out a good way in.
Up front, the mounting bracket did not fit anywhere on my cross bar. They did tell me at order modification would be necessary and they were correct. I'll have to figure this out ( looking at options ). Summit has a u-bolt option which should work.
All in all, I'm pleased and the install is fairly simple if you have a good idea / system for wiring in.
My grapple is being delivered any day now.
