Well my brand new Kubota SVL65 is already having problems, only has 52hrs on it. Not sure if this problem has been there since the beginning or is just developing. This is the first heavy dirt work/excavating job I’ve done with it so maybe I just hadn’t noticed until now.
Problem is when pushing into a bank the left track always stalls before the right track. In fact it doesn’t have enough power to spin the left track when pushing unless the conditions under foot are slick. Acts like it just opens a relief valve when you push it hard on that side.
Is there a relief valve that could just be maladjusted from the factory? That is my hope but I’m not holding my breath. I will call the Kubota dealer next week but am not thrilled about taking it in for them to work on it. Got tons of work lined up and can’t have it sitting in the shop for weeks. Anyone have any ideas to check before taking it in? Unfortunately I have not gotten any service manuals for it yet so I don’t even have any schematics of how the system works.
Rant: Is all new equipment Junk these days? Every new vehicle and piece of new equipment that we have bought in the past 20yrs seems to have ‘issues’. We’re not buying cheap stuff either, brands like Ford, Dodge, John Deere, Kubota, Honda, Stihl, etc. I remember stuff we bought in the 80s and early 90s going decades and thousands of hours without needing a wrench put to them. Has quality control just gone out the window these days?
Problem is when pushing into a bank the left track always stalls before the right track. In fact it doesn’t have enough power to spin the left track when pushing unless the conditions under foot are slick. Acts like it just opens a relief valve when you push it hard on that side.
Is there a relief valve that could just be maladjusted from the factory? That is my hope but I’m not holding my breath. I will call the Kubota dealer next week but am not thrilled about taking it in for them to work on it. Got tons of work lined up and can’t have it sitting in the shop for weeks. Anyone have any ideas to check before taking it in? Unfortunately I have not gotten any service manuals for it yet so I don’t even have any schematics of how the system works.
Rant: Is all new equipment Junk these days? Every new vehicle and piece of new equipment that we have bought in the past 20yrs seems to have ‘issues’. We’re not buying cheap stuff either, brands like Ford, Dodge, John Deere, Kubota, Honda, Stihl, etc. I remember stuff we bought in the 80s and early 90s going decades and thousands of hours without needing a wrench put to them. Has quality control just gone out the window these days?