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Read articles →This video explains the reasoning behind doing a 400-hour Kubota L3560 service in-house rather than returning to the dealership, covering what the service involves (hydraulic fluid for transmission and front axle, engine oil, four filters) and the owner's frank frustrations with dealer priorities around aesthetics versus functionality. It's more a narrated justification than a how-to demonstration, best suited to owners weighing the same DIY-versus-dealer decision.
An owner-operator sharing personal experience after 14 months of use, with a clear bias toward self-reliance shaped by dissatisfaction with their purchasing dealership.
It includes the first hydraulic fluid change for the transmission and front axle, an engine oil change, and replacement of four filters: two transmission filters, one engine oil filter, and one fuel filter.
Up to 12 gallons of hydraulic oil and one to two gallons of engine oil are needed, and the owner notes the service can go wrong with spilled oil.
Based on a year of dealership experience, he found dealers treat equipment as functionality based, not aesthetic, and wanted to understand his machine and know the service was done correctly.
