Kubota RTV900 for steep clayish hill in high altitude

[TWO GUNS]

Don't matter who makes what.
I would never pay big bucks for something and then have to spend more money to make it where it could go where I needed.

By the machine that ready to go where YOU need it to.

............. jamie

 

[bczoom]

Doesn't BR = Big Red?

 

[TWO GUNS]

OOOOOOOOOOOOO k , must been something in the water I consumed this morning. I just can't read right !!!!!!

 

[TWO GUNS]

Hi, TWO GUNS.

Thank you for the input and your advise.

I know Honda's, in general, and BR's quality. I went to see it, but the dealer is not exactly good, and I read a lot of posts about it is underpowered, saying it's a tank, very good for flat terrain, and advising against it for hills.

Now I been informed what "BR" means.
Wish I had a video and / or pictures to show. The Honda we use has more than enough power for some of these steep & slick hills we pulled. And sometimes there where over 3-5 hundred pounds in the back, with two grown men in the front ....
What more could a man ask for. The "BR" performed great !!!!!

........... two guns

 

[TWO GUNS]

Hi everybody.

I need to buy my first UTV very soon. I’m thinking seriously about RTV900 but I have several questions:

Is RTV good in high altitude?

Rod1,
I have talked today to a few diesel mechanics about the questions you had on the altitude with KUBOTA RTV.
Both said the same thing. It should be just fine being it is fuel injected.
And the system should adjust the fuel/air by itself without any problems.
They really went in depth with this conversation, long story short, but what they said, made all
sense.

I still would try before I buy >>>>

............... jamie ( two guns )

 

[Rod1]

Rod,
Here is a link to one of the threads discussing altitude.

http://nettractortalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10624

Hi, Doc.

Thank you very much for the search and the link. I read it and posted trying to make revive the thread.

 

[Rod1]

Now I been informed what "BR" means.
Wish I had a video and / or pictures to show. The Honda we use has more than enough power for some of these steep & slick hills we pulled. And sometimes there where over 3-5 hundred pounds in the back, with two grown men in the front ....
What more could a man ask for. The "BR" performed great !!!!!

........... two guns

Hi, TWO GUNS.

Yes, a video with the Big Red climbing a steep hill would be great.

 

[Rod1]

Rod1,
I have talked today to a few diesel mechanics about the questions you had on the altitude with KUBOTA RTV.
Both said the same thing. It should be just fine being it is fuel injected.
And the system should adjust the fuel/air by itself without any problems.
They really went in depth with this conversation, long story short, but what they said, made all
sense.

I still would try before I buy >>>>

............... jamie ( two guns )

Thank you very much for your interest to help me.

 

[TWO GUNS]

Rod1,

Look at these videos and tell me what you think of the slope ........
DON'T pay attention to lawn mower, just pay attention to the hill grade !!!

This will start getting you the idea when I tell you what slick hills are .

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEEgINoP2-o[/ame]



[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcqhdNV8MOc[/ame]


......... two guns

 

[bordercollie]

That reminds me of when I was going to put the new skid steer on the equipment trailer (ramps). I was use to the old skid steer to where I just went right up. Well the old machine had weights on the front behind the QA attachment. ( the new one does'nt ).... I went half up the ramps with no bucket and it teetered back on me.. I had no bucket on to manipulate and let me just tell you ....!!! shooo..eeew.. I finally had to back on. (I was going after the forks that I had left at the other catch pen)
Now the RTV has given no trouble the one time I put it on the steep trailer . It was off in the pasture and I had the truck, trailer and RTV to get home before a storm hit.... did fine. . That incline looks about like a pond levee and the XT does great going up it .... bordercollie

 

[TWO GUNS]

Rod1,
This will start getting you the idea when I tell you what slick hills are .

This 30% slopes are nothing to the RTV.

Been crowling up steeper and very much longer distances than whats
on these videos.

With a good set of aggressive tires, you will be surprised where the
RTV will go.

Wish I had a video of both RTV & Big Red running up and down the hills
in Mississippi. Let me add, the hills in the winter is usally wet, slick !!!

Before a gentleman purchased some aggressive tires for his new RTV. He was told
it's best not to go down this specific hill. He Didn't listen.

He had the OEM all terrain tires that come on a Camo model RTV. ( Them tires will get you in a bind )
He could not make it up the hill !!!! Backed up to him, tied up with chain, Pull not only myself, but his machine also up that slick, 30 - 35 % grade
hill. And it's a very long hill ...
He was just a spinning, I NEVER spun a tire. I am Running 589's on
that RTV .....

He went the next day and purchased some aggressive tires !!!!

Tires are the main thing. It's not all the machine !!!! You just need a
machine that will turn them over without loosing power ......

........... two guns

 

[oldhat]

I had a 2007 Kubota 1100 in colorado last fall and drove it to over 11,000 feet. 11,800 as I recall. The only problem was going up fire roads. Top speed up hill was maybe 8 MPH. Not necessarily a steep hill. This was at altitude. We were never under 9,500 feet. It would run 24 MPH on flat ground and 26 MPH down hill, where you could go that fast. How ever the 1100 RTV weighes a bit more than the 900. The factory sticker on the back of the cab, that also has the vin number on it shows a weight of 2903 lbs. That would be a dry weight without oil and fluids. Ready to go with add on's and people the weight would be well over 3000 lbs. At home,at about 600 feet above sea level, flat ground is about 27 MPH and up hill is around 22 MPH. As far as 4 wheeling in rocks and mud it was great. All you need are the proper tires for what you want to do. This forum has alot of info on tire choices. I think ( which can get me in trouble) That a turbo would help for driving up hill on smooth roads. getting a run at a steep muddy hill where you only have a short distance to accelrate to a faster speed where momentum is needed. Enclosed is a picture of us having a lunch break at about 10,600 ft altitude. This is in the old Camp Hail region of Colorado.
oldhat

 

[muleman RIP]

Wish I could do a video of coming up my powerline. Where the front end lifts off the ground if you don't lean out over the hood with your heel on the diff lock. It is a far site steeper than that Ventrac is on. D5 cat was fun clearing it of trees. At $10 a foot I ran the straightest line I could for the electric co. to use. When the crew got out here they skipped the pole in the center of the hill that the engineer lady wanted and spanned it from top to bottom. It will climb about anything you can get traction on.

 

[TWO GUNS]

rod1 ......... There you go !!!! A member who has done the altitude thingy.....

I had a 2007 Kubota 1100 in colorado last fall and drove it to over 11,000 feet. 11,800 as I recall. The only problem was going up fire roads. Top speed up hill was maybe 8 MPH. Not necessarily a steep hill. This was at altitude. We were never under 9,500 feet. It would run 24 MPH on flat ground and 26 MPH down hill, where you could go that fast. How ever the 1100 RTV weighes a bit more than the 900. The factory sticker on the back of the cab, that also has the vin number on it shows a weight of 2903 lbs. That would be a dry weight without oil and fluids. Ready to go with add on's and people the weight would be well over 3000 lbs. At home,at about 600 feet above sea level, flat ground is about 27 MPH and up hill is around 22 MPH. As far as 4 wheeling in rocks and mud it was great. All you need are the proper tires for what you want to do. This forum has alot of info on tire choices. I think ( which can get me in trouble) That a turbo would help for driving up hill on smooth roads. getting a run at a steep muddy hill where you only have a short distance to accelrate to a faster speed where momentum is needed. Enclosed is a picture of us having a lunch break at about 10,600 ft altitude. This is in the old Camp Hail region of Colorado.
oldhat

 

[TWO GUNS]

Rod1, ....... here is member with a good post about hills ...

Wish I could do a video of coming up my powerline. Where the front end lifts off the ground if you don't lean out over the hood with your heel on the diff lock. It is a far site steeper than that Ventrac is on. D5 cat was fun clearing it of trees. At $10 a foot I ran the straightest line I could for the electric co. to use. When the crew got out here they skipped the pole in the center of the hill that the engineer lady wanted and spanned it from top to bottom. It will climb about anything you can get traction on.

 

[Rod1]

This 30% slopes are nothing to the RTV.

Been crowling up steeper and very much longer distances than whats
on these videos.

With a good set of aggressive tires, you will be surprised where the
RTV will go.

Wish I had a video of both RTV & Big Red running up and down the hills
in Mississippi. Let me add, the hills in the winter is usally wet, slick !!!

Before a gentleman purchased some aggressive tires for his new RTV. He was told
it's best not to go down this specific hill. He Didn't listen.

He had the OEM all terrain tires that come on a Camo model RTV. ( Them tires will get you in a bind )
He could not make it up the hill !!!! Backed up to him, tied up with chain, Pull not only myself, but his machine also up that slick, 30 - 35 % grade
hill. And it's a very long hill ...
He was just a spinning, I NEVER spun a tire. I am Running 589's on
that RTV .....

He went the next day and purchased some aggressive tires !!!!

Tires are the main thing. It's not all the machine !!!! You just need a
machine that will turn them over without loosing power ......

........... two guns

Hi, TWO GUNS.

Thanks for the input.

 

[Rod1]

I had a 2007 Kubota 1100 in colorado last fall and drove it to over 11,000 feet. 11,800 as I recall. The only problem was going up fire roads. Top speed up hill was maybe 8 MPH. Not necessarily a steep hill. This was at altitude. We were never under 9,500 feet. It would run 24 MPH on flat ground and 26 MPH down hill, where you could go that fast. How ever the 1100 RTV weighes a bit more than the 900. The factory sticker on the back of the cab, that also has the vin number on it shows a weight of 2903 lbs. That would be a dry weight without oil and fluids. Ready to go with add on's and people the weight would be well over 3000 lbs. At home,at about 600 feet above sea level, flat ground is about 27 MPH and up hill is around 22 MPH. As far as 4 wheeling in rocks and mud it was great. All you need are the proper tires for what you want to do. This forum has alot of info on tire choices. I think ( which can get me in trouble) That a turbo would help for driving up hill on smooth roads. getting a run at a steep muddy hill where you only have a short distance to accelrate to a faster speed where momentum is needed. Enclosed is a picture of us having a lunch break at about 10,600 ft altitude. This is in the old Camp Hail region of Colorado.
oldhat

Hi, oldhat.

Very impressive. Thanks for the input.

 

[Cliff69]

I'm a newbie to the RTV deal but a month ago I was plowing a fresh 18" of snow and I started having trouble. I just didn't have the power to plow, it started to get worse. Then I remembered the guys here talking about the spark arrester..... but wait I looked at the hour meter and it was just over 10 hours, can't be plugged up I thought. So I needed a beer and a break anyway so I took it to my shop. I took it out and I'll be damned it was pluged solid!!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes, so I took care that that will never happen again as long as it runs it will never plug again.

Reason I mention this is I had 10.2 miles on the thing all work related. So my thinking is if it was plugged at ten it was plugged at 8 hours. In my mind this is unbelievable and unacceptable. If I had not read this forum, I would of never know of the problem. I would of just thought the whole machine was a POS.

Cliff

 

[TWO GUNS]

..... I looked at the hour meter and it was just over 10 hours, can't be plugged up I thought. Cliff

I know EXACTLY how you felt.
Myself, was in the 7-9 hour mark on mine when I felt it going down.
Ours, had the older style at the end of the tailpipe. It got removed and
" WHOOOOOSH" , super power again. Like new.

Then, just to add to that ... about that time is when I found out that the
placement from Kobota's air filter for the RTV was in the worlds worst place. That is when I purchased the HIGH RISE INTAKE SYSTEM.

Take off your air filter and see what I seen, you would pass out.
And this was not even the dry season.


............. two guns

 

[Cliff69]

Good advice.

Thanks to reading this forum (thank goodness) I found out about that. Then someone here put up a link to a high lift air system on ebay, damn fair price for just what I needed. Made out of thin wall pvc I think. Has a nice cap with a screen and everything I needed. Going to rough it up and paint it black before I put it on , no hurry still lots of snow. They didn't use very good paint, not much will stick well to that stuff.

Cliff