New owner of a RTV 1100 C

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don bon jovi

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:a1:Im a new member ,and have been reading alot on this site before I puchased my 1100 C . All you members helped alot on my descion!! They delivered it on the 3rd. Very nice machine!! I hate to take it out. It's going to be -17 below tonight!! Thanks again everyone!
 
congratulations on your new 1100c. i also just purchase the same model and am a newbie here also. the cab and heater is GREAT!! i have learned a bunch here from reading and searching.
 
Thank you all! Yes the cab & heat are great! Just wondering on the spark arrestor muffler if anyone has more hours & what they did with it??
 
There is this really neat tool up at the top of this page.........SEARCH......one enters a term, phrase, or word, for example spark arrestor and before you know it....wah lah...there is all the information you could ever want or need.........

Welcome aboard...........enjoy........God bless.........Dennis
 
don bon jovi said:
Thank you all! Yes the cab & heat are great! Just wondering on the spark arrestor muffler if anyone has more hours & what they did with it??
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if yours is like mine it will have the swirl type spark arrestor. the manual says to remove the plug every 100 hours and tap on the muffler while revving the engine. there isn't a screen to plug on this type but the solids will collect in the muffler and need to be purged.
 
Welcome to the RTV forum. Bunch of good folks here. We share the good, bad and ugly in here so come aboard with your ideas and your sense of humor. We like to post photos and are looking forward to seeing some of yours. Happy New Year!!!
Keifer
 
Hey all, I'm new as well but been lurking for months. Congrats on the new machine dbj.

I'm real close to buying a 2014 1100C as well. Dealer has the price down to 17% off list with the 4 year interest free. I think that's a good deal and I better bite!

One question, how much weight would you comfortably put in the bed? I'm a maple syrup producer and plan on putting a 225 gallon tank in the bed to haul sap.
 
Maximum payload capacity

1629 lbs. (739kg)

Maple sap....approx 8lb per gallon

P.S. Welcome Maplenut and Don Bon Jovi
 
Thanks kannok, I asked a few dealers about the payload capacity (1629 lbs) vs cargo bed load ( 1102 lbs) . Haven't heard a sraight foward answer yet as to what the difference is. Basically Ive been told, " you can really load it".
 
Maplenut,,, welcome to the RTV Forum.

Regarding your question about the weight you cab "comfortably" put in the bed. The operators manual for a 2012 1100 RTV states a weight of 1,100 pounds. Now as Paul Harvey used to say on his radio show, ,,," and now the rest of the story." I don't know what the weight of your 225 gal tank filled with sap might weigh. Besides that weight, several other factors to seriously consider. That sap sloshing around as you travel might create a bad situation. Hills and slopes to consider. Higher center of gravity might create a real "pucker factor" with a full load. Hate to see ya lose a load of sap and a new RTV in one fell swoop. The RTV 1100 has a higher center of gravity because of the cab. Just throwing some items out there for you to consider. Have you thought of using a lower to the ground bed on a tow- behind= trailer? With a 1100, the manual says you can tow a rolling weight up to 1,300 pounds. Just some food for thought.
Good luck with your purchase.
 
Keifer said:
Maplenut,,, welcome to the RTV Forum.

Regarding your question about the weight you cab "comfortably" put in the bed. The operators manual for a 2012 1100 RTV states a weight of 1,100 pounds. Now as Paul Harvey used to say on his radio show, ,,," and now the rest of the story." I don't know what the weight of your 225 gal tank filled with sap might weigh. Besides that weight, several other factors to seriously consider. That sap sloshing around as you travel might create a bad situation. Hills and slopes to consider. Higher center of gravity might create a real "pucker factor" with a full load. Hate to see ya lose a load of sap and a new RTV in one fell swoop. The RTV 1100 has a higher center of gravity because of the cab. Just throwing some items out there for you to consider. Have you thought of using a lower to the ground bed on a tow- behind= trailer? With a 1100, the manual says you can tow a rolling weight up to 1,300 pounds. Just some food for thought.
Good luck with your purchase.
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All good points! Unfortunately for my maple syrup business I live in "flat land." Having some hills and I would be like a kid at Christmas, much easier gathering sap thru tubing and using gravity to help.

Trailers would be a pain driving on farm lanes in the spring with the mud. I don't necessarily need to haul 225 gallons all at once, I can make more trips. I guess the bottom line is of all the other Utv's the kubota still would be my first choice for a working vehicle.

Priced a Boss vplow as well, $3900 with me installing it. Maybe next year ?
 
Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new RTV's!

Regarding the weight in the bed carrying liquids, below is a pic of something I use for watering.

Can't find the post/thread where I talked about it but here's what I recall.
- The fluid does slosh around a lot. Over 100 gallons, and you can feel some pretty decent rocking of the RTV.
- Avoid hills (not an issue for you).
- I wouldn't go over 150 gallons. I would let it fill and while filling, I would look above the tire where the stopper is between the spring and the frame. When that stopper touches the frame, it's time to stop.
 

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maplenut said:
Hey all, I'm new as well but been lurking for months. Congrats on the new machine dbj.

I'm real close to buying a 2014 1100C as well. Dealer has the price down to 17% off list with the 4 year interest free. I think that's a good deal and I better bite!

One question, how much weight would you comfortably put in the bed? I'm a maple syrup producer and plan on putting a 225 gallon tank in the bed to haul sap.
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ive gone probably over 1000 pounds in mine with no problems and i know 500 would be a piece of cake.
 
Just remember safty when it is loaded.Avoing steep hills and sideways slants.Ramember to go slow and braking distance increases.Treat it like a pickup that is over loaded.You loose traction on the front wheels for steering with a over load or heavy load so use 4WD when possible.Use common sense.During the winter here even with the meal ol reapers on my machine i keep an average of 500 pounds of ballast in the back for plowing snow.Ballast gets changed every few days as its firewood for the boiler.It gives me traction,power and heat.
 
Once again Thanks everyone for the welcome!! I think my is the same as yours Aurthuritis...I tink yours is camo,my is orange. I just wonder if a person should take the plug out now being that it is new,and put some heat resistant never seize on the plug?. Just so it doesnt decide to melt ,rust,adhere together and not be able to take the plug out?? Also welcome Maplenut !! What wealth of information for us here!! Sounds like your "lil buggy's" gonna get right to work!! :))))
 
don bon jovi said:
Once again Thanks everyone for the welcome!! I think my is the same as yours Aurthuritis...I tink yours is camo,my is orange. I just wonder if a person should take the plug out now being that it is new,and put some heat resistant never seize on the plug?. Just so it doesnt decide to melt ,rust,adhere together and not be able to take the plug out?? Also welcome Maplenut !! What wealth of information for us here!! Sounds like your "lil buggy's" gonna get right to work!! :))))
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^^^^ this^^^^ is a good idea. i will be applying some anti seize today.
 
bczoom said:
Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new RTV's!

Regarding the weight in the bed carrying liquids, below is a pic of something I use for watering.

Can't find the post/thread where I talked about it but here's what I recall.
- The fluid does slosh around a lot. Over 100 gallons, and you can feel some pretty decent rocking of the RTV.
- Avoid hills (not an issue for you).
- I wouldn't go over 150 gallons. I would let it fill and while filling, I would look above the tire where the stopper is between the spring and the frame. When that stopper touches the frame, it's time to stop.
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I have a few of those cage tanks for the pickups but I have a nice " leg tank" for the Kubota . It has a lower center of gravity and is lighter . I also have a 2" receiver rack that you see on back of vehicles carrying stuff. If the height is ok I could put a 50 gallon flat tank on the front? Maybe?


don bon jovi said:
Also welcome Maplenut !! What wealth of information for us here!! Sounds like your "lil buggy's" gonna get right to work!! :))))
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dbj, you have no idea. I have a 10 acre woodlot down the road that has huge amount of dead ash to get. On the google maps view it literally looks like a tornado went thru it. I lease this woods and need to remove the ash before running tubing. Just another buying point for the Chief Financial Officer aka......ornery wife!
 
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