Kubota B2601; was is the right choice for me??

hey everyone i know when looking for a compact tractor these days it's really hard to decide what you want and what you need because there's so many different styles different models different manufacturers out there now that make these compact tractors so when i was looking for my compact tractor this kubota b2601 i i watched a lot of youtube videos of reviews i read a lot of forums and reviews that people had given on the forums things they liked things they disliked about different models and i also went to my local dealer and i test drove and saw really what fit me the best so what i ended up getting was this kubota b2601 like i said i'm gonna do my 25 hour review on it as of right now this is my second compact tractor i have a john deere 4200 which is a little bit bigger model but i bought this kubota to keep it my house instead of transporting the john deere from my house to the farm uh constantly so i guess we'll start at the front and then we'll move our way to the back um so the base unit this kubota b2601 is a i think it's 20 24.3 horsepower it's a three cylinder kubota diesel it's hydrostatic transmission and a four-wheel drive option these tires right here these are the r14s um it's kind of a mixture between an r1 and r4 tire so here at the front we have the la-435 swift hatch front loader so this is a really nice loader i love how stout this thing is built so up here of course you have your quick touch up there on the front which is really nice compared to john deere's quick touch this is kind of like the skid steer option and they have a pin on type quick catch if you look up a picture you know what i'm talking about so what makes this the swift hatch loader is basically you can do everything to attach and detach this loader from the operator's platform um there's a few videos out there of people doing it i'm not going to do it just to keep this review short and sweet the only other option i have on the front loader itself from the factory one the difference is uh this third function valve here this is your actual valve um here is where you take your hoses out if you're taking the loader off and up here is your male couplings for your third function i come back here when you get the third function valve kit you'll also get this new loader joystick it's got the buttons here to actuate solenoids for your your third function implement so one of the things i really dislike about kubota but i'm getting used to is that hydro pedal how it's kind of a rocker i'm used to a two pedal option like most manufacturers are now one other thing i i do like about this is the analog dashboard um i'm not a real fan of all the electronical stuff i mean that that it really being from the mechanics side of things from me my standpoint i like it being simple so it's there's less to go wrong in the dashboard itself so you come over here you have your three-point lever and your four-wheel drive lever they give you a nice little cubby holder here of course you have your 12-volt usb or not usb your 12-volt plug-in um which is nice i mean necessary evil nowadays to have phones and stuff so why not charge the way you operate the machine um come back here the only other thing i don't like um i guess look wise is all these are not led which it's not a big deal whatever i know you put leds on there it would cost more but um and it only comes with comes factory with the two front work lights in the hood um which i plan to put probably a couple pods here maybe a light bar up on the rops coming back to the back um this this toolbox it's okay i mean it does good for small things but i might add a metal one because i'm not really a fan of the thin flimsy plastic now as you can see this here is not factory this is a two inch top link that i bought for this the one that comes from kubota is just it's not cheap but it's not it wasn't as well built as what i had would have liked it to be so i went out and bought another one for i think it was 30 bucks you come down here to your actual lift arms so here we have a pin style sway bar instead of the old turnbuckle style which is a lot nicer just for the ease of use and i've got to i've got to say that's that's a really good design because it's so simple and that's what really what i like about this kubota is everything on here is user friendly for the people that are new to the compact tractor community i guess so you come over here you have your pto selector so you have your rear pto your rear and mid and then here you have just your mid pto uh here is your pto engagement so on and off and another thing i like about this compared to say john deere is you actually have three ranges it really gives you a lot more flexibility so anyway i just want to do a little review on this i know it can help people looking to buy a compact tractor out i did get quite a few attachments for this there's still some more to come but i got a 60 inch material bucket i got a 60 inch box blade from lampride back there i also got a set of 1400 pound rated pallet forks a 60-inch root rate grapple and then i got a 60-inch mid-mount mower for this i'm gonna touch on that real quick which here are your mower linkages right here and the nice thing about these is when the mower is not on the tractor you actually move this to top while the links are up and when you switch that to the top you can now operate your three point and don't have to worry about those going down and dragging anything so anyway i hope you guys enjoyed this and i hope it helps out with your next compact tractor purchase thanks for watching

Channel: Nelson Farms

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Length: 6min 46sec (406 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 27 2020