Dossier
Kubota
Coverage of Kubota in the Nexus archive.
- Farmer veteran in Berne receives new equipment from Kubota, Farmer Veteran Coalition
A U.S. Navy veteran and farmer in Berne, N.Y., received a new Kubota SVL65-2 compact track loader from Kubota and the Farmer Veteran Coalition. Justin Butts was one of five farmer veterans nationwide to get new farming equipment.
- Mining dirt cheap with dead forklift batteries and busted solar panels
An individual built a low-cost solar and battery system using discarded forklift batteries, broken solar panels, and UPS batteries, achieving a 4–5kW solar setup and 1500Ah battery bank. Despite a makeshift design and initial failures, the system powers a camper and mining operations, later evolving into a business called ING Mining.