"what is it,identify" Do first look for the Stamped No. NOT at the Model Plates No.
Hi all,
recently I saw some posts here asking for help in getting parts or manuals for those less that "true" kubota machines.
Well here is my 2 cents worth.
A few years back I purchased a 3/4 ton mini excavator via a importer of shipping containers.
Low and behold its great machine..
be it branded on the plate as the maker being Furukawa
and the model FX007 s/n 20468
NOW I tried and tried for a service and spares manual. No joy.. Finally rang Furukawa, in Japan, to be told it was a rebadged Kuboda KH-007.
Hunted a manual for one of these, and after getting both service and spares manuals, realized what I had be told was correct.
Then to my surprise one day when I was servicing the machine after a good washing I noticed a FUNNY distorted mark/ ridges in the paint work near the main boom pivot.
Further investigation and scraping away the covering paint lead to finding this mark
It its a deep stamping of the origional Kubota Model and Serial number.
While this is the picture of the "AFFIXED" model and s/n plate of the "rebadger".
And here is PIC of where the 'stamping' and the 'Badging' are located on my machine.
From what i can tell from an inside source in Asia.. that all machinery manufactures at least stamp their own serial identifer into the frame somewhere so that the regbadger has some tracability should major warranty issue arise.
Not sure how much this helps anyone on here, but for what its worth, I thought I would post my findings.
best regard
David
Hi all,
recently I saw some posts here asking for help in getting parts or manuals for those less that "true" kubota machines.
Well here is my 2 cents worth.
A few years back I purchased a 3/4 ton mini excavator via a importer of shipping containers.
Low and behold its great machine..
be it branded on the plate as the maker being Furukawa
and the model FX007 s/n 20468
NOW I tried and tried for a service and spares manual. No joy.. Finally rang Furukawa, in Japan, to be told it was a rebadged Kuboda KH-007.
Hunted a manual for one of these, and after getting both service and spares manuals, realized what I had be told was correct.
Then to my surprise one day when I was servicing the machine after a good washing I noticed a FUNNY distorted mark/ ridges in the paint work near the main boom pivot.
Further investigation and scraping away the covering paint lead to finding this mark
It its a deep stamping of the origional Kubota Model and Serial number.
While this is the picture of the "AFFIXED" model and s/n plate of the "rebadger".
And here is PIC of where the 'stamping' and the 'Badging' are located on my machine.
From what i can tell from an inside source in Asia.. that all machinery manufactures at least stamp their own serial identifer into the frame somewhere so that the regbadger has some tracability should major warranty issue arise.
Not sure how much this helps anyone on here, but for what its worth, I thought I would post my findings.
best regard
David
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