Let me first say, go try one!!!
Ok, this sports a 26hp diesel liquid cooled engine, 6.5inch deep deck, shaft drive transmission, shaft drive deck, hydro deck lift, dual tanks that hold a total of 13 gallons, and a suspension seat. I have a light kit and striping roller kit options added to mine.
How is the cut? The cut is cleaner or as clean as gravely, toro, exmark, jd, and dixy chopper. Being that the deck is 6.5 inch deeps is pulls a lot of air. As your mowing you can see the grass being pulled toward the the deck. Also us handles deep thick grass very well. You will never slow down thick grass at normal height. Before I got the striping kit it still striped better than gravely and toro, now it looks even more incredible with it on. I have never seen a mower handle wet grass so well. Nothing really clings on to the deck, I have been amazed at that. When its wet is leave very small clumps, but no big wads. The incredible thing about his mower is that the blades don't dull very fast. I went 60 hours before I sharpened them for the first time. Even that was just a shine up. They were not bad at all.
Performance: Kubota builds everything on the mower so everything fits together perfectly. The hydros are the right size for the machine, the engine is the perfect size, and so on. This 26hp diesel is a power house. I uses a little under 1 gallon a hour. I have never been able to stall the engine in thick over grown grass. The deck belt does not slip. It's a single belt with a 2 v's on it. All the bearings, u joins, deck spindles are greasable. The engine hood is designed to keep about 95% of all debris out of the radiator then there is a screen in front of the radiator. I have not got the engine even close to hot. Even in a 90 degree day cutting super long grass did not even do it. Another thing I like is that just like a car, the trans cooler is on the radiator. Is has a massive hyrdo line in front of the radiator for cooling, there is also a fan on the hydro pump. The air cleaner is under the hood and the hood screen keeps all the debris out of the air cleaner also. The motor has a wet clutch right off the motor instead of a electric clutch that wears out. The hydros are also super smooth also. the nice thing is that there is no back pull, so you can operate with one hand, or no hands.
Hills: This was something I was a little concerned about when I went to a mid mount versus a front deck. The thing is 1700 lbs dry, so I did not know what was going to happen. Well, most of the weight is on the massive rear tires. The rear tires are 57inches wide so the stance is super wide. The machine is pretty tall, so it is a pain on hills, but the weight on the mower sits low. I was doing a hill last week and I got gutsy. The front of the mower does not run down hill like most mid mounts as long as your pointed straight sideways. I was right at tipping point and what happened what the turf under me gave out and the whole mower started to slide down hills sideways. In other words the rear tires started to slide down hill. It does really well on hills, the only thing better would be a ventrack. The hydros don't struggle no matter what the hill.
The only issue I have had: The striping kit is a roller and one bolt screwing into the roller want to unscrew, so I had to lock tight it. That is the only real thing.
Warranty: It comes with a 2 year warranty standard with unlimited hours. You can also buy an additional 2 years with no hour limit like I am going to do.
MSRP is $14,600. I bought mine with the 2 options for $12,860. $13,500 is more normal though.
Any questions give me a shout. I have 83 hours on the machine and have had it for about a month. I have not had time to proof read, so sorry for any typos.
Ok, this sports a 26hp diesel liquid cooled engine, 6.5inch deep deck, shaft drive transmission, shaft drive deck, hydro deck lift, dual tanks that hold a total of 13 gallons, and a suspension seat. I have a light kit and striping roller kit options added to mine.
How is the cut? The cut is cleaner or as clean as gravely, toro, exmark, jd, and dixy chopper. Being that the deck is 6.5 inch deeps is pulls a lot of air. As your mowing you can see the grass being pulled toward the the deck. Also us handles deep thick grass very well. You will never slow down thick grass at normal height. Before I got the striping kit it still striped better than gravely and toro, now it looks even more incredible with it on. I have never seen a mower handle wet grass so well. Nothing really clings on to the deck, I have been amazed at that. When its wet is leave very small clumps, but no big wads. The incredible thing about his mower is that the blades don't dull very fast. I went 60 hours before I sharpened them for the first time. Even that was just a shine up. They were not bad at all.
Performance: Kubota builds everything on the mower so everything fits together perfectly. The hydros are the right size for the machine, the engine is the perfect size, and so on. This 26hp diesel is a power house. I uses a little under 1 gallon a hour. I have never been able to stall the engine in thick over grown grass. The deck belt does not slip. It's a single belt with a 2 v's on it. All the bearings, u joins, deck spindles are greasable. The engine hood is designed to keep about 95% of all debris out of the radiator then there is a screen in front of the radiator. I have not got the engine even close to hot. Even in a 90 degree day cutting super long grass did not even do it. Another thing I like is that just like a car, the trans cooler is on the radiator. Is has a massive hyrdo line in front of the radiator for cooling, there is also a fan on the hydro pump. The air cleaner is under the hood and the hood screen keeps all the debris out of the air cleaner also. The motor has a wet clutch right off the motor instead of a electric clutch that wears out. The hydros are also super smooth also. the nice thing is that there is no back pull, so you can operate with one hand, or no hands.
Hills: This was something I was a little concerned about when I went to a mid mount versus a front deck. The thing is 1700 lbs dry, so I did not know what was going to happen. Well, most of the weight is on the massive rear tires. The rear tires are 57inches wide so the stance is super wide. The machine is pretty tall, so it is a pain on hills, but the weight on the mower sits low. I was doing a hill last week and I got gutsy. The front of the mower does not run down hill like most mid mounts as long as your pointed straight sideways. I was right at tipping point and what happened what the turf under me gave out and the whole mower started to slide down hills sideways. In other words the rear tires started to slide down hill. It does really well on hills, the only thing better would be a ventrack. The hydros don't struggle no matter what the hill.
The only issue I have had: The striping kit is a roller and one bolt screwing into the roller want to unscrew, so I had to lock tight it. That is the only real thing.
Warranty: It comes with a 2 year warranty standard with unlimited hours. You can also buy an additional 2 years with no hour limit like I am going to do.
MSRP is $14,600. I bought mine with the 2 options for $12,860. $13,500 is more normal though.
Any questions give me a shout. I have 83 hours on the machine and have had it for about a month. I have not had time to proof read, so sorry for any typos.
