Buying Advice Kubota RTV 1100

[JOHNTHOMAS]

My minor was in psychology; one class short of a double major and your logic is flawless. We are the same age, so I can sure identify, just can't resist ribbing you from time to time.

I know and I appreciate it.:thumbsup:
We know laughing with someone is different than laughing at someone. Ones good and the other is bad.

 

[nybirdman]

Angussprings;
Why didn;t you just buy a cab for the Rhino..www.curtisindustries.net.............I love Kubota tractors but the RTV's are not going to go where the Rhino would.I have two friends with Kubota RTV's ,even chained on all four wheels ;they are STUCK ALL THE TIME.They are made for roads and open level pastures;not the woods...way too wide ,high and heavy. no ground clearance.Can't even begin to compare to a Rhino.
I know the payload is greater ect. on a Kubota,but if you are going OFF Road.?I friend of mine just bought a 800cc ,two seat Polaris Ranger,big as a CJ5 Jeep.Can't even begin to go in the woods.

 

[angussprings]

You know I have a semi legitimate excuse for every trade and purchase. Remember the good mental health vs rational thinking aspects of ones personality.
I know man has the sin nature at birth and my belief is that after one accepts Christ they then have the God nature but the sin nature is still there until death. These two "natures" battle with each other daily to dominate (Id and ego for Psychology studiers). One fights for doing right and one fights for doing bad. I have both of these. I strive daily for the "good" to become more in my life and the "bad" to shrink.
Well, this is also present in my buying persona. I hunt for the best possible deal and after finding it I either buy or move on to finding another great deal. Problem is sometimes I find an even better deal later and then have to get rid of my good deal and buy the great deal or my self centered persona says "buy it" and wins out over my logical, rational persona. I try to appease these two personalities by researching and then not buying several things I don't need each week to help justify when I do buy something. I tell myself how much I saved that week by not buying then convince myself (some times an easy task and some times hard if there's no bucks in the till) I'm actually losing money if I don't make the purchase that's screaming at me to "BUY ME".
Now you understand. I also was raised by parents that were alive through the depression but then I grew up as a teen thru early and then late 60's. Which has me going thru Pat Boone to Woodstock and CCR. A Baby Boomer thru and thru!

John I think I have the same 'disease' you have...that little guy on my shoulder yelling BUY IT!

 

[TripleR]

Angussprings;
Why didn;t you just buy a cab for the Rhino..www.curtisindustries.net.............I love Kubota tractors but the RTV's are not going to go where the Rhino would.I have two friends with Kubota RTV's ,even chained on all four wheels ;they are STUCK ALL THE TIME.They are made for roads and open level pastures;not the woods...way too wide ,high and heavy. no ground clearance.Can't even begin to compare to a Rhino.
I know the payload is greater ect. on a Kubota,but if you are going OFF Road.?I friend of mine just bought a 800cc ,two seat Polaris Ranger,big as a CJ5 Jeep.Can't even begin to go in the woods.

I can't speak for the OP, but can see a time when I will have to make the same choice. I LOVE my Rhino and will keep it as long as possible, but it has no power steering and the addition of the aftermarket cab will help in the winter, but AC would not be available in the summer or if is the engine is just not powerful enough to run an AC and have any reserve power and the cooling system is doing all it can to keep from overheating anyway.

Of course I may keep my Rhino to use on those "just right" days.

 

[Deerlope]

This is an 05 900 that has never been back to the dealer for repairs and I have never done any thing to it.

 

[VitaBene]

Deerlope, have you ever pulled a snowmobile trail drag with that? I am a director for our local club and we want to replace our Skandics with a UTV or ATV with tracks. We would only pull a small drag (4'), we have a Tucker 1000 to pull the big drag.

 

[Deerlope]

Nope never pulled a drag.I use is for maple sugaring. It does haul 125 gal tank ,2 men and related gathering equipment. That thing will go away where in 2 wheel drive. Very seldom do we ever use 4WD.

 

[VitaBene]

Nope never pulled a drag.I use is for maple sugaring. It does haul 125 gal tank ,2 men and related gathering equipment. That thing will go away where in 2 wheel drive. Very seldom do we ever use 4WD.

Thank you, I have heard that these get great traction with the tracks. Which tracks are you using?

 

[timswi]

Angussprings;
Why didn;t you just buy a cab for the Rhino..www.curtisindustries.net.............I love Kubota tractors but the RTV's are not going to go where the Rhino would.I have two friends with Kubota RTV's ,even chained on all four wheels ;they are STUCK ALL THE TIME.They are made for roads and open level pastures;not the woods...way too wide ,high and heavy. no ground clearance.Can't even begin to compare to a Rhino.
I know the payload is greater ect. on a Kubota,but if you are going OFF Road.?I friend of mine just bought a 800cc ,two seat Polaris Ranger,big as a CJ5 Jeep.Can't even begin to go in the woods.

I take my 1100 through the woods, mild hill climbs and creek beds all the time. Never had it stuck, but I'm not mud bogging it either. That's not what it's designed for.

It can do much more than pastures and roads with common sense.

 

[foodploter]

Bought a 2010 RTV 900 for 11,800 and a aftermarket catogory 1 3 point hitch system by rtvhitchworks very impressed with the power .great for my food plots