My Sugar Fix

Fourth-generation farmer, Clint Reynolds, farms sugarcane and cattle across 300 acres between Port Douglas and Daintree in North Queensland.

Running the farm day to day with the help of his wife and two children, Reynolds has diversified his operations and relies on his fleet of Kubota tractors to get the work done.

“We bought an M7-171 about four years ago, and that was the start of it. It ran so well, I sold all my other tractors and bought another M7-151,” he said.

Reynolds now owns a fleet of Kubota tractors and Kubota and Land Pride implements including the M7-171, M7-151, L5740 HDCA and M108 tractors to carry out a range of tasks on the farm including slashing, mowing and general farm use.

“My Kubota L5740 HDCA tractor is a beautiful little tractor. It’s so easy to drive and punches way above its weight. With the stall guard on it, it’s pretty much bulletproof.

“It fits into really tight spaces and handles narrow turns well thanks to the hydrostatic power steering. I’ll be using it to put up some cattle fencing around the farm – it’s nearly my favourite tractor,” Reynolds said.

“The M108 is a powerhouse. I mainly use it for slashing and general farm use, basically everything to do with farming. It’s a no-frills tractor but it does what it needs to do and does it well. It’s manoeuvrable and efficient.”

However, the M7-151 clearly stood out for Reynolds, with the farmer dubbing the workhorse a ‘master of efficiency’ as it saves him hours every day with its ability to load up to 9000kg.

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“The M7-151 is my everything tractor. I’ve had it working in Cairns for a road building job– they used it to get even compaction on the road. It really does the job. They tried other methods for a little while and then one day rang me up and said they need it back,” he said.

“I’ve got the premium models of the M7s and the touch-controlled K-monitor is amazing. It’s so easy to use and user-friendly. The GPS, too. Plug it in and away you go.

“The front-mounted three-point hitch on the M7-151 is awesome. There’s about 40 kilometres between farms and I can take two implements with me in one go.”

Reynolds said while the quality of Kubota tractors speaks for itself, Kubota as a company was impeccable with its service.

“Kubota Australia has the mindset they need to have something right before they get it out to customers,” he said.

“I once had an issue on my M7-151 and Kubota responded by sending five engineers out from Japan to fix it.

“They redesigned a whole new component to fix the problem and that component now features in the current model. You don’t get that with other tractor companies. If there’s a problem, they want to fix it.”

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