Kubota has equipped its new SVL97-3 compact track loader with Intell Attach, a new smart attachment system from Land Pride.
Intell Attach, uses a Bluetooth receiver tag to allow the CTL to intelligently recognize a Kubota by Land Pride attachment. The tag is placed on the attachment and communicates with the receiver in the machine.
Once the tag is programmed, the receiver is able to recognize the attachment and its capabilities to optimize power delivered to the tool. The receiver prohibits high flow when the CTL is equipped with a standard flow attachment, which helps inexperienced operators ensure they are correctly setting the flow.
“You get people that don’t know how to adjust the controls, so it automatically does it for you,” said Michael Butler, CE Product Manager at Land Pride, noting the flow can be reduced, but not increased above the preset.
The smart tags also help prevent damage for equipment owners.
“If you’re a rental house owner, you don’t have to worry about blowing seals out of motors or anything like that,” Butler said. “We can protect the power unit, and we also can protect our attachment.”
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Intell Attach is managed using the myKubota app. Before use, the owner enters the serial number of an attachment equipped with a tag into the app. After pairing, the machine then knows the requirements of the attachment.
The Intell Attach system is only compatible with the Kubota/Land Pride attachments. Compatible tools currently include the HB hopper broom, AB angle broom, SC series skid cutters, SSG25 stump grinder, SR27 powered rake, BR510/560 breaker, SRT62/76 skid tiller, SBL snow blower and CP cold planer.
The Intell Attach system is currently only available on the 96.4 hp SVL97-3 CTL.
“We’re working on updating prior units, we’re just not there yet,” Butler said.
