L3200 stabilizers and a half-track

[hodge]

I made a set of stabilizers yesterday for an L3200, and wanted to double check them before painting. So, I ran over to my local Kubota dealership- I want to put a shameless plug in for Beverage Tractor in Stuarts Draft, Va. They let me, any time of the day or night, open or closed, try out stabilizers on tractors. I can just take measurements, compare, or remove factory parts and put my stabilizers on. They are fantastic.
They have an M8540 Narrow on the lot! I haven't seen one before- I was like a kid in toys-r-us, drooling all over it. Surprisingly, the lift arms have a very short throw on them- pulling the stabilizer pin, they only have about 3 inches of travel to them, at the ends. Anybody know why?
It was also interesting that there is no adjustment in the stabilizer- either the pin holds the arm out, or not.

unpainted stabilizer compared to factory turnbuckle
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h205/br549_red/?action=view&current=L3200001.jpg

M8540 front view
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h205/br549_red/?action=view&current=L3200002.jpg

M8540 stabilizer
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h205/br549_red/?action=view&current=L3200004.jpg

 

[Eric McCarthy]

That thar is a narrow vineyard tractor. I don't believe it does much work off the 3pt as it does dragging things around behind it with the drawbar.

 

[hodge]

That thar is a narrow vineyard tractor. I don't believe it does much work off the 3pt as it does dragging things around behind it with the drawbar.

Yea, I noticed that it had an extremely beefy drawbar.

 

[Sammy3700]

The bars look good.