Posted by Joe460 on April 30, 2010 at 10:17:47 from (208.68.185.217):
Kubota Experts:
I have an L275 2WD, 1984 vintage I’ve owned since 1985. I use it to maintain my 15 acres. It also was my main mower until I retired it from that work in the late 90s when I acquired a Z-turn mower.
In 2003, I installed a Bush Hog loader, and the wonderful world of having a tool of that nature at your beck and call was now a reality. As most of you know, it’s tough living without a loader.
Well, also as you know, installing a loader totally changes the equation on how the tractor behaves with respect to rear wheel traction. I’m especially hamstrung since I only have 2 WD and no power steering. I’ve loaded the tires and have hung weights on a rear blade that is almost always on the tractor for counter weight. While effective in most cases rear wheel traction is still marginal. And lugging around all that extra weight to counter the loader just puts a strain on everything.
So…I’ve been toying with the idea of converting my 2WD to 4WD. I runs in my mind if I could find an L275DT relic somewhere, I could make the conversion by swapping parts.
Am I limited to looking for an L275DT? I have some thorough factory manuals on hand, and it appears the L235 is simply a lower-powered version of the L275. Is this true? Do they share basically the same components? And within the myriad of tractor models Kubota has in this HP range, what other models would be common? 175, 185, 245? How about some newer four-digit models?
I’ve been searching for 235/275 DTs on the internet and they seem to be somewhat rare. That’s why I need to explore other commonality.
Any thought and ideas out there would be appreciated. Maybe I’m all wet thinking along these lines. Facilities, skills and tools are no issue to pulling this off if possible.
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