Innovative Iron Awards 2016: Kubota Raises Its Compact Track Loader Game with the New SVL95-2s
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Kubota Raises Its Compact Track Loader Game with the New SVL95-2s
Kubota continues to conquer new construction equipment categories. It’s already eaten up considerable market share in the compact track loader industry since entering it a few years ago. Now, it’s upping the ante with the new SVL95-2s (released at World of Concrete), equipped with high flow. The new model offers greater multi-tasking capabilities, more powerful hydraulics and more class-leading comfort upgrades than ever with five hydraulic presets available for the operator to choose via an in-cab control. At the heart of the SVL95-2s is its new, more powerful high-flow hydraulic system, which can be programmed and instantly adjusted at the push of a button to adjust flow rates from as little as 5 to as much as 40 gpm (a 19-percent improvement) with line pressures of 3,553 psi.