SOURCE: Equipment World | December 16, 202
Kubota rolled out its next-generation 1.7-metric-ton U17-5 mini excavator at World of Concrete 2025, with new standard features, retractable tracks and zero tail swing.
The U17-5 is made for working in tight spaces with zero tail swing. The tracks can also be hydraulically narrowed to 39.4 inches for fitting through gates and other confined areas and expanded to 51.2 inches – 2.4 inches wider than the previous model – when extra stability is needed for heavy-duty attachments. The dozer blade can also be retracted and expanded with the tracks.
The U17-5 is the latest in Kubota’s U Series lineup of its smallest excavators to move up to the Dash 5 improvements. Its larger compact excavators under the KX Series have also been getting fifth-generation improvements. The Dash 5 machines can be distinguished by their new color scheme of two-tone orange and black.
New for the U17-5 is a larger cab interior with a lower noise level and semi-suspension seat. A new thumb mount comes pre-welded at the factory for easily adding a hydraulic thumb attachment.
Kubota U17-5 Mini Excavator Specs
- Operating weight: 3,902 lbs.
- Engine: 16.1-gross-hp Kubota diesel engine
- Dig depth: 7’ 6.2”
- Dump height: 8’ 1.2”
- Bucket breakout force: 3,547 lbs.
- Auxiliary hydraulic flow rate: 7.3 gpm
- Max travel speed: 2.7 mph
- Ground pressure: 4 psi
New things for this U17 dash five are going to be standard from the factory, a thumb mount. So these are welded on at the factory with our machines, allows us to mount a thumb in operation with a bucket for those landscapers and hardscapers, utility line work. We’ve also got standard from the factory the diverter valve. This allows us to plumb in our thumb, as well as an auxiliary hydraulic attachment out front.
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