Two New Things

1) This 2011 Kubota RTV1100. 2) Me.

I've been quietly reading all of your helpful and informative posts for a good part of the summer. Took delivery of this 1100 a couple of weeks ago and thought I'd show her off on the forum. Many of your posts have shaped the way I have her set up at this point, and will shape a couple of other items on my to do list. I paid $17,100.00 at my dealer in Bastrop, La and took advantage of the 0% 60 months financing. We have a state sales tax holiday here in Louisiana, and I was able to reduce a portion of the state sales tax by taking delivery on the holiday. I've been considering the 1100 for a while now and everything seemed to come together this summer to make it happen. As you can see below, mine came with the ATV tires which I plan to run until I can find some reason not to. This will primarily be a hunting machine in a remote area on the Mississippi River, thus the winch. My local Warn dealer recommended this particular winch for its power and the fact that it came with a factory rebate, making it very affordable. My Kubota dealer recommended the high intake, the rear window screen(he also cautioned to always put on the trailer in reverse), and the plastic bedliner(to help keep from denting the bed with heavy metal objects). I have ordered a set of Tommy's boot protectors and a hunting high seat. I almost passed on the hunting high seat after reading the liability waiver I had to sign in order to purchase it. It is apparent after reading the waiver, some folks have incurred some serious injuries using the high seat. So I intend to use it with the greatest of respect.

Someone posted a message about a Kubota radio harness. I found one of those online and installed a Panasonic Marine radio I've had sitting around for several years. Amazingly, after prewiring the harness to the radio plug, the radio fired right up after plugging in. It took me a couple of hours to complete(I guess I'm slow compared to others on the forum) the installation.

So far, I love this machine. The A/C in this thing is unbelievable. I run several trail cameras this time of year and the A/C made this job something I look forward to doing despite the heat and abundant dust on our place. It's just not the same as doing the job on my old 4-wheeler. I'll be setting out some bowhunting stands in the near future, and anticipate that being less of a chore with the new Bota as well.

The only problem I've had thus far is my brake lights sticking on after the machine is shut down. I talked with the dealer about this and we agreed I'd make an adjustment on the switch at the brake pedal and he'd follow up with me in a week or so. So far, my adjustment seems to have worked. I've added some pics I took this morning...

Thanks for all your helpful posts. They are tremendous help in trying to decide how to set up the machine for my intended use. I'll keep you posted on my sucesses and failures as time goes on. Brian

Couple More Pics of New 1100

I've added a couple more pics I took mainly because pics of several items on the machine I wanted to see prior to purchase were missing from the Kubota web site. For those that like pics, heres more. For those don't, please accept my apologies in advance...

Hello & Good Day,

Happy to see you are here with a new machine.

From Louisiana, that is a great start !!!!

Pick you up some Kubota mudflaps for the front. They help keep mud from being thrown
up under the bed. Trust me, it will cake up under there no matter how good of a " cleaner"
you are.
Another thing, laugh if you may.... BUT, clean your windshield with Lemon Pledge. And don't go cheap and get a "off brand", will not work as good. Not only does it keep glass cleaner, but the wax will help dust, water, mud-specs, get off better. We use it on equipment and also I use it on the motorcycles to help remove bugs. Just spray on and keep rubbing until it dissapears. Don't take but a second. It Work Wonders.
REMOVE SPARK ARRESTOR !!!!

Check your Private Message box .....
LET ME KNOW YOU SENT THEM !!!!

........ two guns
( jamie )

Looks great but glad someone finally beat me on winch size. Mines only a warn 6000! Need to put a warn 12k to keep up.

We should have a contest to see who can winch his RTV up a tree like in the "gods must be crazy" movie. The intake snorkel is interesting. I see how they maintained the crosssectional area by elaborately flattening and elongating the ductwork.

FWIW My wife and i BOTH looked at your inside pics and first thought it was a brand new subaru forester!!!

Ya'll all got me beat on winches.... mine is a Ramsey 3K.

I have NEVER had to winch out my RTV. Never had it stuck !!! But have used it to pull out a two wheelers, move a few pieces of equipment, pulled up some small bushes and trees. Winched up some deer stands.
We always use a snatch block on heaver things on any winch on the place..... Keep two blocks on RTV.

Welcome to the forum!

Great intro thread. Don't ever apologize about too many pictures. Drool on keyboards from people looking at your RTV are the fault of the reader, not the poster.

Very nice machine and setup.

Since winches have been brought up a couple times, if you find yourself using it a lot, consider switching the cable out for Amsteel rope. Feels and acts like regular rope but is stronger then the steel cable.

Gentlemen, Thanks for the warm welcome and insightful advice.

Jamie, I replied to your PM. I've used Pledge on plexiglass windscreens, but never glass. I'll give that a try. Thanks for the call, and the advice on the #2 construction grease. I forgot to ask you on the phone, but could you explain the spark arrestor issue to me?

Vintovka, Jamie, and BC, I set out to get the Warn XT40 that comes with the synthetic wire rope. My warn dealer asked me the weight of the RTV and when I replied 2700 pounds he suggest the VR8000 at roughly half the price of the XT40 I thought I wanted. He thought I'd be better off with a stronger winch and the price was hard to argue. The VR comes with the Warn lifetime warranty, so it seemed like a great deal. It does not come with the synthetic wire rope. I generally drive in such a way so as not to get stuck, however things where I hunt are not always what they seem. You CAN get stuck even with the best of intentions. If I ever wind up having to replace the rope, I'll go synthetic.

Ready to hit the woods! Brian

Great looking buggy. I haven't seen one of the plastic bed liners for one, make sure you pop it out every once in awhile and touch up the paint underneath because if they are like on a pickup they'll wear through your paint and start rusting underneath.

Man you really showed the state on buying that bad boy on a tax holiday.

Oh yes, LATiger >>>>
Found this picture >>>>

This is what a 11 hour old spark arrestor looks like off a RTV 1100

This will steal all of your power !!!!

P.S.
And don't worry about the warranty, your dealer will never know !!!!


...... two guns

Seriously consider front and rear bumpers. Especially the REAR!! Mine have saved me (and the rtv) all the time and during a bad crash. The 2x2 receiver on yours could be a support spot for a removable rear bumper with an extension so you could still use the receiver for towing.

FWIW Harbor Freight sell a rear bumper "step" that fits in the 2x2 which would give you some protection. Don't for get what ever you choose it needs to be removable so you can change filters.

vintovka said:

Mine have saved me (and the rtv) all the time and during a bad crash.

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There's some stories there. Care to share?

I banged my front grill guard pretty good once but that was straight-up operator error (goofing around). Otherwise, I've never had a need for bumpers.

My front bumper kept my front end and lights good when a young bull had an encounter with me and the RTV. I had to jack the bumper out a bit in order to open the hood but imagine without it! I also about backed into it with the skid steer, did get backed into with the feed wagon -while I was trying to get into reverse because I saw what was happening and so on. Fallen trees ,limbs etc the bumper is real handy to have. bordercollie

..... would not run one without the front brush guard. In my case, don't need a back bumper.

Something else, if one runs in the brush / woods / weeds, he has to have some boot savers
from Tommy.
Down here, they have a plant called Hemp Sesbania.
Commonly called coffeebean or coffeeweed, hemp sesbania (Sesbania exaltata) is a tall, blue-green, spindly weed growing up to 12-14 feet. The plants have a yellow, pea-like flower. Seed pods are 4-8 inches long, curved and often tipped with a 0.4-inch-long beak. The leaves are opposite and may feature as many as 70 leaflets with a smooth surface and somewhat hairy surface below.
That weed growns super fast, and is tuff to kill. Mostly in fence rows and edges of crop fields. Roundup and most herbicides will not kill coffeebean Grows like bambo, tall and stiff. In the fall it dies and stalks get very hard. The coffeeweed will cut CV boots all to hell. There has been zillions of ATV's / UTV's that has had boots ripped smooth off the shafts. The stalks will also puncher tires if hit at the right angle. I've even has some stalks come in from the side of the cab and cut my legs.

Great machine and very good pix. Congratulations. I don't think you'll ever regret your purchase.

I have a 2008 RTV900 with a Ramsey "Honcho" 5000# winch that never ceases to amaze me with its pulling power. You clearly have me outwinched ... but there's no such thing as "too much."

My winch "outwinched" my machine last week. We had an ancient red oak, more than 75 years old, struck by lightning. The tree exploded about 12' above the ground. I got busy with the chainsaw cutting away at the branches and limbs and ended up with the shattered upper portion of the tree still lying atop the 12' stump.

I had a steel hookmount bolted to the front of the RTV frame beneath the winch mount. [See Two Guns' 10:43 am post and picture in this thread. He has a hookmount beneath his winch mountplate that looks like the one I had]. I used it as the hookpoint when working with the snatchblock. There are four, 1", No. 7 12mm bolts on the bottom of the frame front; nuts are welded to the backside of the frame. The hookmount attached to the frame using two of the 12mm OEM bolts, and to the bottom of the winch mounting plate by two more bolts.

I passed a snatch chain around the broken upper tree wreckage and began winching it off the stump. It pulled my RTV across the ground, even though I had solid chocks at all four wheels, had the transmission in reverse, and had the parking brake set.

So I moved the RTV to a point behind another tree and pulled the front end up against the tree trunk, then started winching again. The winch was really beginning to grunt, but the upper part of the tree started moving and, just before it came free and fell ... I heard a real quick metallic POP POP. The two bolts that attached the hookmount to the frame pulled straight out of their nuts ... stripped each bolt clean.

I got a pair of replacement bolts (No. 8 bolts) and nuts, and attempted to reattach the hookmount, but it was deformed too much ... I couldn't get it to make up flat against the frame front so I could bolt it on. I could get one bolt on, but the other side was pulled too far from the frame to mount flush. And I could detach the one bolt then try the other side, but same results.

I deep-sixed the bent hookmount. Not worth any more work and sweat. Today I had a local machine shop cut a length of 1¼" × 1¼" steel stock, drill holes in it at the appropriate places, then I mounted the piece in the RTV's front trailer hitch mounting tube, stuck in a clevis at the rear hole, and hung a shackle through the front hole. I can anchor the hook in the shackle in future snatch block operations.

You better be careful with that winch you have ... you might pull your RTV in two pieces.

Congratulations again.

TWO GUNS said:

Down here, they have a plant called Hemp Sesbania.
Commonly called coffeebean or coffeeweed, hemp sesbania (Sesbania exaltata) is a tall, blue-green, spindly weed growing up to 12-14 feet. The plants have a yellow, pea-like flower. Seed pods are 4-8 inches long, curved and often tipped with a 0.4-inch-long beak. The leaves are opposite and may feature as many as 70 leaflets with a smooth surface and somewhat hairy surface below.

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In the rest of the world, is that plant called marijuana?

bczoom said:

In the rest of the world, is that plant called marijuana?

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No, or I don't think not >>>>
This is the coffee weeds leaf

TWO GUNS said:

No, or I don't think not >>>>
This is the coffee weeds leaf

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OK. The text description made it sound like a pot plant.

We don't get too many plants or trees that are damaging to the RTV in our area. You stay away from the locust trees and multiflora roses and you're fine.

What's getting harder is avoiding the hogweed (aka Cow Parsnip) which seems to be thriving lately. That stuff makes poison ivy's reaction feel like skin lotion. If it's not a local species, it's so nasty the government comes in to kill it.

EDIT TO ADD: Sorry for the thread hijack/derailment.

EDIT TO ADD: Sorry for the thread hijack/derailment.[/QUOTE]


..... Please don't apologize, you DID NOT hijack or derail anything ....

Always willing to hear what you got to say ....

....... jamie