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- Neil for Messick's here with the Kubota M7060 utility tractor.
This is a deluxe utility tractor in Kubota's product line.
We're going to do a quick walk around here
and show you some of the different options on this machine
this is a tractor that's offered in a lot of different configurations
and tell you a little bit about who the right customer for this tractor may be.
70, 75 horse utility tractors are really popular products for us.
It falls into the right size and the right niche
that you can find a lot of customers with
a lot of different needs for a machine of this size.
Large farm operations that might run big ag tractors
usually will have a smaller machine around
to take care of some other chores
or somebody's hobby farming on 50 acres would be able
to use a machine like this to fill most all of their needs.
We see a lot of customers for this size machine.
For us here in the Northeast, 90% of the time
we're also selling these with cabs on them
because in the wintertime a lot of people choose
to reuse them for snow removal from their large properties.
Cabs that heat in there are really popular options for us.
The main configurations of this tractor
cab or open station and then either a 4-speed
transmission or a 6-speed transmission.
That will come along with a lot of different features
and those two packages that we'll point out to you here as we go around.
Very first thing that we always start with on tractors like this
is the front loader as we work our way from front to back.
The front loader on this is Kubota's LA1154.
It's a very common front loader that's used on all utility tractors
basically from 56 to 70 horsepower.
The front loader will have, most of the time
a skid steer quick coupler on the backhoe.
It is optional but you, most of the time
will see them as standard equipment.
That skid steer quick coupler
is a universal industry standard
that you can pull those two handles
and put whatever bucket on the front that you want.
You'll notice that this one right here
has a really large bucket on it an M1815 which actually
is not the bucket that specs for this tractor
the cust we were prepping this for wanted an oversized bucket
for a lot of light material and because we have
that skid steer quick coupler on there we can put
on whatever bucket we want to fit that particular application.
As we go around the other side of the loader over here
one really simple feature that I think is really cool
that should be offered on a lot more loaders
is this pin right here for the hydraulic lift cylinder on the loader.
When it's in its upper position right here
you get about an extra foot of lift height
for stacking round bales or applications where you need
to reach up or in its lower position down here you get about another 10%
of lift capacity out of your loader.
All of that just by moving this pin about an inch and a half
maybe two inches up or down.
It's amazing that that small change can make
that dramatic of a difference, but that's how the geometry of the loader works out.
One of the criticisms that we often hear of Kubota tractors is that they're lightweight.
That is often true to a point.
The base weights of the tractors are a little bit lighter
than a lot of the other tractors in this class.
By no means does that mean that they're less heavy-duty.
They're engineered with the bulk in the places that they need it
but there are applications where we don't want weight.
We have the ability to ballast tractors for particular applications.
You'll see here on this tractor we have steel rims on the back.
More often than not we would usually expect this with a cast rim
with a big cast disc here in the middle to give some
of that extra ballast in the rear of the machine.
In the case of this one this steel rim is a little bit less expensive
saving the customer a little bit more money.
Then we just fill the tire with fluid in order
to give that ballast in the rear of the machine.
We continue around the back of the machine back here.
We find all the things that you expect to see on a deluxe tractor.
Extendable three-point linked arms
when you back up to your heavy implements
of category two implements on this size tractor
you can simply extend these arms in order
to put you implements on the machine.
Your drawbar is very easily adjustable
in several different positions here in the rear.
Then you have all the deluxe adjustments in order
to set the sway and leveling of your three-point hitch.
One important feature that you'll find on the 6-speed
or the 12-speed version of this tractor it's not on the lesser 4-speed version
is a 540E PTO. Right here there's lever, yellow lever here
at the rear of the tractor that you can shift up or down
to change this between 540 and 540E.
What that does in the E position is essentially gear up
the PTO to a point that you can now run your engine
in lower rpms to reach 540 back to your implement.
Take a 84" rotary cutter behind a tractor like this.
You don't really need all 70 of the engine horsepower delivered back
to that mower in order to spin it around.
You can probably get by with 50 or so just fine.
In that application you could shift this up into 540E
and then run your engine a little bit more slowly
so you're not burning the excess fuel and stuff
and putting the excess noise and those kinds of things
that you don't necessarily need to create. 540E gives you that flexibility.
That's a feature found on the higher transmission option
and not the economy transmission option on this tractor.
Also, standard equipment on this tractor is one rear hydraulic remote.
You need additional remotes there are stacking valves
that can be stacked on top of this one for up to three.
Up here is also a standard equipment for a trailer electrical connector here.
If you have anything that needs lights or brakes
they can be all hooked up right through that connector.
Having GPS monitors and that stuff in a cab now starts
to become a little bit more common in this size tractor.
If you're running a small baler and need a little bale monitor up in there
or GPS guidance and those kinds of things.
They may have antennas up on the roof.
In this class tractor you'll start to have rubber grommets and stuff here
at the back of the cab to be able to run the wire screw
for those things rather than having to pinch them up in the windows.
There are two tractors in this series
an M6060 and in M7060 being either 60 or 70 horsepower.
That 70 horsepower that's created at the engine on an M7060
64 of that horsepower is put out to the PTO.
Kubota builds a very efficient transmission
and very efficient driveline in this tractor that's able
to deliver all that power out the rear of the PTO to go to your implements
and your mowers and those kinds of things.
That will compare a little bit differently to the John Deere tractor in this class.
If you look at a 5075, that's a 75 horse engine.
That's still only delivering 64 horsepower to the PTO.
Even though the engine of this tractor is five horsepower
less than its John Deere equivalent
it's able to do the same amount of work.
It's able to put the same amount of power out
to the ground and out to the PTO by having
a more efficient driveline in a more efficient transmission.
You want to look under the hood of this thing here
there's a simple pinion here on the front to fold the grille guard forward
and then you reach down here under the hood
to grab the hood latch in order to lift it up.
Typically, you're going to have more room
if you remove the loader from this tractor.
It shouldn't take you more than three minutes to do.
Most of the things here that you need to work
on this machine are right here at the front.
The battery is right here. In the very forward
of the machine very easy to get to when it inevitably
at some point it needs jumped and it goes dead.
Most of the main fuses are located right here
in the front as well, very easy to get to.
The air cleaner itself is right here in the front.
This is a deluxe air cleaner that has a restrictor valve on it
that will show you when the air cleaner is plugged
so you know when it needs service without having
to pull the element and stuff out of the air cleaner box.
There's also a simple rubber piece here on the bottom
that you can squeeze in order to let big debris out of the bottom of the air canister.
Most of the other bits that are in the back of the engine here
are easily accessible from the side if you need to do service.
This is a Tier 4 tractor so there's a disel
particular filter up here on top of the engine.
At this horsepower class the engine does not require DEF
so there's no blue fluid or anything to go into an extra tank.
When we're sitting up here in the cab
you can start to see that this is a deluxe tractor.
We just spent some time on an M5660
the economy series tractor in this class.
You can see when up here in the operator's platform
how a lot more care and effort is put into some of the comfort features
and the ergonomics of a tractor like this.
When you're sitting here, for instance
the loader valve is a lot closer to the operator.
The things for your remotes your levers are right here
by your hands as opposed to having to reach out
or pull long throw levers and those kinds of things.
You also have a sound-deadened cab
with rubber floor mats to keep down noise.
Air conditioning and heat controls up here in the headliner.
A place to put a radio and those kinds of things in.
When we move into more deluxe tractors
while your capacities and the ability
of the tractor to work are not radically different
you have a whole new level of comfort features in a machine like this.
Starting to approach a lot of the things
that you'll start to find and expect in your car.
As I move around here from the right to the left of all the controls
I start here at the back I have some electrical accessory outlets
for guidance monitors and other electronics
that you may need for your implements.
A dial to flip on and off in order to turn my PTO on and off.
My three-point hitch control as well as a draft control
if you have a tillage implement behind you.
My switches from my work lights, electronic switches
to turn my four-wheel drive on and off
switches for my windshield wipers and electronic throttle down here by the side
my range selector for the high and low
of my transmission and in this tractor the 6-speed's on the main shifter.
There are a lot of differences in this series machine
between the 8-speed transmission, the 4x2
or the 12-speed transmission, which is a 6x2.
You're not getting just the difference in those gears.
Along with that change you're getting
the 540E PTO that we pointed out earlier.
A feature where when you step on the brakes
the four-wheel drive is immediately engaged to get all four tires braking.
Very importantly, additional hydraulic flow.
The stock version of this tractor is 11 gallons per minute.
When you go to the 12-speed version you go up to 16 gallons per minute.
For all of the things that you're getting there
and that price difference is fairly minimal between the gears
and the hydraulic flow and the extra features.
In our opinion, it's well worth the money to go to the 12-speed version.
Then again, all of this stuff is always driven by your application.
If you're looking for a simple mower tractor
you don't need all the gears, you just want to be able
to sit in an air-conditioned cab, you may not need
all that stuff versus somebody who's looking for a haying tractor
and those kinds of things for instance would be well-served
by the additional features.
It's nice that Kubota gives us two different packagings
in order to really address every customer type that they weigh one.
As I work my way across the dash up here
it's a fairly clean dash of the tilt steering wheel.
It's the same dash that you see in the rest of the M series tractors
as far as lights and instrument clusters and stuff go.
The tractor has really three main features up here that you'll actually use.
One is an electronic governor feature
it allows you to vary your PTO loads
and let the engine vary its fuel delivery in order
to keep the RPMs constant, and then two buttons
that go along with your Tier 4 emissions.
One to bypass a regen or prevent regen
from happening if you don't want it to, typically
if you're in a combustible environment or about to park the tractor
and then one to kick off a manual regen if it needs to be done.
You really only have two functions, for most operators
you're just going to go run the machine there's not a lot to do there.
If I take a critical eye around the cab here
there's two things I do think could be improved upon.
The plastics in here while functional are a little cheap feeling
for a tractor of this class and there's also not enough room
in here to accommodate a buddy seat
which we do sometimes see on this class of tractor.
One thing I always try to put eyes on
when walking around a tractor is looking at a machine
and asking what am I going to break? It's inevitable
with this kind of stuff that a lot of people will push this equipment to the limits.
We always walk around and look for soft spots on a tractor.
I did notice one place down below where one of the hydraulic hoses
for the loader valve was hanging down a little bit.
It did look to me that that could probably be rotated and zip-tied up out of the way
so if you own one of these tractors are considering
one it might be something that you want to look at.
Beyond that, there's a tool box hanging right over here on the side
a little plastic guy. If you give that a good whack
you might be able to knock it off and lose your tools.
Other than that the underside of this tractor is fairly clean
all the steering linkages and stuff are up above the axle went out of the way
and I didn't really see a whole lot of soft spots down there
as far as drive shafts or drive lines go.
Sometimes in this class of tractors you'll notice propeller shafts
and stuff hanging down really low.
When there are two wheel drive variants of these machines offered
usually those pieces are exposed and very low
and that is not the case on this tractor.
As machines in this class go it's definitely above average
for what I'm used to seeing but there is one hydraulic hose down there
that I probably would put eyes on that could be moved out of the way.
Standing here another thing that I noticed too
sometimes in big tractors like this the fuel tanks will be put up here
in the rear and you'll have a fuel fill up here that's really high and hard to get to.
Kubota does put the fuel fill right down here in front
of the cab which is really nice and convenient
easy to get to so you're not hoisting fuel up to the back of the tractor.
We'll do a short driving demo here.
Like I said this is a 12 speed version of this transmission
so you can see over here on my right hand side
I have a six-speed stick with a high and low.
There's also a hydraulic shuttle so to change directions
I simply move this between forward and reverse
to change direction so I'm not on and off the clutch all the time.
Right here from standstill I'm in first gear
I can simply push this up and forward in order to start the tractor crawling front.
I'm here moving forward I've got a foot throttle down here
on the floor if I want a little bit more speed
or a hand throttle that I can use to set at a constant rpm.
When I want to change directions here I simply reach up here
reach the stick lift forward and then slide back from neutral
and into reverse and I can do that without touching the clutch.
One nice thing about these hydraulic transmissions
is they really extend the life of your clutch
because you're not on and off it and slipping it all
the time when you're changing directions.
When I'm shifting gears here this is a fully synchronized transmission
so when I'm going to go from first to second I can stay rolling
I push down the clutch and just shift into second gear.
One thing I forgot to point out when we were talking about this before
is that the 12-speed transmission is also faster
than what the 8-speed version is
so the 8-speed tops out around 18 per miles an hour
and this one will get up close to 25 when you're in sixth gear.
A sixth gear also has an overdrive function
so that if you're running downhill or something like that
it doesn't over rev the engine if you have a load pushing you.
That's an easy tractor to drive.
If you're a larger operator there's plenty of room in here for you
this is a tilt steering wheel that you can move up or down.
I tend to push the seat back fairly far and then tilt
the wheel down to bring it a little bit closer to me.
You can see here too we mentioned that when you step
on the brake pedal it automatically engages the four-wheel drive.
If I go to a coast here and tap on the brake you'll see that the light turns on
for my four-wheel drive being engaged.
It's grabbing those front wheels to break all four of them
as opposed to just the rear in the 4-speed transmission.
That's Kubota M7060. If we can help you with a utility tractor like this
give us a call at Messick's.
We're available at 800-222-3373 or online at messicks.com.
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