Kubota rtvx1130

[NT5224]

Hi folks

Excited to be signed up for our first UTV. Money down on a shiny new Kubota RTVX 1130.

We are pioneering rocky escarpment country here in North Australia. Been here 14 years -still building the homestead

I have been running a Mahindra 5035 tractor these last years and it’s proven indispensable for living here. Grading, slashing, earth moving, loading digging, spraying. And it has never missed a beat. Faultless performance.

The 1130 will be our first UTV, replacing an old one tonne 4WD Toyota pickup which we have operated for 28 years.

The pickup runs great and is road legal but it showing its age after a hard working life and maintenance costs are increasing. We will sell it on.

We hope the Kubota will be even better on steep rocky slopes, deep creek crossings and muddy sections.

But we will require it to do all these things at max payload (750kg). Does anybody know if performance will be impaired?

Anybody have experience of putting an RTVX through seriously tough country at full payload? What’s it like?

Cheers

Alan

 

[mikester]

Buy two machines...

 

[otlski]

I have had mine out on rocky unproved trails, loaded so it is compressing the springs a fair amount. I have not had problems with it. It is slow but the hydrostatic transmission just feathers down and keeps going. You won't get anywhere fast.
Even unloaded going downhill on a smooth dirt road I cannot get to the rated 25 mph. These are workhorses and that's what they do well.

 

[plastikosmd]

Mud and fully loaded?

How deep?

I was forever pulling my neighbor’s stuck rtv out

 

[otlski]

No. Not good in the mud at all..

 

[NT5224]

No. Not good in the mud at all..

Oh dear. Maybe I should have bought a Can Am Defender pro 6x6 instead? But I think the buzzing noise of the little Rotax motor would irritate me. Also thrashing a little engine under load wouldn’t be good for drive train longevity.

Our property is largish and while there are some muddy patches, steep ascents up rocky tracks will be the main obstacle. I’m hoping the diesel will be a better hauling motor that the smaller two cylinder Rotax.

I’m aware the 1130 is extremely heavy with poor clearance and so not ideal for mud but I’m hoping its performance hauling weights up slopes will justify our selection. Noting the pessimism in this thread I will be sure to fit a winch to pull us out of deep bogs!

Alan

 

[chris the wrench]

Excited to be signed up for our first UTV. Money down on a shiny new Kubota RTVX 1130.

Ive been looking at that model myself. Slow, but I think the pro category is more favorable for my needs. Did you get yours yet? Im curious how that bed tilt works with a good amount of material in it? That 6’(182’ish cm) bed is appealing to me.

 

[Paystar]

Ive been looking at that model myself. Slow, but I think the pro category is more favorable for my needs. Did you get yours yet? Im curious how that bed tilt works with a good amount of material in it? That 6’(182’ish cm) bed is appealing to me.

Here's some pics of mine at work. I usually just put two buckets from my B2620 tractor in it. It will carry and lift more, but I'm just playing around at home, so why max it out.
With two buckets of pitrun gravel in it, I can climb these hills in high gear with AC on at 7 MPH. When warmed right up it will sometimes hit 9 MPH.
I love my RTV. After hauling 330 metric tonnes up these hills with my B2620, one bucket at a time, even though I only haul 2 buckets in the RTV it is so much faster travel speed than the tractor.

 

[wawajake]

I agree with Paystar, my RTV deals with a steep hill easily with firewood load or without and on the trails for hunting ( north of Elliot Lake in Ontarios Rocky bush) , it did steep loose rock and bedrock easily by pressing down on the differential lock and powering up. That differential lock has got me out of the odd deep waterhole too. My top speed on level roads is 26 mph.

 

[MMC]

For those of us that use ATVs (RTV) for work, the Kubota is fantastic. And I don't use those words much. I have a 2010 RTV1100 with over 2000hrs. And not easy use at all. All of the maintenance is done on the farm, pretty close to factory suggestions. Shell Rotella T4 15W40 since new. Replaced two front axles (only because cheaper than Kubota wanted for one boot...). Replaced starter last year. Pulls fairly heavy 6X10' trailer a lot with fencing, brush, etc. behind. Will hold and dump anything you put in it. Uses no oil and nothing else.

And for those that say it is bad in mud...nonsense. Put some more aggressive tires on it and you will not stick this thing until you high center it. Which applies to darn near any 4WD vehicle...

Top speed...25mph. Now, you want to work or do you want play? Two entirely different things - we work the devil out of ours, and never been inside yet. I would squall at the price, but would I buy another one? Absolutely. And with heat and air? No brainer, at all.