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Read articles →A candid, critical owner review from a commercial landscaping and snow-removal operation that bought the 2022 M5-091 for pushing snow and found it poorly suited to their work. The video covers cab comfort, transmission frustrations for precision loading, top speed, tire limitations, and a serious reliability complaint, a six-month wait on a hydraulic leak repair. Most useful for commercial buyers wondering how the M5-091 holds up in real daily use.
Posted by the T & T Landscape & Masonry channel, an apparent commercial operation comparing the Kubota against JCB and teleskid equipment they already own, which shapes their critical perspective.
It pushes very hard and outpushes the owner's skid steers, especially digging into piles once you get used to the transmission's low end torque.
No, the transmission makes precision work a nightmare because managing the clutch friction point to avoid jerking while loading is very difficult compared to a skid steer.
It had DEF issues that stopped it from running, and it leaks and sometimes dumps hydraulic oil, with one incident losing 15 gallons and damaging pavement.
The owner reports a six-month wait to get the hydraulic leak fixed, during which the tractor continued dumping oil.
