Kubota Tractor Corp. kicked off 2025 with 3 new additions to its tough compact building lineup with the release of 2 new excavators and a brand new compact observe loader from the showroom ground at Global of Concrete in Las Vegas. The U17-5 and KX040-5 sign up for Kubota’s tough excavator lineup, whilst the SVL97-3 takes the highest spot in Kubota’s compact observe loader lineup. “Those 3 new fashions constitute the following technology over their predecessors and Kubota’s dedication to taking note of buyer comments and bringing to marketplace new apparatus with the similar reliability, sturdiness, and high-end functionality that our shoppers have come to be expecting,” mentioned Tim Boulds, Kubota Product Advertising and marketing Director for Building Apparatus. The U17-5, KX040-5, and SVL97-3 will get started arriving at approved Kubota broker showrooms within the first quarter of this 12 months.
KX040-5.Kubota
KX040-5 Compact Excavator
Kubota introduced the creation of the brand new KX040-5 compact excavator from the showroom ground at Global of Concrete. Placing productiveness and operator revel in at the vanguard, the KX040-5 introduces key updates together with a redesigned hydraulic gadget, a spacious and quiet cab, and tech options that now come on same old fashions. To be had at approved Kubota sellers within the first quarter of this 12 months, the KX040-5 continues Kubota’s legacy of turning in dependable, performance-driven building apparatus for the North The usa marketplace.
Powered through a 40.3-horsepower* Kubota diesel engine, a digging intensity of eleven toes, 2.3 inches, and a bucket breakout power of 9,397 kilos, the KX040-5 can take on the hardest duties at the jobsite. The enhanced hydraulic gadget makes use of engine horsepower to its fullest extent permitting glide fee to be larger for optimum functionality whilst the usage of a hydraulic attachment and working different purposes of the KX040-5 concurrently. The burden-sensing hydraulics ship easy and environment friendly operation, permitting operators to go back and forth and multitask without problems, bettering jobsite productiveness.
U17-5.Kubota
U17-5 0-tail Swing Compact Excavator
Kubota additionally introduced the release of the U17-5 zero-tail swing compact excavator. That includes progressed balance, enhanced operator convenience and potency, the brand new U17-5 replaces the U17VR1 in Kubota’s tough excavator lineup and is without doubt one of the set of recent building apparatus introduced at this 12 months’s display. The brand new U17-5 can be to be had at approved Kubota sellers within the first quarter of this 12 months.
Supplied with a 16.1-horsepower* Kubota diesel engine, the U17-5 includes a operating vary that features a digging intensity of seven toes, 6.2 inches, a dumping peak of 8 toes, 1.2 inches and a bucket breakout power of three,547 kilos. The U17-5 additionally comes provided with a factory-installed thumb bracket welded without delay onto the dipper to mount an non-compulsory hydraulic thumb. An auxiliary regulate gadget built-in into the joystick lets in operators to regulate proportional glide with a handy thumb-operated transfer and oil glide may also be managed with a forefinger-operated on/off transfer. To cut back transition instances between attachments and support productiveness, an auxiliary diverter valve comes same old at the U17-5 permitting the hydraulic thumb attachment to stay hooked up whilst diverting oil glide to different attachments when wanted.
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SVL97-3 Compact Observe Loader
Kubota unveiled the SVL97-3, its latest addition to the corporate’s line of compact observe loaders. The SVL97-3 is a third-generation fashion that replaces the SVL97-2 with delicate and upgraded functionality, convenience, and serviceability options. The SVL97-3 has a rated working capability of three,459 kilos, and a brand new one-piece sealed cab for a blank, quiet paintings atmosphere. It comes same old with KubotaNOW Telematics and a swing-out radiator for ease of carrier. Kubota’s new SVL97-3 can be to be had in Spring 2025 at approved Kubota sellers.
The SVL97-3 is able to tackle virtually any activity with its Kubota engine, new hydraulic gadget, go back and forth functionality, and environment friendly cooling gadget. Supplied with a 96.4 horsepower* Kubota engine, not unusual rail gadget and diesel particulate clear out muffler, the SVL97-3 larger its most sensible velocity to eight.4 mph and has a rated working capability of three,459 kilos at 35 p.c tipping load, greater than 250 kilos greater than the capability of the former fashion. Plus, an non-compulsory 300 kilos of counterweight may also be added for an extra 200 kilos of working capability.
*SAE J1995 gross
