Would you buy a Kubota work truck?

[lilranch2001]

I see them in ads as well, but I do not think I have ever seen one in person

 

[ovrszd]

They are what you would imagine. A heavy duty SxS with a little more creature comforts in the cab. Farmers tried them and quickly realized they aren't intended for heavy work or extensive 4x4 use. There are several in my area. Only one that I know of still running. The rest are parked in some form of disrepair. A failed experiment.

 

[Hay Dude]

They are what you would imagine. A heavy duty SxS with a little more creature comforts in the cab. Farmers tried them and quickly realized they aren't intended for heavy work or extensive 4x4 use. There are several in my area. Only one that I know of still running. The rest are parked in some form of disrepair. A failed experiment.

Still going strong here. Not failed, yet. Just saw one earlier this week. Theres a local dealer for them on CL.
Not really appealing to farmers, appealing more to large landowners who don’t have $25,000 for a side by side with AC that want to go faster and have more power.

Keep those basement doors & windows locked! :laughing:

 

[Muhammad]

Back to my original question... what would it take for you to buy one?

I'm thinking a street legal "commercial jobsite" swiss army knife type truck with a dumping bed and hydraulics to power some tools that would come in handy for the small team contractor, along the lines of a sweeper or blades for cleanup or snow removal. The bed could be a 6x8' dumping bed that would probably need to come in at a 2 ton capacity for loads of debris or gravel again with small jobs in mind.

Maybe it's a cross between a one-ton truck, a heavy duty dump truck, and toolcat.

Back in 1999 somebody made a comment on our forum that said, "give me a 25hp TLB with a mid mount mower that can fit in the back of my pickup" and a few years later they bought a BX despite the idea that such a combo seemed impossible at the time.

 

[lilranch2001]

I think price range would need to be discussed, something like what you describe is not going to come cheeeep

 

[lilranch2001]

Also Muhammad, I do not think you have aged a day in the 12 years I have been coming to your forum!

 

[Hay Dude]

Back to my original question... what would it take for you to buy one?

I'm thinking a street legal "commercial jobsite" swiss army knife type truck with a dumping bed and hydraulics to power some tools that would come in handy for the small team contractor, along the lines of a sweeper or blades for cleanup or snow removal. The bed could be a 6x8' dumping bed that would probably need to come in at a 2 ton capacity for loads of debris or gravel again with small jobs in mind.

Maybe it's a cross between a one-ton truck, a heavy duty dump truck, and toolcat.

Back in 1999 somebody made a comment on our forum that said, "give me a 25hp TLB with a mid mount mower that can fit in the back of my pickup" and a few years later they bought a BX despite the idea that such a combo seemed impossible at the time.

I think something like that is worth about 75-100k with a Diesel engine dump bed and pto, AC cab and pw/pdl/
Sounds like a Unimog
Would be great for contracting and pulling a hay rake or hay tedder, too. I would also do my snowplowing
Must have PTO! Easy for Kubota engineers.
Power shift transmission or IVT would put me over the top....
Stop teasing us Muhammad!!!!
Have you been working with mother Kubota? :laughing:

 

[ruffdog]

There are on road vehicles and off road vehicles. If you were to build a "do everything" vehicle that checks all the boxes, it will be cost prohibitive.

 

[airbiscuit]

The Willy's Jeep had a rear PTO!

 

[ovrszd]

There are on road vehicles and off road vehicles. If you were to build a "do everything" vehicle that checks all the boxes, it will be cost prohibitive.

Yep.

I'm a Jeep guy. It's cheap to have a Jeep that is nice to drive on the road. It's cheap to have a Jeep that is capable offroad. It's expensive to have a Jeep that will do both.