catwelder
Senior Member
decided to buy a new skid steer or slightly used and those are what ive came down to due to my local dealer support so anyone have any thing to add
well because well i don't trust brand new stuff if i go cat it will be 259d regular because what i thought would be a year to bring in a good size excavator has turned into me needing to buy a skid steer a larger tractor and a dozerNot sure about the 75 but seems to be lots of issues with 95 Kubota's on this forum. Not sure about the Cat.
ive demoed both I like both of them im just seeing what people have to say I liked the cat but its a little loud and the cab isn't as big as Kubota and since im going with just a regular d model id have the door that doesn't open all the way the Kubota doesn't seem to have the power the cat doesI have a 75slv. I haven’t had any issues with 800hrs. If possible rent one of each for a day or so and try them out. I have 2 buckets, grappler, heavy duty Bushhog, and forks.
the door is what I like but the clogging of fliters isn't great since a majority of my work it will be on will be bush hogging and driveway repairMy 3300hr SVL75 hasbeen troublefree, save for having to add a fuel line strainer and the HVAC system sucks, literally, as it plugs the the evaporator and heater core constantly, even with clean filters every 100hours.
The self storing windshield instead of a swing door is a giant bonus.
The CAT wins for parts availability, but, my 248b has taking its share of parts, none of which ever failed on the Kubota.
I liked the SVL75 so much that we bought a SVL75-2 (it only has 800, trouble free, hours on it, so far.
I've taken many Takeuchi TL150 machine out to well over 8k hours, and still have two. They are finicky and we've failed several parts that I feel should've never failed, and they've had there share of down time, but they're not bad machines either.
Next one will be a SVL75 or SVL75-2 again, though.
lovely well I guess ill text my guys ask them what they liked better and go from there because both dealers support me pretty wellI'm working on a solution, but, it'll be months before I get one of mine in front of me again.
Oh, and my 248B evaporator clogs just as quickly.
On outside bottom corner of cab, RH side, just outboard of where your right ass cheek is when seated.
I dunno know if you've read my other kubota SVL75 or SVL75-2 posts, but, the filter itself isn't the issue. It's the fact that the filter housing isn't connected to the HVAC box, by design.
i went with the Kubota I haven't had any real problems and my guys haven't really had any issuesI have read your posts, I believe all of them, perhaps did not fully understand. Ironically, the district manager for Case replied to the local Case store's sales manager to my note suggesting that I'm leaning toward the Kubota. He sent his note forward to me. The Case rep said that the cat and regeneration process in the Kubota engine generates so much heat that it's causing engine failures ie blown head gaskets.
yeah cat uses Kubota engines but friend of mine bought a case and doesn't seem to like it to much I think his gonna switch to Kubota to.Know of 2 larger Cat that needed engines under 2k hours. Pretty sure they are Kubotas?