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Re: Kubota RTV's
[Re: Eagleye]
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02/03/24 08:34 AM
02/03/24 08:34 AM
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I have ran the rtv 900 series. They crank everytime and have wonderful bed space. That's the only good I have to say. They get stuck extremely easily down here and the suspension wears out quickly with heavy use.
If it makes a track on this earth , I can catch it.
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Re: Kubota RTV's
[Re: Eagleye]
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02/03/24 09:58 AM
02/03/24 09:58 AM
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Posts: 9,010 Indiana
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My plant has a bunch of the 900 serious with full hard cabs. All on hard growing or gravel use but they get used 24 7 many have 6k hours on them. They are slow and cabs are small. I believe I will lean toward the 700 4 seat Honda it the 1000 5 seat for my farm good shaft driven transmission faster and Honda reliability. I'm ok with slow my gator tx is slow and does what I need is simple to work on (youngest boy out new motor in it when he was 9 with dad telling him how in 4.5 hours and one trip to town. Belt drive and parts are crazy expensive.
Honestly for the prices of them and how big the 5 seaters are I'm thinking a 4x4 Toyota mày be the best value. But a bit heavier.
Last edited by Providence Farm; 02/03/24 10:01 AM.
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Re: Kubota RTV's
[Re: Eagleye]
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02/03/24 10:13 AM
02/03/24 10:13 AM
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I've had the Kubota 500 and 1140 for farm use several years now. No issues. :-)
"Humans are the hardest people to get along with." Dr. Phillip Snow
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Re: Kubota RTV's
[Re: Eagleye]
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02/03/24 11:23 AM
02/03/24 11:23 AM
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Just my .02.
Go look at one. Get in while the park brake lever is set, After you settle down and recover from the goose you get from getting in, make sure it is set and get out of it. If you like the feeling go ahead and buy it.
Put some Carhartt's and muck boots on and drive it, again getting in and out with the parking brake lever set. With winter boots and clothes on I felt like the cab area was awful tight. I'm 6 foot 235 pounds.
I had to work on my bosses RTV, his sons RTV and two that we had on worksites. Smash the gas and sounded like you were flying but wasn't going nowhere. Gas or diesel didn't matter.
They are a good working machine. The two the company had out on worksites where used and abused but were holding up good when I retired.
Russ
U.S.ARMY(76-80) Member OSTA
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Re: Kubota RTV's
[Re: Eagleye]
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02/03/24 03:13 PM
02/03/24 03:13 PM
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One of the ol boy that has me or my son over to help with horses or cattle has a diesel side by side. It's not crazy fast, but it gets a lot of work done. The only modification he has done if flat proofing the tires.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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