Thinking about a Kubota 500

[Eagle09]

:thumbsup:
Admit it,its easier to hold hands(with wifes) side to side.

Boone

Well yeah....that too ! LOL Sometimes I just reach over there and give her a big old kiss.

 

[9973720wb19]

i've had an RTV900 for three years and it's been a great work horse with no problems - got about 200hrs on it now.

 

[DIXIEDOG]

I'm really happy with mine. I've got no regrets with the purchase, I bought it over a year ago and have used it for hunting, snow plowing, moving the bass boat, pulling my car out of an oversized snow bank, hauled trees and my saw around....it's done everything so far pretty dang well. I've gotten stuck several times, if you plan to play in much mud I would recommend a winch just in case...these things are heavy and sink accordingly. For trail riding they aren't the greatest, they are built for work and although they will also work fine for trails if you drive fast you will get bounced around with the heavy suspension. It would be cool if somebody made a lift kit with a long travel suspension for the RTV 500...it would be the ultimate buggy.

 

[timswi]

I had an RTV50o and loved it. It's not fast, but a great worker. It did a great job plowing snow too. Once the HST/RPM thing was figured out I loved it. Only traded it for the diesel and climate control of the RTV1100.

If you don't want a speedster, you'll love it. It also will go pretty much anywhere the ATV's will go, just not as fast.

 

[Frostybear]

I just traded mine on a new L2800 tractor I put 170 hrs on it since last fall. About 80 of those hours were plowing snow and the rest was hauling wood. It is a rugged beast and I worked it. I had the Kubota plow set up and I never took it off as I used it to push brush and stuff. I wish I could have kept it but I needed a tractor with a loader and couldn't afford both. :thumbsup:

 

[kunota man]

I just traded mine on a new L2800 tractor I put 170 hrs on it since last fall. About 80 of those hours were plowing snow and the rest was hauling wood. It is a rugged beast and I worked it. I had the Kubota plow set up and I never took it off as I used it to push brush and stuff. I wish I could have kept it but I needed a tractor with a loader and couldn't afford both. :thumbsup:

you love your l2800 have one its a worhhorse.as for the rtv 500 two of my brothers have them there a little under powered tp me .i have had 2 rtv 900 and npw a rtv 1140 would get the 900 over the 500. just my personnel experience

 

[groundcover]

Just passed a hundred hours on the RTV900, no problems and just love it, handy as a shirt pocket.:thumbsup:

 

[Frostybear]

Yeah- I had a L2800 before I got the RTV500. Thought I was going to take it easy but that ain't happening. So I'm back where I was which wasn't a bad place to be.

 

[cointoss]

I bought my 500 around this time last year and it has served me well. Seems to do everything I want it to do. Not a lot of creature comfort but then most of the other side-by-sides are about the same.

 

[Stoweski]

Anyone with a 500 regret getting it because of the smaller box? I looked at them yesterday and the box seems to be considerably smaller than the 900... around 1' in length and width.

Just wondering if you've found that you could use more room for hauling stuff.

Also, with the problems that have been posted in regards to climbing hills, does anyone with a more recent 500 (past year or so) have any problems climbing?