I'm looking at a 3 yr old RTV X900 for sale that is low hours.
Anyone have any advice ...what to look for...etc?
Comments good or bad?
Anyone have any advice ...what to look for...etc?
Comments good or bad?
Kubota RTV X900 Reviews?
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Wow. The Silence is deafening. I felt certain this would bring a lot of input.
What I have discovered so far is a common complaint regarding stiff gear shifting. It's a hydro tranny but once Lo or Hi is selected, a common complaint is inability to shift out of gear without shutting the engine down, which allows immediate relief.
Local Kubota dealer says it's a valve adjustment and costs regular shop labor costs depending on how much time it takes to make the adjustment. I guess this better be discovered within warranty.... but the unit I'm looking at "sometimes" experiences this issue...and is a couple years out of warranty.
What I have discovered so far is a common complaint regarding stiff gear shifting. It's a hydro tranny but once Lo or Hi is selected, a common complaint is inability to shift out of gear without shutting the engine down, which allows immediate relief.
Local Kubota dealer says it's a valve adjustment and costs regular shop labor costs depending on how much time it takes to make the adjustment. I guess this better be discovered within warranty.... but the unit I'm looking at "sometimes" experiences this issue...and is a couple years out of warranty.
I have a 2014, and have not experienced that problem. The only issues ive had is the difficult shifting, and my seatbelt light, and left turn signal light are on all the time, while the key is on. Usually if I give it a sec, and push good on the brake it shifts ok. Or I can bump the pedal and then it seems to line up the gears. As far as the lights, I dont have seatbelts or turn signals, I did shoot it down to a bad dash display. Good luck with yours.
Well,,,, I bought it/brought it home. Didn't really get a chance to test it out as it was pouring down rain where we met to make the exchange (my bank).
Did the paperwork after watching it drive off his trailer and onto mine. This is the shortest "test" of any equipment I've ever bought, but was all that could be done. I do have the impression the seller was doing all he could to be up-front with me, however. (Seller was an American Airlines mechanic so I felt good about it. Should have remembered the time I bought an airplane from an airplane mechanic. Prettiest fiction I've ever read in the mx logs.)
Got it home and next day drove it around. Until it warms up it does shift with difficulty, but after warming up did fine. Discovered a coolant leak the next day and it was traced to a point beneath the driver's seat where a hose was clamped to a pipe and corrosion existing at the somewhat-loose clamp. Clamped the hose and released the hose-clamp, pulled the hose off and wire-brushed the minor corrosion, re-attached and poured the drained coolant back into the radiator. It appeared full.
But starting it up and driving it a 1/4 mile produced an overheat warning. Shut it down, and cracked the radiator cap, let off the pressure and the radiator tank appeared empty. (The previously-full reservoir had also been pulled into the radiator and was now empty.) Filled the radiator and reservoir with 50/50 mix and drove around again for a couple miles and it did fine.
I'm not impressed with the aftermarket installations done (LED light-bar behind the windshield provides lots of glare-back)...I'll have to relocate that somehow by mfr'g a better mounting bracket) and the wiring for that light-bar and winch is not protected by any flexible conduit as I prefer...but I can do all that. Seller was ill and son handled most of the conversation... no info on when the last oil change was done, so I'll do that right away. (250 hrs/699 miles)
Seller did include a complete filter-kit and it has brand-new all-terrain tires. It was ultimately revealed seller was the second owner rather than first (apparently this unit was used by a company in east Tx and traded back in to Kubota who resold it.) It appears to be a clean little machine I'm basically satisfied with what happened and look forward to using the little RTV.
As for the RTV itself,,,, Kubota RTVs are not built for speed but for utility (max speed is 25 mph). They can haul/tow quite a bit more than most off-road vehicles and are certainly put together well... and It'll take some getting-used-to with regard to the engine-braking that is characteristic of Kubota RTVs. If you take your foot off the accelerator.... it comes to a stop in equal time as the engine reduces to idle.... there's little or no "coasting". That is likely a good thing in hills but a bit of overkill on level ground. Great suspension however. Lacking any rear bumper protection and front bumper is miniscule, IMO. I'll likely have to create something in that regard.
Like most purchasers/owners.... it's difficult to criticize a new toy after spending the money.
Did the paperwork after watching it drive off his trailer and onto mine. This is the shortest "test" of any equipment I've ever bought, but was all that could be done. I do have the impression the seller was doing all he could to be up-front with me, however. (Seller was an American Airlines mechanic so I felt good about it. Should have remembered the time I bought an airplane from an airplane mechanic. Prettiest fiction I've ever read in the mx logs.)
Got it home and next day drove it around. Until it warms up it does shift with difficulty, but after warming up did fine. Discovered a coolant leak the next day and it was traced to a point beneath the driver's seat where a hose was clamped to a pipe and corrosion existing at the somewhat-loose clamp. Clamped the hose and released the hose-clamp, pulled the hose off and wire-brushed the minor corrosion, re-attached and poured the drained coolant back into the radiator. It appeared full.
But starting it up and driving it a 1/4 mile produced an overheat warning. Shut it down, and cracked the radiator cap, let off the pressure and the radiator tank appeared empty. (The previously-full reservoir had also been pulled into the radiator and was now empty.) Filled the radiator and reservoir with 50/50 mix and drove around again for a couple miles and it did fine.
I'm not impressed with the aftermarket installations done (LED light-bar behind the windshield provides lots of glare-back)...I'll have to relocate that somehow by mfr'g a better mounting bracket) and the wiring for that light-bar and winch is not protected by any flexible conduit as I prefer...but I can do all that. Seller was ill and son handled most of the conversation... no info on when the last oil change was done, so I'll do that right away. (250 hrs/699 miles)
Seller did include a complete filter-kit and it has brand-new all-terrain tires. It was ultimately revealed seller was the second owner rather than first (apparently this unit was used by a company in east Tx and traded back in to Kubota who resold it.) It appears to be a clean little machine I'm basically satisfied with what happened and look forward to using the little RTV.
As for the RTV itself,,,, Kubota RTVs are not built for speed but for utility (max speed is 25 mph). They can haul/tow quite a bit more than most off-road vehicles and are certainly put together well... and It'll take some getting-used-to with regard to the engine-braking that is characteristic of Kubota RTVs. If you take your foot off the accelerator.... it comes to a stop in equal time as the engine reduces to idle.... there's little or no "coasting". That is likely a good thing in hills but a bit of overkill on level ground. Great suspension however. Lacking any rear bumper protection and front bumper is miniscule, IMO. I'll likely have to create something in that regard.
Like most purchasers/owners.... it's difficult to criticize a new toy after spending the money.
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Further observation revealed a misadjusted "unloader cable". This was slack at the brake-pedal attach as well as at the rear unloader-valve spring/bellcrank. I adjusted it to the point of being "just-taut" so that operation of the brake pedal will at least apply tension to the bellcrank/actuator compression-spring. I don't observe any difference in operational response.,,, but it seems clear that a cable connecting two devices should mean that operation of one end should affect the other end.,,, and there was so much slack in that cable that it previously had no effect whatsoever.
Anyone with further info on that is invited to comment.
I've ordered a WSM for the vehicle.
I did relocate the LED Lightbar to a point OVER the cab to remove it from behind the windshield in order to get rid of the glare. Works MUCH better!
Anyone with further info on that is invited to comment.
I've ordered a WSM for the vehicle.
I did relocate the LED Lightbar to a point OVER the cab to remove it from behind the windshield in order to get rid of the glare. Works MUCH better!
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