Kubota Kanook
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[quote user="thomasnchy"]..."if the torx head fastner is loosend by sharp force, it may be necessary to put you weight on it too loosen hard fastner"... actual Kubota service literature. [/quote]</p>
We used to refer to this as Gin-glish at the company I worked at prior to retirement. They were HQ'd in Japan and the install/maintenance literature was all created in the land of the rising sun. Interestingly enough, the sales literature was always perfect English...Wonder where the priorities were. In some case it was necessary to read the instructions in the technical manuals several times in order to translate it into comprehendable instructions we could understand and use. Bota seems to suffer the same indifference to the after sales quality issue.</p>
Now if Bota were to ask me what changes I might like to see...</p>
...Make the RTV available with a standard 3 or 4 gear transmission , with a clutch in front of it, and a HI/LO range selectorand chuck the hydro. The beauty of the hydro being ease of operation and the elimination of the need to shift is totally lost to the need to shift anyway with the way they built this drivetrain. I,m a big hydro fan but not in the manner it is being utilized in the RTV.</p>
...If you insist on the hydro, put a pedal on the floor to reverse direction..If the design engineers lack the knowledge just have them go talk to your tractors guys. They have a good application they would probably let you use.</p>
...Make it shorter in height. By lowering the ROPs by just a few inches, it would not likely impede head room but would facilitate entry through 7 foot garage doors.</p>
...As mentioned by others ..get serious about the u-joints, cv joints etc..Heck! you build tough tractors ..apply the same criteria to the RTV.</p>
...,Send a fact finding crew out to the real world and talk to and experience the way users (we RTV owners) use these machines . The dealers who sell a half dozen of these units a year and 100 tractors really don,t know the requirements or care that much about whether the buyer is totally satisfied with the purchase. </p>
Too bad...They have the basis of a super UTV but they seem to have a shelf full of parts they want to use up before proceeding with building a great Utility machine that deserves to have the "K" logo on its hood.</p>
Just my 2 pesos worth</p>
We used to refer to this as Gin-glish at the company I worked at prior to retirement. They were HQ'd in Japan and the install/maintenance literature was all created in the land of the rising sun. Interestingly enough, the sales literature was always perfect English...Wonder where the priorities were. In some case it was necessary to read the instructions in the technical manuals several times in order to translate it into comprehendable instructions we could understand and use. Bota seems to suffer the same indifference to the after sales quality issue.</p>
Now if Bota were to ask me what changes I might like to see...</p>
...Make the RTV available with a standard 3 or 4 gear transmission , with a clutch in front of it, and a HI/LO range selectorand chuck the hydro. The beauty of the hydro being ease of operation and the elimination of the need to shift is totally lost to the need to shift anyway with the way they built this drivetrain. I,m a big hydro fan but not in the manner it is being utilized in the RTV.</p>
...If you insist on the hydro, put a pedal on the floor to reverse direction..If the design engineers lack the knowledge just have them go talk to your tractors guys. They have a good application they would probably let you use.</p>
...Make it shorter in height. By lowering the ROPs by just a few inches, it would not likely impede head room but would facilitate entry through 7 foot garage doors.</p>
...As mentioned by others ..get serious about the u-joints, cv joints etc..Heck! you build tough tractors ..apply the same criteria to the RTV.</p>
...,Send a fact finding crew out to the real world and talk to and experience the way users (we RTV owners) use these machines . The dealers who sell a half dozen of these units a year and 100 tractors really don,t know the requirements or care that much about whether the buyer is totally satisfied with the purchase. </p>
Too bad...They have the basis of a super UTV but they seem to have a shelf full of parts they want to use up before proceeding with building a great Utility machine that deserves to have the "K" logo on its hood.</p>
Just my 2 pesos worth</p>
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