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The Kubota RTV1100
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BigAl
Gone But Not Forgotten
Did they give you a price without the extras? As I recall, people are paying about $15,500 - $16,500 for an '09 model.
Extras add up....factory bedliner is 200.00....blizzard blade is 3,500.00
And were else am I gona get 10 to 12 grand for my 900?
I have made no deal yet.
What I like about the RTV is no plates and ins year after year.
I have bought a lot of stuff from that dealer over the years and I feel like I have been treated right so far.
What you gona do if you want one?.....lol
Art
And were else am I gona get 10 to 12 grand for my 900?
I have made no deal yet.
What I like about the RTV is no plates and ins year after year.
I have bought a lot of stuff from that dealer over the years and I feel like I have been treated right so far.
What you gona do if you want one?.....lol
Art
I couldn't resist, so I called my dealer. He quoted $17K for camo, full cab enclosure, heat and air, and radio w/ CD player.
I'm keeping my 900 ..............
lol
Should have asked what they give you for your 900 on trade?
Art
Tact
Member
Mine has a Curtis Cab enclosure, heat, and hydraulic dump bed. He said probably around $9000 in trade, but without seeing it in person, it's hard to give a trade in value over the phone, which I can understand. Even still, if they gave me $10K, I'd still have to come up with $7000 difference. I just don't see $7000 difference in mine and theirs. Mine only has 182 hours.
Oops. My pricing was for orange, not camo.
What state are you in? Never heard of a state requiring registration and insurance and then dropping it. If you borrow to get it, the lender is going to require insurance.
Art,
What state are you in? Never heard of a state requiring registration and insurance and then dropping it. If you borrow to get it, the lender is going to require insurance.
Am in Michigan.....my homeowner policy covers it as long as you use it on your own property.....at least my ins policy does.
Have bought other stuff through Kubota....borrow... and all they wanted was a copy of my house ins.
What I meant about plates and ins is over what a truck 4x4 is over the RTV.
So as the years go on you don't have the expense in the RTV over a truck 4x4.
Art
Art
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Tact
Member
What's up, Brian?
Dargo
Like a bad penny...
I did, and that was the problem. After my 'cash' quote, my dealer offered me $600 less for my RTV900 than I paid for it new.
Trust me, that got the hook sunk in quite deep. I only lasted another day...
Not a lot. How are you doing Fred? Haven't seen you around much.What's up, Brian?
Tact
Member
I'm here every day.....just don't post a lot.
I did, and that was the problem. After my 'cash' quote, my dealer offered me $600 less for my RTV900 than I paid for it new.
Please give me r dealers name and phone #
I paid 15,915 for my 900 with all the add ons and if that dealer will give me 600.00 less than what I paid for mine on a 1100 trade in deal I'll be down there the next day.
Art
Well I got my 1100.....they gave me 11,000 on trade in....have to say the 1100 is much nicer and more quite than my 900 was.....not as quick as my 900 was but the 1100 is about 700 pounds more in weight.
Have to say I like the 1100 much better and boy does the heater drive you outa there fast......lol
So far so good....if I have any problems I'll kept you all updated.
Art
Have to say I like the 1100 much better and boy does the heater drive you outa there fast......lol
So far so good....if I have any problems I'll kept you all updated.
Art
JimVT
Bronze Member
I plan on getting a 900 and am worried about the ground clearance and power. Can you add a leaf to the springs for more height or would tires be better so you don't screw up the axles?
I read about the loss of power. I plan on hauling 1000 pound loads of green wood and have a steep long hill to climb. Salesman said lots of low end pulling power and not to worry. Have the newer ones been changed? he was talking about the 900 diesel engine one.
I have a 660 rhino now and I pull the hill with plenty of power while overloaded with 800lbs of wood and one person. It has 10 inch ground clearance.
thanks Jim
I read about the loss of power. I plan on hauling 1000 pound loads of green wood and have a steep long hill to climb. Salesman said lots of low end pulling power and not to worry. Have the newer ones been changed? he was talking about the 900 diesel engine one.
I have a 660 rhino now and I pull the hill with plenty of power while overloaded with 800lbs of wood and one person. It has 10 inch ground clearance.
thanks Jim
Jim,
Sounds like you need a demo brought to your place. Load it up and climb the hill.
How about you pose your question over at www.nettractortalk.com
There's a huge contingent of RTV owners over there and the RTV has it's own forum section.
Sounds like you need a demo brought to your place. Load it up and climb the hill.
How about you pose your question over at www.nettractortalk.com
There's a huge contingent of RTV owners over there and the RTV has it's own forum section.
Snowtrac Nome
member formerly known as dds
i worked on those things in iraq we used them to carry lazy officers and fat first seargents around they might work good around the house or for a weekend hunting trip but for every day use the transmissions were junck and would loose their gears cvt clutches fell apart and brakes and electrical were junk charging systems would fail usualy a voltage regulator so in would go an optima and a solar charger. because we couldn't get parts for comercial equipment.
Dargo
Like a bad penny...
In case anyone ever wondered about putting a turbo on their RTV1100, I've had my turbo on for about 2 full years now. It's not really any faster, maybe 2-3 mph, but it gets there faster and will hold over 20 mph on the road going up steep and long inclines.
I've not noticed any difference in my oil when I change it. In other words, it doesn't look blacker than before adding the turbo. I've never had any over-heating issues, oil consumption issues or, acutally, any issues at all. My RTV almost never got used the first year. That "throw you through the windshield when you let off the throttle" pretty well prevented my wife from ever wanting to drive it and the same went for my kids. I think I installed the coast valve (original coast valve on eBay) a month or so before the turbo kit. After the turbo and coast valve, it gets used quite often. I have a special made toolbox in the bed just like in a pickup and I'm always using it to go work on something around the property. The toolbox is full of tools and the rest of the bed is generally filled with building materials. The tailgate makes a good makeshift work platform.
At my larger parcel of property there were several places my RTV900 could not get to nor would the RTV1100 (stock) because there were several long and winding hills that were really steep and roughly 100 - 150 feet rise in elevation. The addition of the turbo made this climb a complete non-issue. There is now no need to try to carry too much speed around some corners to make the climb after the corner. With the turbo on the 1100, I can easily pick up speed as I encounter these hills in 4X4 and, if needed, step on the rear diff lock. Now, if I know I'm going to be going up those hills, I just lock the rear differential when I unload. It's not like I'm worried about leaving marks in a lawn.
The turbo was relatively expensive, but I feel it was definitely worth it. The RTV1100 is actually quite heavy and the turbo makes the engine a good match. When I was installing the turbo I was pleasantly surprised that all of the cooling and oil supply and return lines were already made into the RTV1100 engine's block. All I had to do was remove the plugs and install the turbo lines. In my mind, that almost makes it a sure thing that this particular Kubota engine must be offered in some form with a turbo from Kubota. If my memory is right, I think the $1600 spent for the entire turbo kit and coast valve were well worth the money. We use the RTV relatively often now and I have no desire to own anything different. You can count this as my 3 year ownership review if you want. Except that crappy weld on the door frame, which I simply fixed and rewelded both sides since Kubota clearly wasn't going to do shit about it after I hounded them months about it, nothing else has broken and I've only done normal maintenance.
I would recommend one after my 3 years of owning one, but I'd highly suggest checking out the door frame welds on the unit before you buy it. It's too late now, but if Facebook and YouTube was as popular then as they are now, I think I could have gotten Kubota off their dead asses and made them fix the flat ass shitty welds on my door frame. I feel they owe me $300 for my time and labor to fix their piss poor workmanship that did break as I said it would, yet Kubota simply opted to ignore me when that happened. Rather than park it for months, I just fixed it myself. Hmm, I still have all the pictures....maybe I ought to put a video on YouTube about Kubota's piss poor workmanship on RTV welds and get it to go viral by having all 1200 friends or so I have on Facebook view it and have their friends view it. I've noticed that companies don't seem to like making the evening news due to a viral YouTube video pointing out their screw-ups and refusal to make good on fixing them. Obviously I'm still a bit chapped about Kubota forcing me to fix their piss poor welding job. Otherwise, it's a great machine. I just made a mistake by not taking Kubota to court for failing to abide by their own warranty and making me fix their problem. Oh well, live and learn.
I've not noticed any difference in my oil when I change it. In other words, it doesn't look blacker than before adding the turbo. I've never had any over-heating issues, oil consumption issues or, acutally, any issues at all. My RTV almost never got used the first year. That "throw you through the windshield when you let off the throttle" pretty well prevented my wife from ever wanting to drive it and the same went for my kids. I think I installed the coast valve (original coast valve on eBay) a month or so before the turbo kit. After the turbo and coast valve, it gets used quite often. I have a special made toolbox in the bed just like in a pickup and I'm always using it to go work on something around the property. The toolbox is full of tools and the rest of the bed is generally filled with building materials. The tailgate makes a good makeshift work platform.
At my larger parcel of property there were several places my RTV900 could not get to nor would the RTV1100 (stock) because there were several long and winding hills that were really steep and roughly 100 - 150 feet rise in elevation. The addition of the turbo made this climb a complete non-issue. There is now no need to try to carry too much speed around some corners to make the climb after the corner. With the turbo on the 1100, I can easily pick up speed as I encounter these hills in 4X4 and, if needed, step on the rear diff lock. Now, if I know I'm going to be going up those hills, I just lock the rear differential when I unload. It's not like I'm worried about leaving marks in a lawn.
The turbo was relatively expensive, but I feel it was definitely worth it. The RTV1100 is actually quite heavy and the turbo makes the engine a good match. When I was installing the turbo I was pleasantly surprised that all of the cooling and oil supply and return lines were already made into the RTV1100 engine's block. All I had to do was remove the plugs and install the turbo lines. In my mind, that almost makes it a sure thing that this particular Kubota engine must be offered in some form with a turbo from Kubota. If my memory is right, I think the $1600 spent for the entire turbo kit and coast valve were well worth the money. We use the RTV relatively often now and I have no desire to own anything different. You can count this as my 3 year ownership review if you want. Except that crappy weld on the door frame, which I simply fixed and rewelded both sides since Kubota clearly wasn't going to do shit about it after I hounded them months about it, nothing else has broken and I've only done normal maintenance.
I would recommend one after my 3 years of owning one, but I'd highly suggest checking out the door frame welds on the unit before you buy it. It's too late now, but if Facebook and YouTube was as popular then as they are now, I think I could have gotten Kubota off their dead asses and made them fix the flat ass shitty welds on my door frame. I feel they owe me $300 for my time and labor to fix their piss poor workmanship that did break as I said it would, yet Kubota simply opted to ignore me when that happened. Rather than park it for months, I just fixed it myself. Hmm, I still have all the pictures....maybe I ought to put a video on YouTube about Kubota's piss poor workmanship on RTV welds and get it to go viral by having all 1200 friends or so I have on Facebook view it and have their friends view it. I've noticed that companies don't seem to like making the evening news due to a viral YouTube video pointing out their screw-ups and refusal to make good on fixing them. Obviously I'm still a bit chapped about Kubota forcing me to fix their piss poor welding job. Otherwise, it's a great machine. I just made a mistake by not taking Kubota to court for failing to abide by their own warranty and making me fix their problem. Oh well, live and learn.