My older b7100 is supposed to be a 16hp engine, but I've seen enough references to a 17 horse b7100 that I wonder if Kubota might have kicked the power up in later models.
My older b7100 is supposed to be a 16hp engine, but I've seen enough references to a 17 horse b7100 that I wonder if Kubota might have kicked the power up in later models.
It funny you said that. They all may be this way, I don't know. My brother bought a B 7500 DT in 2000. It was rated a 21 hp according to everything we ever read on them. One day while we were doing PM we noticed a tag on the bottom of the engine. According to this tag it was 24hp. I don't know which was correct but I guarentee this. It has way more power than it had traction. I don't think it was possible to stall this little beast. You could go into a pile of rock or dirt at a idle and it wouldn't stall. It would drive the bucket in as deep as it could and then start spinning all 4 wheels. What a little monster.