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-Neil from Messick's. This is a little bit different video here for us.
We're going to go through some of the new Kubota products
that were introduced at the 2016 dealer meeting in Grapevine, Texas.
Normally, we're used to walk it around tractors outside
but these machines aren't going to ship for anywhere
between about two to six months here at this point.
So we're going to go through a quick slideshow
of things from pitchers and stuff that we took
at the meeting to give you an idea what some of the new products are going to be.
The most significant item coming out for us here this year is a new BX Series.
The BX is our incredible tractors force.
Our dealership will sell just about 250 of them here this year alone
so this product is very, very important to us.
They've got four new models coming out.
Basically replacing the four other product line currently
that will be the BX1880, 2380 2680, and replacing the BX25
is the model BX23S.
I guess the thought behind that
is we're going back to reflecting the engine horsepower
but the S denotes that it is a newer model.
There had been a BX23 in the product line before.
There's several changes to those machines.
The first thing that you're going to notice is the redesigned hood.
Rather than being a flip-up hood
this is now a single piece hood that flips to the front.
The nice thing about that is it'll make servicing the tractor a little bit easier.
You won't have side panels to pull off
clips to break and that kind of stuff.
So it's now a single piece hood that flips forward.
On the front, there's a new redesigned grille ground now
that will flip forward as well to allow the hood to come forward
several other changes as well.
The tractors are all going to get a new, more comfortable seat.
That'll be in the 2380 and 2680
because of the pivot and swivel motion on the backhoe version
the new 23S will continue to use the existing seat.
While the 1880 uses a little bit less expensive seat.
That's been on the tractor before so that one does not get an upgrade.
There are many changes to the loader on this machine.
You're going to notice here that there's a coupler on the front.
Before, these tractors had a quick coupler for the loader bucket
but it was a pin type coupler.
That was unique to the bucket and the pallet forks
that they offered some of the blades that were out there too.
But this new coupler is a full-on skid steer coupler.
The great thing about skid steer couplers
is that it opens you up to the huge range of attachments
that are out there for skid loaders.
I'm sure you're going to start to see
a lot more miniature skid loader attachments to suit these tractors.
We were showing a couple of new pieces
from Land Pride as well.
Some new blades, a really cool little box scraper
which I'm excited about, and I'm sure we're going
to start to see a lot of new options to go onto the front of that loader.
In order to support those implements
Kubota is now offering a factory third function kit as well.
That'll be a diverter where the actual valve sits out on the loader
and then adds a button back at the joystick in order to operate that third function.
Speaking of the joystick it now comes back to the fender.
Rather than being out in front of you it's now a fender mounted lever.
I remember from seating in the seat, that the lever
is right by my hand in the comfortable operation position.
If I had any criticism of it, it's a pretty short throw.
It may not give you as easy corner positioning
and stuff as what the older, longer lever did.
But it's in a very comfortable position so that should be slick.
There is also a series of new features to allow you
to release the loader without getting off the seat.
So in order to accomplish that, there's two latches
that will release the loader from the sockets that they mount into.
Once you've taken those off, there's a manifold
to release all four of your hydraulic hoses which is really cool.
They're all flat faced couplers so they should release well under pressure
and then once that manifold comes off
and the thing is released your parking stand
has been dropped down, you can remove
the loader right off the tractor without getting off the seat.
It was demoed several times. It looked like a really slick and easy process.
We're excited to see how that works.
Some small changes on the backhoe side as well.
A new system in order to release the backhoe from the tractor.
You'll notice on the old BX23 there was
a cam grabbing system that existed only
to release the backhoe from the tractor.
That kind of comes back here in the new version.
When you push the backhoe up into the tractor
some spring loaded pins will lock into the place
to lock the backhoe on so that you don't have
to put your hands back into as many pitch points
in order to release and attach the backhoe.
That seems like a nice improvement.
I did miss one feature on the loader there as well.
There's a level indicator, that's an option now
in order to see the level point on the bucket.
They'll still have the level indicator on the bucket itself
so that is an option, but for guys
that are doing a lot of loader work you might appreciate that.
There's a Z400 Series now, to kind of fill the gap
between the commander's Z100 Series
and the really commercial heavy duty ZD Series or Z700 Series.
The Z400 will use a hydro gear 3400 transmission.
It's a transmission that you typically find
on a lot of mid to high end zero turn mowers.
The transmission will run that machine up to 10 miles an hour.
It's a really high speed for a machine in this class
so it should be a very nice, fast running mower.
One thing we were interested to see on that machine
is if you do up for a bagger, there's no fan on the bagger
that should- a little curious exactly how they're going
to shove that much grass through that bag with no fan at that type of speed.
I'd expect on the bag you're probably going to have to slow down a little bit.
A lot of our heavy, thick Northeast conditions.
A new machine too. Coming back into the ZD Series
and the diesel class is a 31 horse model with the transition to tier four.
When tier four engine started to acquire DPF filters
they eliminated the ZD331 because it went over the top
of the 26 horsepower limit for your needing a deaf film, a DPF filter on it.
That's now back in the product line now.
That machine gets a DPF filter. It does also turbo charge
which I thought was pretty cool.
It has a real air ride seat on it as well.
This machine is going to carry a pretty significant price point
without air riding DPF on it.
It's easily going to be over $20,000-$21,000.
It's not going to be inexpensive
but if you're in a situation in an application
that demands that amount of horsepower
given today's emissions requirements that what you need to purchase.
Along that emissions class, especially tractors
are also coming back into the product line now as well.
As Kubota move through tier four transitions
the narrow and low profile tractors were eliminated
from the product line for a short time
because all the engineering was happening on the other models.
Now that we're well into the tier four transition
we now have an M5111 low profile tractor available again.
Being a 111 horsepower this thing does have a depth tank on it.
These tractors are really popular in poultry
and orchard applications where you need a really low profile tractor.
For us, we have turkey barns and chicken barns
going up everywhere around here.
That nice low profile machine gives you a lot of horsepower
in a size that you can easily fit into a barn
or in an orchard application where you can be underneath branches.
Those orchards- you also sell a lot narrow tractors as well.
There's an M4071 coming back in again that replaces
the old 7040 and an M5 91/111 narrow tractors.
9111 horsepower tractors that fill in the higher horsepower class.
We're glad to see Kubota come with those options now
that was something that we had always fought
with before of not having quite enough horsepower in our narrow tractor.
Another update here as well happens in the KX91
that moves on to a new model, KX033.
Not a whole lot of changes to that machines
but updated with new engines, new cab improvements
and air conditioning model now.
Our old KX91 had an air conditioner condenser hanging off
the side of the cab looked pretty hokey.
The new ones now, in the KX033
the condensers fit back underneath the machine
so you have full visibility out and around the cab.
It also has all the updated control panels
and stuff that's come into the rest of the KX series.
So that's it. Like I said we'll be seeing those things over
the next two to six months or so.
Keep your eyes out on messicks.com
or the Kubota website as well for new models. Catch you later.
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