Built as the answer to Deere's 2025R: mid-PTO for a belly mower, a full-size operator station and more loader than a B-series, for a few thousand more. The LX2620 replaced it and Kubota no longer publishes a price for it.
1.19 PTO hp per $1,000 of list price
As published by the maker
On the price: The maker publishes one starting price for this series rather than a figure per model, and this is the cheapest model in it.
Lift figures are the maker's and are quoted at whichever point the maker chose; the about page explains why two loaders with the same number do not lift the same pallet.
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From owner discussion and long-term write-ups
Gathered from owner reports
The loader is what owners rave about and also what they break. On the praise side: one moves whole tree sections around his property like it is nothing, another lifts round bales and big square bales on 26 acres, and a third stacks firewood rounds two high on end and calls it nimble with plenty of capacity. On the other side, two owners independently bent both bucket tilt cylinders using a stump bucket after only two or three outings, because the stump bucket is heavier and longer than a standard bucket and offers far more leverage than the front end is built to absorb. Both had the cylinders replaced and stopped using the attachment.
The other consistent theme is that the LX is tall and narrow where the L is wide and planted. Owners comparing them directly describe the L as considerably more stable and more robustly built — one who went back to the dealer to look again found the L's loader, cylinders and roll bar all visibly beefier, though he preferred the LX's seat until he noticed it would not slide back far enough. Owners on hilly ground run wheel spacers and filled tires as standard practice, and report the front end going light climbing a steep grade even with the loader fitted. One owner running a post-hole digger repeatedly turned around to find the loader had lifted his front wheels clear of the ground while he was concentrating behind him. Several owners chose the LX deliberately for being lighter — to protect finished lawn and soft soil — and are happy with the trade.
The mid-mount mower is where this machine collects its harshest reviews. One household describes the deck as far worse to fit, remove and service than the deck on a 1980s garden tractor they now regret selling, and the same owner says the LX2610 was a waste of money because it will not even run a rototiller as wide as its own footprint on 18 PTO horsepower. Against that, an owner who moved up from a smaller Kubota says the LX mows better because the deck rides on the ground and you sit higher. On the LX3310 question owners are one-sided: stay with the 2610, because the bigger engine brings no extra loader capacity and its emissions system has a reputation for needing to be worked hard to stay healthy.
Summarised from public owner discussion, not from testing. Nothing here was measured by this site, and a report that recurs is not the same as a defect rate.
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Kubota
Deliberately rated at 24.8 hp to sit under the 25 hp emissions line, so it carries no DPF and never stops to regenerate. Kubota replaced it with the L2502 and no longer lists or prices it; the no-DPF trick is the reason used ones still move.
Spec sheet & owner notes
Kubota
Replaces the L2501 at the bottom of Kubota's Standard L range, now rated 23.3 gross hp where the older machine was rated 24.8. Same cast frame, all-metal hood and Kubota-built LA526 loader; the 8F/8R synchronised shuttle is the base build and a three-range HST is the alternative.
Spec sheet & owner notes
Kubota
Gear-drive value model of the B01 range and the cheapest tractor Kubota builds on a full B-series frame. A 9F/3R gear box replaces the hydrostatic, the engine grows to 68.5 cu in, and the price lands about $3,600 under the less powerful B2301HSD beside it.
Spec sheet & owner notes