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Offline Cowboybart

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Diesel ATV
« on: May 07, 2006, 04:12:57 AM »
I saw a Kubuto diesel ATV and was wondering if any other manufacture was making a diesel ATV.   I have a bulk tank w/ diesel in it at my house and if I could sell my MAX ATV Buffalo, I wouldn't need to keep gas at the house (except for the chainsaw).
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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2006, 02:44:29 PM »
Not to my knowledge.  A while back Polaris came out with a diesel ATV, but if my memory serves me well, it didn't sell well, was heavy and noisy.  If you want a diesel you will likely have to go with something like a Kubota RTV (side by side dump bed model, or Kawasaki Mule diesel.  You can get either in 4WD, and both are very well made and hard working machines...
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2006, 02:46:54 PM »
My father who lives beside me has the kubota diesel dump bed s/s atv.  He bought it because he can run the blue untaxed diesel in it and to help with the turkey farm.  The thing has torque but not much speed. The only other negative thing about it is the price. You could buy two top of the line atvs for the price of one diesel kubota.  Small diesels are nortorious for being a pain in the wazoo. If you ever run one out of fuel, you'll know what I'm talking about.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2006, 01:02:01 AM »
the biggest draw back in the Polaris Diesel was it was limited to a 20 MPH top speed.. true it was heavy and noisy also..
They were sold only for a couple years.. They were intended for sales to
the industrial market as a work vehicle.. farming and mining...
The Polaris made a outstanding slow moving machine.. great for spraying
weeds,, and fence line work..  
I dealership i work at had one for 3 years till some one bought it.. its been in service now for about 5 years and has never been brought back to the dealership for any repair.. other than replacing the batteries and tires...

Dont over look the Deere HPX diesels ... they are outstanding machines
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2006, 08:24:51 PM »
The dealer here in Fairbanks had one for a while.  Lots of people looked at it but no one wanted it.  They all asked the same question, "How do you get it started if the weather turns cold?"   Diesels just don't start when it is 15 or 20 below.  My Kawasaki Brute Force 750 started at 22 below with out doing anything to is.  Everyone else had to build a shelter over their machines and warm them up to get them started.  If we had of had a diesel it would have probebly been left till spring.
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« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2006, 11:56:39 AM »
well i cant comment on the cold weather starting.. im here in Texas and my area only gets into the low 20 at times..  But the Polaris Diesel
does have 2 batterys to give it cranking power in cold weather.. a properly
tuned diesel should fire right up if the cranking RPM are high enough..
Im sure a block heater will help..
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Re: Diesel ATV
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2006, 04:46:30 PM »
I have an F-350, VW, Mack and a Western Star.   It gets cold in WY but 4 hours of a block heater will start any of them.   The Ford and VW have glow plugs and if maintained, you don't even need to plug them in.   When it stays below 0 for more than 24 hours a fuel additive is a good idea.
Does anybody know if the Kabuta has glow plugs??   What is the top speed of the Kabuta or John Deere??
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Re: Diesel ATV
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2006, 12:54:51 PM »
  I've put some time on the diesel Mule and the Kubota.  I like the Mule better, and if we get a second one, it will be a another diesel Mule.

  Yes, both have glow plugs, and i lived in Alaska 25 years, when it gets cold NOTHING starts "every day" day after day at -25...  peroid!  You put a block heater on, and then they all will start.  OR come up with some other way to get heat to it.

  Top speed is 25 mph on either one, and they weren't made for speed, they were made for work and they have excelent torque for that.

  Anyway, the diesel mule we have, has been excelent...

  BTW, IMO the john deere's don't even come close to the mule or kubota as a work vechile unless you live where there's no mud!

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