25 ON ORDER!! WHO WANTS TO BE SECOND IN LINE?

[tsdial]

Hey! I thought the customer came first!

 

[gamble77]

Neil it does look like a Kubota knockoff...BUT as long as it doesn't have that silly hydrostatic drive system it will be WORLDS better!

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Neil it does look like a Kubota knockoff...BUT as long as it doesn't have that silly hydrostatic drive system it will be WORLDS better!

That silly hydro drive got Kubota well over half the market for diesel utility vehicles almost overnight.

 

[CurlyDave]

Well, how much do they cost & is there a spec sheet?

 

[Dargo]

I'd like to see the specs. Kioti clearly did the knock off thing with Kubota on their tractors until they could come into their own. I suppose that since they got away with it and they were successful knocking off the Kubota tractors, why re-invent the wheel. Just knock-off a successful product and dramatically reduce your R&D. I'd be curious how much lower of a price they will be compared to the Kubota RTV900.

 

[HODAK]

............ just look at all the interest this thing is generating. By the way, did the Yamaha Rhino knock of the Kawasaki mule? Or was it the Polaris that copied the Kawasaki? Or did the BobCat utility vehicl copy the Polaris? Wait, Arctic Cat makes one too....... Now I'm confused. Thank goodness these guys didn't paint them orange!! By the way, I like the Kubota also.

Guess I'll have to see one for myself.

 

[Patches]

Sure hope they ride better than my Mule. What type of suspension?

Looking at the photos, the front is your run of the mill McPhearson strut;I can't see any leaf springs in the one picture showing some of the rear, so I'd guess an independant, A arm with coil-overs?? Not unlike my Mule, an old model 1000; not the best riding rig

 

[wallace]

Wow! Thats an RTV900 knockoff if I ever saw one!

Ya maybe I should do the Bobcat sales pitch....It may look like it but we made ove 82 different changes to make it better!
No I won't do that.

I have a brand new Kubota RTV at my shop and I will agree Kubota make a very good unit but only time will tell how the success on Kioti's UTV.

 

[wallace]

Here is more pics...

 

[wallace]

Here is the specs keep in mind this is a proto type..