My B2650 Arrived Yesterday!!!

emt0423

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B2650 HSDC
Mar 8, 2019
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After 8 months of kicking tires I finally caught the Orange fever. My B2650 arrived yesterday. I ordered it with a third function kit for future grapple and a set of rear hydraulic remotes. I also purchased a Land Pride brush hog to help keep the trails under control in the woods.
 
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SMKK

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B2650
Aug 22, 2019
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Lachine, QC
Congrats on your new tractor - I am waiting delivery of mine now, seems like the days are longer than normal. What grapple did you pick? I also ordered a 3rd function on my FEL for that same purpose but I haven’t settled on a grapple yet
 

bird dogger

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Kubota B2650 and lots of other equipment
Feb 24, 2019
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Congrats on your new B2650!! You're going to wonder why you waited so long. :D Now you guys have me wishing mine had been ordered set up for a future grapple! But there hasn't been a day that I wasn't happy with my purchase.

Have relatives in the Rice Lake/Cumberland area that are hoping I'd trailer the mechanical steed out there for some help in their hunting grounds. It's just a tad to far, though. There's lots of beautiful country in Wisconsin. And they have cold beer, too!! :D
 

FarmFreshKS

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MX5800, ZD221
Aug 13, 2019
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Watch the weight on grapples. Easy to get one so heavy that you dont have any capacity left in the grapple after the grapple itself!
 

SDT

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After 8 months of kicking tires I finally caught the Orange fever. My B2650 arrived yesterday. I ordered it with a third function kit for future grapple and a set of rear hydraulic remotes. I also purchased a Land Pride brush hog to help keep the trails under control in the woods.
From whom did you buy the rear remotes?

Any photos of the remotes?

SDT
 

Oliver

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L2501, JD 3520
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Congrats EMT nice tractor and good thinking getting the remotes. Good advice from FarmFresh. I ended up with a lighter weight grapple from EA, I think their 55" at 275# but they make an even lighter one now. Only drawback with buying from them is it is typically 2 months or more before they ship.
 

RonBoyBX25D

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B2650, LP Grapple, Bro-Tek spacers, QH, Box Blade, Landscape Rake, RB, and 1560G
Aug 1, 2015
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Minneapolis, MN
The EA grapple is best, they are a 12 week lead time now. I had the LP version and it works fine, not nearly as robust a build though. I think it was fine for my BX, but feel the 2650 is going to break it. Time will tell I guess.

Good luck with the tractor!
 

PA452

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B2650
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Congrats! Real close to physically pulling the trigger on a B2650 myself, possibly tomorrow or Tuesday.
 

PA452

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B2650
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Western PA
The EA grapple is best, they are a 12 week lead time now. I had the LP version and it works fine, not nearly as robust a build though. I think it was fine for my BX, but feel the 2650 is going to break it. Time will tell I guess.

Good luck with the tractor!
Interesting to read that. I'm wrestling with the decision of LP or EA for the grapple. I want EA, but I also could use it way sooner than EA would get it to me, which makes the LP attractive.
 

PaulL

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B2601
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Interesting to read that. I'm wrestling with the decision of LP or EA for the grapple. I want EA, but I also could use it way sooner than EA would get it to me, which makes the LP attractive.
On the one hand, that's 3 months of use you don't get. On the other it's probably a ten year implement that you could spend a lot of years going "I wish I'd got that other one." You'll have a new tractor and plenty to do for the first 3 months, you can afford to wait for the grapple you really want. You've probably spent 3 months talking about buying it!!