bobcatnstl
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Hello my name is Nick I have been looking at this forum for a while now and it has rele been a big help. We have been looking for a used utv of some sort that was in our price range for a while now, we were mainly going to be using it to asist in cutting grass as a way for us to get around and trim. Now here is some background in as to why we were looking for one, my brother works for a non for profit restoration group that owns alot of property but they recently couldnt afford to pay a company to cut about the 15-20 acres worth of grass they have so we took over the job since we have 2 walkbehinds and use the garage at there office as our shop/ storage for them and our 4 wheelers. So i volunteer my time to cut grass and my bro just does it during his normal work day. we are also currently rehabbing a house in the area too which is conveniently right across the street from the garage. We wanted a utv so we could use it around the neighborhood since we now take care of all the grounds, we also wanted it to be able to give tours of the neighborhood, but also something we could take to the country with us and get work done. We looked at all the brands and had rele narrowed it down to Kawasaki, kubota, or john deere. So we had been looking like I said for about a year and couldn't rele find any cheep enough that weren't extremely old or beat up. So one day I was out at our deere dealer picking up some stuff and asked if they had any used gators and they said no but they do have a kubota rtv that they just got on triad in. So I went and had a look at it it was in as in condition and they were asking $2500 for it so we talked it over and decided to have them diagnose whats wrong and if it want anything magor we would buy it as is. Well they called back and said it needed a new battery, tires, and part of the rear axle was stripped out so it would only go in 4 wheele drive so we decided to get it since we could do all the work on it because my dad owns a repair shop that we could do it all at. so we brought it home and ordered 2 new tires and 2 inter tubes and put them on we then discovered that the u joints in the front driveshaft were worn out so we orderd a whole new driveshaft and then a new rear flange to fix the striped out rear one. Now the rear u joint is going bad too but we didnt order that yet but put all the new parts on and its like brand new. It is a 2007 with around 2400hrs so we are at about $3000 total spend on it and new parts with only one u joint left to replace so i dont think we did to bad on the deal. here are some pics.
This machine truly is a work horse, it may not be fast but the power is amazing and we are very happy with out decision to go with the kubota
This machine truly is a work horse, it may not be fast but the power is amazing and we are very happy with out decision to go with the kubota
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