My new to me 2012 L45. This one will need a little T.L.C., nothing major though. Let’s hope! But this one has a hydraulic thumb on the backhoe, auxiliary hydraulics up front (controlled at the loader), and three auxiliary hydraulics at the back for three point hitch operation! I have never had that before. Also came with the factory three point hitch. Unfortunately I am so busy right now I won’t have time to use it much for the next three weeks. Ugh! I did get 20 minutes with it this evening to go push some horse manure up the pile and try the backhoe out for a minute. Can’t wait to get a full day to spend on it after the ground dries up some more. Still pretty wet here.
I see you posted it on Tractor Bye Net as well. Way too small for my uses. I need at least 80 pto so that necessitates a large Kubota for me.
Been there forever seems like and I know the forum owner personally. It's an ok group at best. Lots of stupid questions asked that I don't respond to. I will say it's one of the few forums that is privately held today. Most forums today are owned by Vertical Scope in Toronto Canada. This forum is also an exception.
My neighbor/friend down the road is welding this up for me: I was able to find two different sets of 48” pallet forks for sale. Just the forks. One was about 30 minutes away. The other was 3.5 hours, but I was helping a brother out about 45 minutes on the other side of their location. So we picked them up on the way home from that trip. I purchased the 3/8” quick attach plate that was a fair price. This should make me a heavy duty set of debris forks. And eventually, if money allows, I may add a grapple to the top. We will see how they work on brush, branches, logs, and dug out stumps. Was going to buy a grapple, but the prices. I Yi Yi!
