Greg - I second the recomendation to spend some time at Tractorbynet. You should be able to get all your answers over there. I spent quite a bit of time at TBN before making purchases of all our equipment(tractors and attachments).

I bought my service manuals from Carver Equipment a few years back.

I'm using 3 Kubotas a L3830, a BX22 and a BX1800 at my place and my parent's place. Went with Kubota loaders/backhoe because they match....not just fit . The attachments I'm content with are box blade, landscape rake, rotary cutter, rototiller, pallet forks and rear grader blade. I went with Rhino brand equipment with the exception of the rototiller being a Howard. I found Rhino and Howard are a little more expensive than most of the common brand names but their specs and resulting durability justified the additional cost for me.

You should be good to go with the Kubota.....I looked at all the colors without any bias and Kubota just fit. I haven't looked back!!

Chuck

ETA: As Tom mentioned......Grease should become your and your tractor's best friend

Last edited by ChuckC; 12/30/08 09:00 AM.

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