Kubota KH-10 '1979–81

Kubota KH-10 '1979–81

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6 years ago
Wheels&Tracks

Kubota, which made its first mini excavator in 1972, was the company that first introduced a true crawler mounted mini into the UK. It unveiled the then revolutionary KH10D to the UK market at the Public Works Exhibition in November 1978.

Complete with cab, dozer blade and steel tracks, the KH10D weighed in at 3.15 tonnes and could dig down to 2.5m. The most significant design difference between this pioneer and the accepted mini of today was the use of a sliding kingpost (like that on a sideshift backhoe loader) to achieve offset digging capability.

The first UK sales of the KH10D were made in 1979 and that year also saw the arrival here of the first Japanese competition in the shape of Hinomoto Combac machines. By 1979 the Japanese mini excavator market had risen to 20,000 units from manufacturers including Handozer (sold as Minex and Nissan), Hinomoto, IHI, Iwafuji, Komatsu, Kubota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Takeuchi, Toyosha (sold as Hinomoto) and Yanmar.

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