Investment in innovation: Kubota’s 5-series range

Kubota’s -5 series range, comprising of the KX060-5, U56-5, U50-5, K008-5 and U10-5, has been especially designed to meet customer feedback and align with the demands of the industry.

The three 5-tonne machines, KX060-5, U56-5 and U50-5, ensures Kubota customers continue to have the choice of either a reduced tail swing or a conventional excavator. Each machine has been especially designed with the operator in mind, starting with a larger cabin, enhanced insulation, improved visibility, and a multitude of new comfort features. The exterior of the machines has also been redesigned, to give each a thoroughly modern look.

The KX060-5 is Kubota’s largest machine in the 5-tonne family and is ideally suited to heavier attachments due to the off-set of the conventional tail swing weight. The U56-5 has a powerful engine and boasts the largest reduced tail swing machine in the range, while the U50-5 has been designed as an entry-level machine built for the hire market. 

In addition, Kubota continues to enhance the performance and operational benefits of its micro excavator offering with the K008-5 and U10-5.  

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Replacing the popular K008-3, U10-3 and U10-3SL models, the Kubota K008-5 and U10-5 machines allow users to bring increased power, provided by efficient Kubota-designed Stage V engines, to more places than ever before. With track widths adjustable to as little as 0.7m (K008-5) and 0.75m (zero tail swing U10-5), the new excavators bring their superb all-round vision and high power-to-weight ratio to the most difficult to reach environments with low ground impact.

Kubota’s focus on design excellence across its construction offering has been recognised at the highest level. In 2021, Kubota’s  U50-5, U56-5 and KX060-5 machines won a globally renowned award for product design excellence. The Red Dot Awards celebrate genuine innovation across a multitude of sectors, with a coveted ‘Red Dot’ now an internationally recognised quality mark of design excellence.