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Neil from Messick’s here at the very first
of our new Kubota KXO33 excavators.
This model here replaces the prior model
which we're lucky enough to have side by side, the KX91.
Join me here as we walk around and we’ll point out a couple
of new differences on this updated model.
The KX91 has been a really popular model for us.
We stock quite a few of them both for customers
and for our own rental fleet.
One of the things that’s made this machine
so popular is that this is the heaviest
Kubota excavator that we can sell
that can fit onto a 10,000 pound trailer.
By buying the version that does not have a cab
and a manual angle blade down here on the bottom
you can comfortably fit onto a 10K trailer
depending on what your local regulations are,
for us here in Pennsylvania that keeps us out
of the requirements for CDLs
and all kinds of additional regulations
that we have to worry about.
We’ve really sold a lot of these models
into rental industries, rental fleets like our own,
to landscape customers who need a good
capable machine that’s not a headache to trailer around.
No dump trucks required here.
Kubota seems to be making a lot better use
of the engine compartment space on this machine as well.
You’ll notice here in the old model KX91
had this space up here in the front corner
that was a dead, unused space.
On the new model over here,
the hood now hinges differently,
incorporating that space into the engine compartment,
allowing more space for the pieces that need
to be back here, specifically the battery.
The battery now sits
right back here at the side of the machine.
If you ever need to jump a replace this thing
I don’t know how it could be easier.
It is right here.
If you pay much attention to the equipment industry
you’ll notice that a lot of models are being redesigned
and changed to meet current emission standards.
Once you cross 26 horsepower,
useful particulate filters are required
to capture this filter on the backside of the engine.
The KX91 came in at 28 horsepower.
When Kubota updated this model,
rather than taking the horsepower up or adding a DPF to it,
they simple took the horsepower down a little bit.
While this was 28, the current model over here is 26,
so we drop down just two horsepower.
This machine is not less powerful because of that.
It has a more capable hydraulic system.
You’ll notice that the breakout force for the bucket
and the boom both took a small bump.
In addition to that, additional hydraulic output
on the auxiliaries that we had.
Even though we’ve got a little bit less horsepower,
that heavier hydraulic system is making this machine
actually more powerful or more productive
than the prior model.
When you look around the engine compartment here,
we really quickly picked up on a lot of changes
that Kubota made to make this machine a lot
easier to service.
The amount of space that’s available back
here in the engine compartment and the location
of the filters and checkpoints
are a lot more convenient on the new model here
than they were on the old.
If you look down here in the engine compartment
of the new machine all the filters in your checkpoints
are right here at the back of the machine.
Your engine oil filters right down here,
air filter up here at the top,
fuel filter right here at the rear,
fuel water separator right here at the side,
dip sticks right back here at the back
and your checkpoints or your hydraulic reservoir
are right around the side.
That compares much better to the old model. are right around the side.
That compares much better to the old model.
In terms of accessibility.
While a lot of those things
aren’t exactly buried back here,
you can see this engine compartment is a lot
more cluttered and a lot harder to get your hands
into than what the old model was.
The engine oil filter in particular on this machine
has to be changed from the bottom down here below,
or on the newer one you can reach it right
from the back very easily.
Some dramatic improvements in the serviceability
around the engine compartment here can clearly be seen.
I wish we could reach out and just give a digital high-five
to the guy who designs Kubota's valve stacks.
If you’ve looked at the last series of the SSV's and the SVL's
the routing that’s done of the hoses and the pilots
have taken a leap forward
over older generations machines.
If you look over here at the valve stack on this machine
the pilot hoses which come off the side
all route down underneath and then come back up
in the operators platform.
It’s not terrible, but if you walk over here on the new one
and you look how nicely exposed
and easy these things are to service now,
they all pop right out here on the side
and up and around they go.
It is incredibly clean and well laid out.
Years down the road, when things
inevitable start to leak here and there,
as machines aging at thousands of hours on them,
this one looks like it should be really easy to maintain.
One of the main things that you notice that’s coming out
now are these diverters that are being
put on the end of the boom.
On the old model, if you wanted to go and put
a thumb onto this machine
you could plumb that foam right up to here to a coupler.
Put your thumb down here on the end,
but if you want to swap that thumb out for, say,
a hammer you then needed to pull your couplers out,
let them dangle or try to tie them up
out of the way somewhere.
Now with the newer machines they are putting these
diverters down here on the end
so that if you put your thumb on
and you want to remove your thumb and put on a breaker
or something on the end,
you have two sets of couplers here that you can use.
Simply putting a wrench here and twisting this
from one side to the other will shut the thumb off
and then allow you to use that breaker.
Kubota has a lot of experience designing track frames.
If you look across the equipment that they've built
you’ll see a lot of the same features
from one machine to the next.
In this case now, the new machine has four body rollers
sitting on the left on the right hand side of the track
in order to distribute the weight of the machine,
where the old one had three.
You’ll notice also too on all of Kubota track frames,
typically left and right rollers across the middle
to distribute weight,
but single rollers in the front and the back,
so that when you go to turn
it gives you a single point of contact
to hopefully pivot the machine
around a little bit easier.
These are also greaseless lobbies down here
in the bottom so there’s nothing to maintain.
If you need to tension the track further there’s
a grease circle right underneath the cover.
You’ll see all the tops of these track frames
are always angled so that dirt
doesn’t collect up underneath the track.
They're angled so the dirt will fall off
back onto the ground again.
A couple of small improvements here,
mostly in the addition of additional body roller to help
distribute the weight of the machine
across the track a little bit better.
Unfortunately, we haven’t received the cab
model yet in this series to point out the differences,
but several changes have been made there as well.
Most notably, the cab on the old KX91
didn’t have room for the air conditioner condenser
down underneath the covers of the machine.
As we go through all the engine compartment
improvements that have happened in here,
one of those improvements was that there is now
space for that condenser to fit underneath of there.
Now if you order this machine with a factory cab
on it you don’t have an air conditioner condenser
hanging off the side of the cab blocking your visibility.
In addition to that, there’s also some improvements
into the control sticks
where your foot pedals sit down on the bottom
and it realignments of the space for the operators
platform making a little bit more room for your feet.
The roll-up window is also redesigned.
It travels a little bit nicer than what the old one did,
and it also received all the updates to the instrument
clusters on the side that the rest of the KX series
have received as well.
Some modernization of the control pods
give you a little bit more information
about the operating condition of the machine.
Kubota has really taken the KX91
to a leap forward here in the new KXO33.
When we first looked at the spec sheets and the changes,
frankly, we were a little bit underwhelmed at first,
but having these two machines side by side
it’s really clear.
The Kubota has made a lot of refinements
and improvements to the new model.
If you have a use for a machine like this give us
a call at Messick’s.
We’re available at 800-222-3373
or online at messick’s.com.
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