Dealers preview Kubota’s new compact excavators, RTV, tractors

Dealers got a hands-on preview of Kubota’s two new compact excavators, available in early 2018, as well as the company’s fastest gas-powered RTV yet and seven new tractors in the M Series lineup.

About 1,100 dealers attending Kubota’s annual meeting October 21-25 in Phoenix, Arizona, saw the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm along with the U27-4, which will replace the U25S.

“Final production models of these two excavators were presented at the meeting and made available for dealers to look under the hood, operate and ask detailed questions,” says Jeff Jacobsmeyer, Kubota product manager of excavators, wheel loaders, TLBs.

The extendable dipper arm is a new configuration to the existing KX033-4 compact excavator within Kubota’s KX Series, which was introduced last January.

The dipper arm can dig as deep as 12 feet, 2 inches and reach up to 18 feet, 2 inches. This model will be in dealerships by January 2018, the company says.