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Offline Ghost Hunter

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Re: Work UTV options?
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2019, 06:58:08 PM »
Just an FYI we had a block heater put in. At around 15 degrees they can be a little tuff to start 1st thing in the morning. 

I was running a generator to warm the block heater on the tractor when I was at the cabin in December.    :chuckle:
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Re: Work UTV options?
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2019, 08:20:45 PM »
I used the Kubota for a couple seasons and it is a workhorse. Aux hydraulics are great and a lot of attachment options.  Top speed was an issue but for a work rig 25 is usually enough. The bad about it was that the thing was very heavy and not overly rough terrain competent. E-brake can be a bit of a pain n the hydrostatic transmission will hold for a minute and then release when parked, if the brake is not tight it will roll. Ask me how I know :(

My FIL has gone a few thousand miles on a couple of the trail narrow Mules and loves them. He runs an off road motorcycle track and works the thing relentlessly.  I have run them a lot and they are very solid and hard to get stuck. Not all the bells and whistles but tough machines.

I have a Gator for work and it has been pretty solid. Bought a cab heater and lighted it all around. Winch is next. A real pain to work on and the E-brake sucks!

Friend has the Ranger n loves it, much better than the Gator which he ran previously.

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Re: Work UTV options?
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2019, 08:39:35 PM »
 Work horse Kubota is home.  Camo, block heater, hydraulic/electric snow blade, extra set of new tires, other extras.  Made for a long day.  Can't wait to start hauling firewood to the cabin.
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Re: Work UTV options?
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2019, 09:31:52 PM »
Went to them first. Only to be ignored for about 20 minutes then this guy who had been BSing with two others got up and asked me what I wanted. Told him I wanted to know how much for their :sry: RTV 1100. He said he was the owner would work me up a price in a few hours and let me know then went back to shooting the breeze. Three days and nothing so drove up to J & I and bought one.  4 days after that got a call from the Chehalis Kubota some salesman asked me if I had stopped by and inquired about one and if I wanted to look at one. Told him no the one in my garage looked great.  He said his boss just gave him a potential lead.  That was just my dealing with them two of my neighbors have had ordeals way worse after spending 10s of thousands of dollars with them..

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Re: Work UTV options?
« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2019, 01:40:34 PM »
Work horse Kubota is home.  Camo, block heater, hydraulic/electric snow blade, extra set of new tires, other extras.  Made for a long day.  Can't wait to start hauling firewood to the cabin.

Sounds like the start of a beautiful partnership.  Hope your purchase works as well for you as ours has.

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Re: Work UTV options?
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2019, 03:36:33 PM »
Work horse Kubota is home.  Camo, block heater, hydraulic/electric snow blade, extra set of new tires, other extras.  Made for a long day.  Can't wait to start hauling firewood to the cabin.

Sounds like the start of a beautiful partnership.  Hope your purchase works as well for you as ours has.



 :tup:  Played with it around the house hauling spring debris to burn pile.  Feels like it is going to be a  workhorse.  Taking the blade off couldn't be any easier.  Excited about getting to the mountain where I can really test it. 
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