Remote Start

Looks and sounds interesting, and the price is reasonable. Think I would want to talk personally to folks who have tried them out. And still a bit nervous about not being present to hear and experience how a vehicle starts (or doesn't, as the case may be).</p>
 
Welcome CO, It would be nice in your climate for sure. It also appears he has made alot of other sales with the same type of remote.View his feedback and see what you think..Good Luck. Bordercollie</p>
 
Gosh, CO, I failed to notice that you are new to the forum. So a warm welcome from me as well! It is a great community of shared enthusiasm for the RTV900's (with a few 1100's, too). Also, if you go ahead with the purchase, please report back how it works.</p>


Thanks!</p>
 
[quote user="bordercollie"]It also appears he has made alot of other sales with the same type of remote.View his feedback and see what you think.[/quote]</p>


I only see 5 sold in the last few months. All seem satisfied.</p>


In general, it seems OK but a couple things come to mind. If you can get past or around them, it may be a nice accessory.</p>


The RTV needs to be such that you can tell if it started. You'll need to hear it or see the exhaust.</p>


Be it good or bad, it may skew the hour meter. The time it's running via remote may not put the clicks on the hour meter. If it is wired such that it starts the hour meter, you'll want to be careful that you don't accidentally hit the first button listed in the instructions on the remote as it may start the hour meter without the RTV running.</p>


Depending on how and where you park, you may want the emergency brake on before starting remotely. You wouldn't want it to start rolling due to the engine running vibrations. The bad part is that you may not want to use the emergency brake in cold temps due to parts freezing.</p>


Mine is garaged. It would be nice at times to warm it up but since I can't tell if it started until/unless all the CO2 and smoke detectors started going off, it wouldn't help me.</p>


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BCZoom makes good points. As I continue to think about this, the times when a remote start would be most useful (i.e., when it really is cold and I am procrastinating going out), are precisely those times when a.) I would not want to have used the parking brake for fear of freezing on (as BCZoom notes) and b.) I would want to be really sure that the RTV started effectively and is running happily--so to see the exhaust or hear the engine as BCZoom also notes. </p>


What I have been doing in the short time (and cold weather) that I have owned my 'Bota has been starting it some 15-20 minutes before I expect to be driving it, letting it warm up while I do normal chores like splitting wood, clearing snow from solar panels, etc. In other words, I am already needing to go outside and so I plan my time to be busy while the RTV warms up. Given the potential issues that BCZoom raises, it is hard for me to see how a remote start would really add any value to my use of the machine. Just my two-cents worth.</p>
 
i always wanted a remote start for my car on them cold days(yes we have them down here on foot)lol' but i have heard of people useing them and then going out to find their cars or trucks with a burnt up motor or on fire because of the oil pump not workin or something electrical going out. i just always like to be on my machine when she fires up i wish i had a garage to keep them in maybe one day i will. not to change the subject but be carful of how you wire up things to the utv's i have a buddy with a 450 rhino who wired up his radio that way you have to turn the key to get it to come on well he now has about 100 hours of run time on the engine and 400 hours of listining time on the engine so hisengine hour meter has like 400+ hours on it and the acuall running time of the engine is i would say less than 200 he listens to the radio in his yad alot.i ran mine direct.</p>
 
I am with you, Tommy, as my post just above indicates. I wanna see the baby start up and be confident that it is purring along nicely with all parts working as they should.</p>


As for the cold, it really is all relative, Tommy! If you are used to 90+, then 30 is going to feel really, really cold! If you are used to, say, 30F as the high winter temp, then it will take -30 to start feeling the same difference. And humidity matters hugely, too. I have left a very dry -25F in the Yukon, where I felt quite comfortable and cozy, to visit friends who live near San Francisco and had my teeth chattering at a humid and foggy +50F! I was simply not used to the high humidity and could not get warm! So it's all relative with respect to how you feel the cold.</p>


What is not relative is how a vehicle starts--my son's diesel Toyota Hilux absolutely will not start once the temp is below about -20C (-4F). Doesn't matter what he does, plugged in or not. It just does not like the cold. So far the RTV has been a real trooper, starting right up no matter what the temp (though I will plug it in for an hour or so if the temp is below -15 or -20C).</p>


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Very good points BCzoom. I agree. I would also be worried about it messing with the hr meter because I base service on my readings.I had my machine roll backwards (machine was off) when I ran into the house to grab a drink. I had left the house door open and heard this click click click and rolling back she went.I was sure glad my niece's new car wasn't there!!... I had noticed his sales for the Ford truck remote and was trying to get a basic idea of his background. If the remote was anything like my best pliers I would surely lose it . Life is too busy anyway and the time it takes to manually let the RTV warm up gives me a few seconds to rub some puppy heads. Bordercollie</p>
 
[quote user="bordercollie"]If the remote was anything like my best pliers I would surely lose it[/quote]</p>


Just glue the remote to your dash. :-)</p>


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Of my 3 Kubotas, the RTV is the least difficult to start in cold temps. Having said that, in cold temps (even when the block heater is plugged in) I find that I have to "lean" on the starter for a while longerto ensure the engine has caught before letting go of the key. Its the kind of thing where you gotta have the seat of your pants in the seat and let yours ears tell you its running. That cold diesel doesn,t vaporize quite so good. I,ve also encountered (not on the RTV yet) on a few occasions a frozen fuel line. Again you need to be there at the time in order to detect.It doesn't necessarily need to be that cold to encounter a frozen line. Water being heavier than diesel tends to collect at the lowest point in the fuel delivery system.</p>


Can't see much benefit to one of these devices in my circumstances anyway.</p>
 
I read the eBay ad for this starter and yes it sounds great. Then I read all of our comments and realized that there were a lot more things to think about. The ideas bouncing back and forth here are just amazing, as always. This is the best forum I've ever seen, thanks to a great bunch. What could it be about this RTV that attracts so many thoughtful people?</p>


Glad to be a part of it.</p>
 
If it's working properly, I wouldn't see why it would.</p>


I don't work for Kubota so to be certain, I'd suggest you check with the dealer. Some things that touch the engine or electrical components are in a gray area.</p>
 
I use the remote start on my chevy diesel all the time. It starts like a gas vehicle, no preheating the glow plugs. how do the remote starts work on vehicles that require preheating? My rtv needs a few seconds of preheating even in the warmer months.</p>
 
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">I have this remote starter; it worked well in the warm weather but in the cold not so good. When you pushed the button to engage the starter it acted like it had a dead battery, ya know clunk clunk clunk from the starter. I don't know if there is too much resistance in the wires they used or in the circuit board it self causing the problem</span></p>
 
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