I dropped my L4701 tractor (with LA765 Front-End Loader and BH92 Backhoe) off at the dealer for the third time on Sun, Nov. 8th. I picked it up on Sat, Nov 14th.
The dealer finally hooked up pressure gauges and noted that the hydraulic pressure/psi was (-50) under the normal range of 2320 – 2780 (was sitting at 2,270 psi). They have since adjusted it to (+40) over the normal range (now sitting at 2,820 psi). They also told me that they installed a set of shims (I believe in/on the pressure relief valve).
I had 2 different people, other than me, use the tractor Sunday after it warmed up for 10 minutes and, although better at picking up tilled dirt with the F/E Loader than before, it is still hydraulically weak and often dies, even when picking up in low gear/mode (hydrostatic) with high rpm's.
As I’ve stated all along, I don’t want to get the dealer in trouble, they’re great people. To me, this is a Kubota issue. I’ve e-mailed Kubota in California at least (4) times and received 1 response (“We’ll have someone get back with you soon.”).
I have received 2 calls from a Regional Rep, as recent as this week, but that person now wants to come out and see the tractor perform, along with the dealer (which is something I asked for a long, long, time ago). In my mind, Kubota has been very slow to respond.
To add injury to insult, I emptied my trailer Friday night, Nov 13th (no kidding), so I could pick up my tractor on Saturday morning. One of my heavy duty, spring loaded, chain binders broke loose during the process and hit me in the face – shattered my nose, blackened both eyes, gave me a severe concussion, broke my glasses, earned me a trip to the emergency room for 4 hours, almost put out my right eye, and now I get to have surgery to put everything back together once the swelling goes down…….having not met my deductible, of course, which means $6-$8k out-of-pocket. Not really relevant, but probably wouldn’t have happened if the tractor were fixed or didn’t have the problem in the first place.
If I paid $10,000 for a used piece of equipment that would be one thing, but I paid almost 5 times that amount for a brand new Kubota tractor………the tractor itself still seems fine – plenty of power, everything points back to a hydraulic problem.
I’d be shocked if Kubota ran a side-by-side test and had the same result with another L4701 with Front-end Loader.
Obviously disappointed and dissatisfied.
The dealer finally hooked up pressure gauges and noted that the hydraulic pressure/psi was (-50) under the normal range of 2320 – 2780 (was sitting at 2,270 psi). They have since adjusted it to (+40) over the normal range (now sitting at 2,820 psi). They also told me that they installed a set of shims (I believe in/on the pressure relief valve).
I had 2 different people, other than me, use the tractor Sunday after it warmed up for 10 minutes and, although better at picking up tilled dirt with the F/E Loader than before, it is still hydraulically weak and often dies, even when picking up in low gear/mode (hydrostatic) with high rpm's.
As I’ve stated all along, I don’t want to get the dealer in trouble, they’re great people. To me, this is a Kubota issue. I’ve e-mailed Kubota in California at least (4) times and received 1 response (“We’ll have someone get back with you soon.”).
I have received 2 calls from a Regional Rep, as recent as this week, but that person now wants to come out and see the tractor perform, along with the dealer (which is something I asked for a long, long, time ago). In my mind, Kubota has been very slow to respond.
To add injury to insult, I emptied my trailer Friday night, Nov 13th (no kidding), so I could pick up my tractor on Saturday morning. One of my heavy duty, spring loaded, chain binders broke loose during the process and hit me in the face – shattered my nose, blackened both eyes, gave me a severe concussion, broke my glasses, earned me a trip to the emergency room for 4 hours, almost put out my right eye, and now I get to have surgery to put everything back together once the swelling goes down…….having not met my deductible, of course, which means $6-$8k out-of-pocket. Not really relevant, but probably wouldn’t have happened if the tractor were fixed or didn’t have the problem in the first place.
If I paid $10,000 for a used piece of equipment that would be one thing, but I paid almost 5 times that amount for a brand new Kubota tractor………the tractor itself still seems fine – plenty of power, everything points back to a hydraulic problem.
I’d be shocked if Kubota ran a side-by-side test and had the same result with another L4701 with Front-end Loader.
Obviously disappointed and dissatisfied.
