I've been studying utvs for a couple years now. Accountant said this year would be a good year to make a farm purchase of this size. I settled on the Kubota and plan on working the guts out of it.
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I've been studying utvs for a couple years now. Accountant said this year would be a good year to make a farm purchase of this size. I settled on the Kubota and plan on working the guts out of it.
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HisTreeNut
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Got to work the new machine a little bit today. I ended up bringing out about a cord of standing dead red oak. So far this has been a great farm/firewood tool.
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You pondered on it for couple of years, care to share why you chose this model? I have a John Deere Gator and it works fine, bought it used. But someday, I might buy another JD or who knows what.
Payload is 2k and towing capacity is 2200 which is more than anything else I looked into. It has a three cylinder Kubota diesel in it, which should outlive the machine or me for that matter. Most UTVs have a belt driven transmission and are in general built on golf cart technology. This machine has a tractor engine,transmission, and rear end. It has hydraulic steering, hydraulic dump bed and hydraulic hook ups on the back which can power an implement i.e. Hay rake, wood splitter, post driver ect. Also it has independent suspension wit 12 inches of ground clearance and 8 inches of travel.
I'm not trying to make a case that this machine is the best on the market or anything like that but for my applications I believe that it will serve me the best. It is a straight work horse, with a top speed of 26 mph.
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At idle it seems comparable if not slightly louder than other UTVs I have experience with. At full throttle it seem quieter.
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The downside to the Kubota diesel utv is they are pretty much 90% workshorse and very little play like the john deere. They don't double duty as well as some of the other UTV's. Which is fine in my book.
I agree. It's slow and heavy. Probably not good in deep mud even though it does fine in a muddy pasture. It will tote a ton up a hill like a mountain goat though.
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Needs far more mods to make it useful:
To whit: Lights and AR-15.
To whit: Lights and AR-15.
Needs far more mods to make it useful:
To whit: Lights and AR-15.
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Hahaha I got the AR15 covered, may have to check into some lights. What kind of gun rack is that you have? How is it mounted?
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I had the pleasure of using the Kubota for a handful of years on road construction (grading) jobs. It was a beast. Sipped fuel. Plowed through scraper and haul truck ruts etc. Daily. Replaced one front U-joint on the front drive shaft. My previous machine was the Deere. The Deere was a tinker toy with a gasoline addiction. Noooooo good for being worked 12 hr days. You chose correctly for a work application in my opinion. And only a opinion
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
We have those kubota so at work, they are tanks built tough very good machines. Just don't get it buried. They are very tough, just heavy. We also have the Polaris rangers faster but not built very tough they brake all the time. A very nice machine, do you have the winch? If not it's not a bad thing to look into getting.
lindnova
Feeling the Heat
We have a Bobcat UTV with a Kubota diesel engine. It is actually built by Polaris as their heavy duty UTV with hydraulic drive, dump and steering also. Works well on the jobsite where we use it on long concrete paving projects. I had it in the ditches in some serious mud and hanging up on rip rap and it always made it through. Feels funny not getting the momentum as with the lighter ones.
I would guess the Kubota is built a little tougher, but compared to a belt driven one a hyrastatic it is night and day if you are going to actually work the thing.
I would guess the Kubota is built a little tougher, but compared to a belt driven one a hyrastatic it is night and day if you are going to actually work the thing.
I did not get a winch, my thinking was that if I didn't have one I would be more careful where I put it. More than likely I will end up getting one if getting stuck becomes a problem. So far so good.
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My cousin has a gas burner bobcat he uses on the farm. I'm not sure who built the engine in it or if it's hydrostatic or not. It seems like a pretty tough machine and he likes it a lot. I know some of the Kubota gas burners are hydrostatic and some are belt driven.
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