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JohnNJean

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  1. My B2410 is 24 engine hp, 19 PTO hp and it pulls a 5' bush hog no problem. You will need to slow down in tall thick grass, though.
  2. I've have a 2002 Kubota B2410 that I bought new. I generally only use it a couple of hours a month, but the convenience of having it there is priceless. Same way for the 3 pt backhoe - I'm not going to spend a couple of hours hooking up my trailer and running down to the rental place every time I want to plant a tree. Besides that, I enjoy sitting on a backhoe and find it relaxing - takes your mind off everything else. The Kubota just runs. Fill it with fuel and change oil occassionally. I agree completely with the commenters who recommended a box blade for grading. The comment about the blade following every up and down of the front end is absolutely correct, but something you'll learn to handle with practice. Be careful of a two axle box blade if it doesn't have scarifiers - the scarifiers are necessary to tear up and level pot holes. If you don't rip up the subsurface you'll still have the same holes. I clear brush more than do dirt work and that is hard on loader hoses. I'm lucky to have a good hydraulics shop just ten minutes away and they know what they're doing. Every time I've needed a hose on a weekend and gone to any of the auto parts shops that make hoses, either the "hose guy" has been off that day. Or, on the rare occassions they are actually there, they've screwed it up and the hose leaked.
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