any one have tracks on there 900

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zenchal26

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i'm using my 900 to groom the snowmobile trails and need to be in low 99% of the time with a ground breaking speed of 1-2mph does this sound right. Here is a pic of what i am working with</p>
 
Low is 0-10 </p>


Mid is 0-18 </p>


High is 0-25</p>


Running mattracks should reduce these speeds by 45%. so in low you should be able to go 5.5 mph. Mid should be10mph and high 14 mph. Or at least close to these figures.</p>


Try Mid range to see if it is still low enough to do the trail grooming stuff.</p>


Otherwise, ifyour speed is accurate, it is low. Remove muffler tail pipe and check if the screen is plugged. Has the oils and filters been changed lately? Poor trany oil may be having some effect. SUDT probably be better for winter conditions.</p>
 
What altitude are you at? (Above or below 4000')?</p>


At your 1-2 MPH, is the gas pedal mashed to the floor? You'll get more power at around 1/2 pedal.</p>
 
i'm at half ped below 4000 I have when i bought it the guy said he changed all oils but I changed all but the trans any way, it looked new. I will change it and see</p>
 
I got tracks on my 900 but most of the time I am not pulling anything. When we are doing maple syrup we are hualing 100 gals of sap that weights in at around 800+ lbs. We are in "M" most of the time.Elavation here is around 300+ feet.</p>
 
Check the easy things first, like is the exhaust screen plugged. And how fast does it run without the drag. You must use Kubota filters and oil, that has been stated more times on this site than anything. And are you getting full throttle, is the cable adjusted right?</p>
 
I purchased a Kubota Diesel RTV 900 last year with a set of Matt Tracks to groom x-country ski trails on our municipal complex. All it does is dig holes. Speed is very slow and contributes to its ability to go in snow. We had the dealer come out and said that everthing was set up properly. Says we have to use low range with the tracks. We were very clear what we intended to use the machine for and it is dissapointing to have that much money in a rig that wont get out of its own way. </p>


I am curious if you have tried any of the suggested fixes and have seen any improvements? We love the machine for summer use, now if we could only get it to perform in the winter. Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.</p>


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The most improvement I have noticed is the hand throttle. Mine runs at 7500' and either up or down hill. When it finally warms up I notice a little more power and can put it in med. It does ok on some inclines but top speed going down a slope with a tailwind is 15mph on the speedometer but is probably 7mph or less. The dealer in Heber City told me they were working with kubota on a blower that would add more horsepower. I have not talked to them since my last service and have no more info other than it would cost around 3k.</p>
 
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I have the hand throttle does not help much, exhaust has been cleaned. It goes all right with out the drag but thats what I bought it for. I talked to a guy in a snowmobile club in NH and they had the same issues. They fixed it for around $9000.00, turbo kit and soucy tracks. $9000.00 is nothing when the state is paying for it but for the rest of us no f*&^%& way. I wish I had never bought this thing and I'm sure I wont get what I paided for it when I sell it. If you want to groom get a ranger, I hate to talk good about polaris but our club just got one with the new polaris tracks and they can pull the drag at 15mph compaired to my slowbota at 2mph. </p>
 
In our case I can live with the speed, but it just won't go in the snow. If it's hard pack it will do ok, but if you get off the trail you are done. We tried studding the rear tracks which helps during icy conditions, but if you have lose snow conditions you might as well get off an walk. I inquired about a turbo at the dealer, but he was not aware of anything from Kubota. He said they have actually stopped selling these units for use with tracks. It was the best thing going when we bought it. They now recommend a Scout from AVS for small grooming applications. Looks like quite a machine, www.ASVI.com, but it retails in the mid $ forties. </p>


Thanks for the feedback</p>


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If y'all are into going in the snow, check out the snow trac section of this forum.</p>


http://www.forumsforums.com/3_9/</p>


I believe it's the largest snow track forum in the world. </p>


An incredible wealth of info on machines made for snow.</p>


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Bczoom,</p>


Really surprised that there are as many people fighting the snow that doesn't own a Terratrack vehicle. There is a video of them working the snow with this machine on this site.</p>


http://terratrack.com/</p>


Many years ago, I owned two of these machines,but back then they were Cushman Tracksters,</p>


http://www.cushmantrackster.com/models.html</p>


They were tuff and dependable. We used them in these swamps, never in the snow. ( Didn't have snow ) But, just about nothing would stop them, never had a minutes trouble out of them. </p>


Can say this, if I lived where I had to push snow, I would have one of these Terratracks, along with the RTV .... wouldn't take nothing for the Kubota, but the truth is, I know how well this other machine is also, and is really made for the snow ~~~~</p>


>>>>>>>>> jamie </p>


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Jamie,</p>


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Those TerraTrack's are nice!!! Bang for the buck, especially in the snow dictates a different vehicle. Many of the northern machines need to pull something more than their own weight. Many pull 20' wide snow grooming drags. Imagine having to pull a 20' wide drag behind something in the swamp. Not a lot different up here (except it's colder and we don't have gators).</p>


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Here's a good tour. http://www.forumsforums.com/3_9/showthread.php?t=9965</p>


A real neat thread is about one of the member spending a few weeks working on oil rigs in the Arctic Circle.</p>


http://www.forumsforums.com/3_9/showthread.php?t=23904</p>
 
Brian,</p>


Took the tour !!! Them men have 'em toys don't they, play " big time " in the snow !!! Big Machines !!!</p>


Those machine would be worthless as far as size inour swamps. The utiltiy vehicle size, RTV etc ..... , is just about as big as one down in the swamps here could handle. Reason for the cypress trees and cypress knees, stumps, etc .....</p>


Thanks Brian for the tour, seems like some good folks there also !!!!!</p>


~~~~~~~ jamie </p>


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I have heard the scout is no good in the loose snow either,hard pack its ok but slow still. If your grooming you don't need to go real fast but it sure would be nice to be able to ride your sled on the trails you groom once and a while. I do a section of trail about 15 miles round trip and it takes mearound 10hrs in the kabota. I dont like the fact that the ranger is belt drive but it does do good in the snow. I have been looking into the honda big red, it also has a hydro trans but it tops out around 40-50mph with wheels. I would like to find out how these are in the snow.</p>
 
Not sure what you are pulling to groom the trail, but around here all trail grooming (for x-country skiing, dog-sledding, etc.) is done by snowmachine like Skidoo or Arctic Cat or etc. I don't own one and am not all that familiar with the various models, but I know some are real work machines and they certainly have to deal with powder snow in this part of the world (just about the only kind we ever get) and very very deep once you are in the mountains. For ski hills and such where they are pulling the wide groomers they need the big tracked vehicles with the very wide tracks.</p>


The RTV900 I just bought is my expensive correction from having bought a 2007 Arctic Cat Prowler UTV. The Prowler is a fine machine for getting around in the woods and does well in deep snow with appropriate tires and chains, but it is not designed for heavy work and it could not begin to handle my plowing needs. And the belt drive is not suitable (imho) for hard work. In 188 hours I went through two belts. Lesson for me is make sure that the vehicle is designed for the main intended use. From what I have read on this forum, tracks on an RTV900 without the turbo kit may be pushing the design parameters. But it is tough when a dealer is not forthright about such matters. The Arctic Cat dealer was adamant that my plowing needs would be easily met by the Prowler. My gut was not convinced and I should have listened to my gut. Poorer and wiser, but also happy with my new RTV.</p>
 
Just read the first post and see that it is snow machine trails that you are grooming. But again, around here the snow machine trails are groomed with snow machines--I presume machines that have been fitted out to manage deep powder more effectively. There are hundreds of miles to groom (e.g., 1000 miles to groom between Whitehorse and Fairbanks, AK for the Yukon Quest dog sled race)---all done with snow machines.</p>
 
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