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Funny--I get the same question. And have exactly the same thoughts. Also funny--nobody has ever asked me how fast my Case 580C backhoe goes! :-)</p>
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I don't know why, but we get customers coming in asking about zero-turn mowers and how fast they go. Well, in my opinion its not necesarily how fast they go, but how well of a job they do at the faster speeds. They seem to think its a contest with their neighbour on how fast they can cut there grass. Me,.. I would just rather do a good job, finish a 6 pack and enjoy the afternoon.</p>


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On the day I bought my 900 (Feb 22 of this year...I remember the date because I filled out the check wrong), I discovered this forum. It was one of the best finds I have made. Because my unit is a 2004 (128 hours, like new condition) it exhibits the characteristics these early units experienced. Had it not been for this forum I probably would have likely destroyed the shifting forks and possibly melted the plastic hydraulic tank for the dump by now.This forum has educated me on the shifting issues the early unit are prone to. When its reluctant to engage into gear from neutral, a blip of the pedal smooths the way and letting the hydro depresurize and a few tricks passed on by the forum membershelps in most case in the times it wants to stay in gear. There are occasions though when coming to a full stop (particularly on an incline with a load in the back) that the only way of getting into Neutral is to shut off the engine, shift to N and then restart.my dealer is more interested in selling me a new one than helping me out on this</p>


07Rhino.....do you have any recommendations? Are some of the "fixes" on the later unit retro fittable?</p>


Knowing the work arounds make the situation livable but I'm always concerned when a new driver takes it for a spin. Any advice on this issue would be appreciated and thanks for your informative posts so far...much appreciated.</p>
 
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On the day I bought my 900 (Feb 22 of this year...I remember the date because I filled out the check wrong), I discovered this forum. It was one of the best finds I have made. Because my unit is a 2004 (128 hours, like new condition) it exhibits the characteristics these early units experienced. Had it not been for this forum I probably would have likely destroyed the shifting forks and possibly melted the plastic hydraulic tank for the dump by now.This forum has educated me on the shifting issues the early unit are prone to. When its reluctant to engage into gear from neutral, a blip of the pedal smooths the way and letting the hydro depresurize and a few tricks passed on by the forum membershelps in most case in the times it wants to stay in gear. There are occasions though when coming to a full stop (particularly on an incline with a load in the back) that the only way of getting into Neutral is to shut off the engine, shift to N and then restart.my dealer is more interested in selling me a new one than helping me out on this</p>


07Rhino.....do you have any recommendations? Are some of the "fixes" on the later unit retro fittable?</p>


Knowing the work arounds make the situation livable but I'm always concerned when a new driver takes it for a spin. Any advice on this issue would be appreciated and thanks for your informative posts so far...much appreciated.</p>
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Yours is a common occurance with the hard shift to neutral within that year range, but man do those 2004/05 go fast :) I almost rolled our shop unit the other day playing in the back and turning on hard packed and some mud. I have only been able to do exactly what you do to get it to shift. One thing to watch out for is bending/breaking the shift fork for 1st, rev, in most cases the lever just pops out and you either get it jammed in one gear, or you only have med or high. Easy fix, pull cover resent fork install cover and you are away.</p>


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You CAN put the new thicker plates in no problem, but I suggest only if your machine "feels" sluggish in med or especially high range during take off or acceleration.</p>


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[quote user="07rhino"]but man do those 2004/05 go fast :) [/quote]</p>


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You got that right, that RTV will take the B1700 and F3060 in the quarter mile any day. ETs' in the 2 to 3 minute range ;)</p>


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yea runnin fast in the canefield is bad too because of all them cut headlanes what the other 4 wheelersor tractors or trucks might be pulling out of when i was riding my hpx or my rhino i keep it around 20/25mph now when the field is cut down right after harvest or if i'm on the road i will open her up to run some gas through the lines but other than that i take her slow and easy. then there's when we get into them holes we might be barly movin but sometimes them tires are spinin fast or used to before them outlaws came into play them 589's was good too you didn't have to turn them to fast iether but i'm with ya twoguns on the take it easy partyou get to see more of whats around ya and you get to enjoy it more. man if your gettin that rtv up to 28mph thats pretty good thats alot of weight to be movin . if i had the rtv or should i say when that 1100 is parked in my yard i'll be happy with 28 out of it or even 25mph heck themost i would probably do in it would be 15mph. but lokin at rusty's advatar some people like speed. i bet that vett in the picture has t-tops thats why he's bald he blew all his hair off.lol</p>
 
[quote user="Kubota Kanook"]nearly every time a visitor see's my RTV900 for the 1st time, the 1st question is "how fast does it go?"</p>
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Tell them "It's not a Porsche, it's a Peterbilt".</p>


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Any info on the climbing ability of the 1140? I've had the 900(early model) which did decent going up hills and the 1100('08) which was just a slug. Sold the 1100 at auction this past spring because I needed to be in low range to climb a 10' hill and the shift lever was way more ornery than the older 900.</p>


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Was just about to buy the new Trans Mule 4010 Diesel but something just keeps bringing me back to Kubota. If that 1140 can climb a 10' hill in at least M gear and I don't have to mess around for 5 minutes getting into reverse, I'm going to stick with the Kubota tanks.</p>


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Incidentally, I looked at the 1140 today at my dealer and switched the seating from 4 to 2 and back. Was a snap and the quality of the construction was outstanding. Just hope it performs a bit better than the '08 1100 I had earlier in the year.</p>
 




Welcome to the forum rrroae,</p>


Not taking up for the RTV, but there must have been aadjustment off,filter orarrestor clogged or something. For as we all know, there are " plunkers " in every make and model of every manufacture. That must have been one of them. I purchased one of them plunkers in apiece of equipment once ( tractor ) , everybody elsedone wonders, mine was as slow and weakas a weak kitten. I have not test fired a 1140 series RTV, YET, but plan in the future. Our 900 is strong as a ox, and gets stronger as time goes on. But that the diesel blood in it ~~~~ Like metionedmany timesbefore on this forum, remove the sparkarrestor, for that will just about shut you down in time. They will make avery strong unit get where it will not even want to move out of it's tracks.</p>


Look at this link / stroll down and you will see what one looks like screwed-up ~~~ http://compacttractorreview.com/cs/forums/p/2715/14793.aspx#14793</p>


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But like you, would test fire the 1140 and make damn sure it will climb that 10 foot hill for you, before letting go of that money !!!</p>


I will say, Kubota has come a long way with there machines since the first RTV ~~~~ </p>


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Thanks for the reply two guns.</p>


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I think maybe you're right about something being wrong with my 1100. With my 900, got so use to just giving a little extra gas and maybe a couple turns of the steering wheel to get into the gear I wanted that it become 2nd nature. The 1100 on the other hand was a bear to get into gear and sometimes I would just give up trying to get in or out of 4wd or R. Also was so annoyed that they didn't put window sliders on the side door panels. Ended up taking the doors off and left them off even in winter to plow. Lifting up the front window for ventilation just gave me an earful of creaks and squeaks when driving over uneven terrain.</p>


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Sold the 1100 with 45 hrs at our dealers spring auction and only got $13k. That included the curtis manual lift plow. At least I didn't lose hardly anything when I traded in my 4 yr old 900 with 400 hrs for the 1100(paid $6800 difference). Just left a sour taste in my mouth after all the enjoyment and work we got out 900.</p>


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After talikng to the wife, we're going to the Kubota dealer when they open and we'll test run the 1140. If shifting is at least as good as our old 900 and I can go up a 10' degree incline in M range at 4-5mph, I'm going to get suckered back into another Kubota.:) I'm not a very technical person but I can give a report on the 1140 and how it compares to the 900 and 1100 we've had if anyone's interested.</p>


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My intitial impressions ware very positive but haven't test drove one yet.</p>
 
Don't hold me to this, but somebody, somewhere said that they were in the area of 12,300 - 13,000 ~~~~</p>


Depending on the dealership, and if your from the north or the south. South always seems to be cheaper for some reason ! They must feel sorry for us poor 'ole boys down here in the swamps ~~~~</p>


Now, here is a question. Does it come in camo also, one would have to add about 700.00 for that ~~~</p>


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It's a convertible........It only has 5000 miles on the spedo.....I am going to bring it down to La. and ride in the cane fields with you,,,,,,LMAO........I keep it washed and waxed and under cover when not in use....It is also garage kept..</p>


Rusty Anvil,,</p>
 
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Heck Rusty Advil,</p>


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Gotta Have Faith !!!!</p>


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Two Guns, Where is the new picture of Rusty ? That one is with his old hair do. We need a current one and we should also try to interest him in some sunglasses for those beady eyes so the cateracts won't flare up. Bordercollie</p>
 
how's my sister doing up there ole rusty ole pal? speakin of hogs they had an artical about how bad them hogs have gotten down here and the funny thing about it is they eating up all the guys property that gave me the ticket.lmao ain't it funny how things come back to bite you in the butt. here's the artical but note how the owner of the property "vernon caldwell" is complaining it's eating and destroying his property and the cane farmers crops but he refuses to let anyone on his property to hunt them??? don't make sense to me if you have a hog problem then why not let people go hunt them and help out the farmers. you know the best part about it is the property right next to his is where we have our riding trails and you know there is hardly any tracks on there?? why i ask because there is atv's/utv's and hunters on this property and caldwell won't allow anyone on his property but the farmers. the bad part is the freakin farmer has to hunt them his self he can't even bring in extra help because vernon don't want anyone on his land!!!! i hope they eat every piece of cane and then go right across the street and eat his lawn because why complain about a problem if you won't let anyone help solve it???? rememebr this guy said i was destroying the crops i ain't got no hog i got a rhino???</p>


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http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20090712/ARTICLES/907119972/1211?Title=Schriever-cane-farmer-copes-with-feral-hog-damage</p>


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i thought i would share this story wit ya'll</p>
<div class="smallfont">I love this story </div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-family: Fixedsys;"><font size="4"><font color="#4169e1">I remember the story: John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he found himself intrigued, not with the words of the book, but with the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.

In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owner's name, Miss Holly Maynell. With time and effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond.
The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II. During the next year and one month, the two grew to know each other through the mail. Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. A romance was budding. Blanchard requested a photograph, but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn't matter what she looked like
When the day finally came for him to return from Europe, they scheduled their first meeting - 7.00 p.m. at the Grand Central Station in New York.

"You'll recognize me," she wrote, "by the red rose I'll be wearing on my lapel." So at 7.00 p.m. he was in the station looking for a girl whose heart he loved, but whose face he'd never seen. I'll let Mr. Blanchard tell you what happened:

A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. Her blonde hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears; her eyes were blue as flowers. Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come alive. I started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she was not wearing a rose. As I moved, a small provocative smile curved her lips. "Going my way, sailor?" she murmured.

Almost uncontrollably, I made one step closer to her, and then I saw Holly Maynell. She was standing almost directly behind the girl. A woman well past 40, she had graying hair tucked under a worn hat. She was more than plump, her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away. I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.

And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle. I did not hesitate. My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book that was to identify me to her.

This would not be love, but it would be something precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever by grateful. I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment. "I'm Lieutenant John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to dinner?" The woman's face broadened into a tolerant smile. "I don't know what this is about, son," she answered, "but the young lady in the green suit who just went by, she begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!"
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Tommy, that was a great story ~~~ thanks for sharing it with us !!!!</p>


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Where is the new picture of Rusty ? That one is with his old hair do. </p>
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oh, you must be talking about the one with the make-over ~~~ I'll have to find it !!!!</p>
 
rrroae- Welcome! </p>


After reading the tune-up tips from 07rhino I feel bad for you and your experience with the 1100. I have a sneaky feeling that maybe it wasn't set up right from the git-go. Gauging from the comments over the years there seems to be a lot of variation in the way these get set up and delivered. I remember quite a few post posts from people who had 1100s that wouldn't go, got extra hot, smoked, etc.</p>


It sounds like some of the mechanics, dealers, and after markets are getting a handle on the RTVs. </p>


Your comment that the 1140 seating is easy to change back and forth get me a little interested, plus 07rhino's comments that the pump (maybe motor) has been beefed up in the later models. I just have to be careful about the turning radius since we have several miles of really tight turns on our pond levees and dams. </p>


Good to hear your wife is supportive! That makes life a lot easier for everybody. I'm lucky in that my significant other really likes orange things...</p>
 
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