crazyal
Super Member
I think you may be out of luck. You can replace just the arm if you want or you could find a welder (if you're not one) and repair it. I think if I was to weld it I would put some plates inside to beef it up.
You have to work through a dealer no matter what you do!!! So you are slowing the proper procedures to have any help from kubota.
I second Art. The relationships between all equipment companies and their dealers is that the dealerships are the frontline support.
Thats quite the failure there. Never seen anything like it.
I think you may be out of luck. You can replace just the arm if you want or you could find a welder (if you're not one) and repair it. I think if I was to weld it I would put some plates inside to beef it up.
I still can't understand why Kubota welds across the tube and especially in that location. You should never weld across the face of a load bearing beam or in this case a structural tube.
When it broke I wasn't really working it that hard ... just digging into a bank. The crack must have been there and finally propagated to the side walls and then she gave way and tore right up the sides.
I agree, the wall thickness is very thin. I didn't mic it, but is around 50 to 60 thou thick.
I didn't go to the dealer yet, the hoe is only warrantied for 12 months and it is around 22 months old. I was hoping that Kubota would look at the photos and agree there is a workmanship defect and grant me some satisfaction.
The only hard part for me is leaving it set there till I hear an answer. I can hear my welder calling out to me through my closed garage door.:laughing: