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bobcat no longer using kubota?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 71178" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>it is a very long story and confusing story , you know Bobcat got bought out a few years back by Dousan , Dousan builds their own engines so in all fairness to them " why would they use some one elses engine in their machines , and Kobuta makes their own line of tracked loaders now which is a conflict of interest , but there is a lot more to it than that , Dousan engines pass the Tier 4 emission with out the use of the DEF fluid which Bobcat requires on the larger horse power engines ,there is a lot less parts on a Dousan engine than a comparable Kubota , it also is suppose to be a much cleaner motor , I went to a hands on operator demo they had at my local dealer beginning of this year , they had 6 excavators , 2 of each size , 3 had the Kubota and the other 3 had the Dousan , they wanted everyone that showed up to run all 6 machines and compare speed, power and multi-functioning of the machines and fill out a questioner on likes and dislikes , I gave the new engines good remarks on all the topics , for my time I got Pizza , drinks and a $100 Visa gift card , learned a few things SWEEEEEEET! --------- one thing I recently learn that isn't good for all the people buying into the new engine Bobcats is that the motors are disposable from what I have gathered , they are built to give 3,000 hours of use , there are no parts to buy to do a rebuild as the tolerances are very tight and it takes a factory setting to reproduce them , a crate motor for $22,000 is your only choice , if you own a pre-tier 4 engine and it goes out and you go to the dealer for an engine , you will be required to upgrade your machine to the newer tier 4 requirements , the new engines are very computer orientated as the injectors are serial numbered and you can't change one without putting the serial number of the part into the controller via a lap top with software , much like the outboard motor manufactures have been doing for some years now , the days of working on the engines is near the end , also seeing that Federal money jobs , some municipalities are requiring that machines use on their jobs meet the tier 4 requirements or can't be on the job , the days of the small guy is coming to an end</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fishfiles, post: 71178, member: 782"] it is a very long story and confusing story , you know Bobcat got bought out a few years back by Dousan , Dousan builds their own engines so in all fairness to them " why would they use some one elses engine in their machines , and Kobuta makes their own line of tracked loaders now which is a conflict of interest , but there is a lot more to it than that , Dousan engines pass the Tier 4 emission with out the use of the DEF fluid which Bobcat requires on the larger horse power engines ,there is a lot less parts on a Dousan engine than a comparable Kubota , it also is suppose to be a much cleaner motor , I went to a hands on operator demo they had at my local dealer beginning of this year , they had 6 excavators , 2 of each size , 3 had the Kubota and the other 3 had the Dousan , they wanted everyone that showed up to run all 6 machines and compare speed, power and multi-functioning of the machines and fill out a questioner on likes and dislikes , I gave the new engines good remarks on all the topics , for my time I got Pizza , drinks and a $100 Visa gift card , learned a few things SWEEEEEEET! --------- one thing I recently learn that isn't good for all the people buying into the new engine Bobcats is that the motors are disposable from what I have gathered , they are built to give 3,000 hours of use , there are no parts to buy to do a rebuild as the tolerances are very tight and it takes a factory setting to reproduce them , a crate motor for $22,000 is your only choice , if you own a pre-tier 4 engine and it goes out and you go to the dealer for an engine , you will be required to upgrade your machine to the newer tier 4 requirements , the new engines are very computer orientated as the injectors are serial numbered and you can't change one without putting the serial number of the part into the controller via a lap top with software , much like the outboard motor manufactures have been doing for some years now , the days of working on the engines is near the end , also seeing that Federal money jobs , some municipalities are requiring that machines use on their jobs meet the tier 4 requirements or can't be on the job , the days of the small guy is coming to an end [/QUOTE]
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