Forget the Kubota

Posted by Griz on May 02, 2005 at 23:09:18 from (56.0.84.23):

In Reply to: Re: tractor recommendations posted by munklepooh on April 24, 2005 at 03:43:54:

I put in another 8 hour day on an B6200. Hell has to be an improvement. With the reputation of the Kubota's, I thought it would be an enjoyable experience to use one. I couldn't be more wrong. I've been moving dirt from a pond project. I've been filling in low spots in the lawn. So I run mostly across a smooooooth lawn. My wife says I look like a bobble head when I'm riding it. After a couple hours of this thing, I feel like someone has beat me with a bar of soap in a sock. It rides like a small riding lawn mower. I'm so cramped up I can't move my legs. I'm only 5'9" , a peddle car has more room than this thing. The Kubota belonged to my father-in-law, rest his soul. This thing must have helped push him toward his grave. He was a short man about 5'2". He was a very meticulous man, always took very good care of things. I wondered why the left front corner of the seat was worn through. I discovered why. He must have gotten off this thing the same way I do. That is grab my right pant cuff and drag it over the the transmission and then side off the left side of the seat. You can't stand up after 2 hours on one of these things. I told my wife how beat up and cramped I was. Since I'm borrowing it from her mother, she said not to say anything to about it because her father dearly loved the Kubota. She thought that would upset her. When we visited her she noticed I wasn't moving very spryly. I told her I was a little stiff. She told me her husband, always got cramped up and had a sore back for days after mowing. It eased the pain slightly to know other people had the same problems. It might help if they put springs in the seat. I have an old Ferguson T020 with a box blade. I've been using it to grade after I move enough dirt. It's a time for healing when I ride the Fergy. I know there are a lot of better choices for a tractor than an old Ferguson. It does what I want it to. The Kubota is not one I would want to own. I hope it is not in the will.
Maybe one of you Kubata fans can tell me how to use this. This Kubota has a hydrostatic transmission. The right and left brake peddles are right above the go peddle. How do you brake the right or left wheel and keep your foot on the go peddle.

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