Hey everyone - I'm a new Kubota owner and new to the forum. I already took my first online steps by joining this forum and adding "Kubota" to my Firefox browser's spell checker so it stops suggesting "Bogota", so I'm ready for my first forum post!
I recently purchased by B3200 used and it has about 370 hours on it. I've been though it pretty thoroughly now, with the exception of changing out the hydro fluid and filters, as the dealer said it's not due until 400 hours, even given its age. It looks like clean Super UDT2 though. Anyway, I've been using the tractor for a month or so now, and have a pretty good feel for it. A couple of days ago I tried to pull a 4x6 post out of the ground, which was concreted in. I wrapped a chain around the post and around the ball on the draw bar. The post was down a bit on a slope, so the chain was probably angled at 45 degrees or so, so this was an upward pull. I put the tractor in 4WD, low range, brought the engine up to speed and proceeded forward. Initially, I spun one rear and one front wheel on the lawn, so I locked the rear diff and continued. To my surprise, the tractor didn't move this time. I believe it was a hydraulic "slip" or relief, but I can't be sure. The engine RPMs didn't drop, but my recollection was that I then turned around and used the bucket and was able to remove the post and concrete vertically.
Having owned a D**re 855 for nearly 20 years, I feel like that tractor would have spun all four tires into the ground, or stalled the engine in trying to perform that pull. Does this seem like normal behavior for the B3200? I know the mechanics of the pull were not ideal, but I want to make sure the slip is OK. Medium and Low range did the same thing, and I didn't leav it slipping for more than a couple of tenths of a second. I have no other issues with this tractor as far as questionable performance. I have mowed very heavy lawns with the 60" mid-mount to the point of engine RPM drop, and the tractor easily (accidentally) will lift it's front (R4) tires off the ground with the LA504 loader bucket.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
I recently purchased by B3200 used and it has about 370 hours on it. I've been though it pretty thoroughly now, with the exception of changing out the hydro fluid and filters, as the dealer said it's not due until 400 hours, even given its age. It looks like clean Super UDT2 though. Anyway, I've been using the tractor for a month or so now, and have a pretty good feel for it. A couple of days ago I tried to pull a 4x6 post out of the ground, which was concreted in. I wrapped a chain around the post and around the ball on the draw bar. The post was down a bit on a slope, so the chain was probably angled at 45 degrees or so, so this was an upward pull. I put the tractor in 4WD, low range, brought the engine up to speed and proceeded forward. Initially, I spun one rear and one front wheel on the lawn, so I locked the rear diff and continued. To my surprise, the tractor didn't move this time. I believe it was a hydraulic "slip" or relief, but I can't be sure. The engine RPMs didn't drop, but my recollection was that I then turned around and used the bucket and was able to remove the post and concrete vertically.
Having owned a D**re 855 for nearly 20 years, I feel like that tractor would have spun all four tires into the ground, or stalled the engine in trying to perform that pull. Does this seem like normal behavior for the B3200? I know the mechanics of the pull were not ideal, but I want to make sure the slip is OK. Medium and Low range did the same thing, and I didn't leav it slipping for more than a couple of tenths of a second. I have no other issues with this tractor as far as questionable performance. I have mowed very heavy lawns with the 60" mid-mount to the point of engine RPM drop, and the tractor easily (accidentally) will lift it's front (R4) tires off the ground with the LA504 loader bucket.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
