Recent content by zigzag3337

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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    the service manager told me he was gonna send me pics as to what happened once they opened her up, but that never happened. After the wife and I took it out on it’s maiden voyage (about 15 miles), I parked it in my barn. 2 days later I cranked it up, put it in reverse and it moved about 4’ and...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    Well, Coastal Equipment and Kubota came through. The service manager for CE delivered another machine to my house this week and so far, everything is working as it should. My old machine had 3.1 hrs and around 17 miles on it when I took it back, this machine has 3.3 hrs and 25.4 miles on it when...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    You guys crack me up. I never count my chickens before they hatch, so I’ll wait to celebrate once I get the new machine home. I know they wife will be happy too, as I have a crap load of stuff sitting on the dining room table waiting to be installed on it.
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    2021 Sidekick mods.

    Nice job. Turned out great. Thanks for the info.
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    2021 Sidekick mods.

    How did you modify the bed extended to fit? Eventually I want to do that to mine, but don’t want to spend $250 for one.
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    I ended up talking to the manager at the dealership this morning and telling him everything I’ve been through from the day I bought the machine until now. He was very cooperative and listened to what I had to say. In the end, he said that he’s away from the office, but for me to give him some...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    I’ll find out tomorrow as I’m going to call and talk to the store manager. I still think it’s BS that Kubota can’t ship a complete transmission assembly From the factory. Should be as easy as pulling one off the assembly line, but what the hell do I know.
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    Just as I wrote my last post, I received this email from Kubota. So now it sounds like Kubota pawned it off to the dealership. .
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    Thanks for everyone’s input. I really appreciate it. I took advantage of Kubota’s 0% financing, so today I sent them an email with my concerns. Not sure if they can help, but hopefully I will hear something back soon. I also sent Kubota Corp a detailed email with all the details from the time...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    I was really hoping someone with Kubota would read these post and chime in with some solution ideas that we both could be happy with. I’ve been patient and was okay with a replacement, but I’m not that excited about a rebuilt tranny on a new machine. Just doesn’t make me feel like I bought a...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    Well, I stopped by the Kubota dealership today and now they’re telling me that Kubota doesn’t stock or build spare transmissions for the sidekick. The Southeast region Kubota rep drove seven hours to go over a game plan on my machine being that this will be the first one that has broke with only...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    When I dropped the machine off, the service manager was very surprised that there was a problem. He did tell me that when they first came out, they had a problem and several machines with the NGK plugs being over tighten when they where being built before Kubota found it. Ended up having to...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    I basically bought mine to use around my hunting property. Luckily, I have a Honda ATV as my backup, so I really don’t need a loaner. Everything that I’ve ever read about Kubota, they’re a top notch company that makes very reliable equipment. I understand that there’s always a chance of...
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    Bought my first Kubota. Was it a mistake?

    Well after reading a lot of reviews about how dependable a Kubota is, I finally pulled the trigger and bought a ‘21 Sidekick RTV-XG850 special edition. The buying process was very easy, the dealer delivered it free of charge and it now it has 3.1 hrs on the machine with a bad transmission. Now...