Kubota SVL110-3: The Largest Compact Track Loader Kubota Has Ever Built

Kubota just built the biggest compact track loader it has ever put a dash on. The SVL110-3 debuted at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2026 and started reaching dealers this spring, and it isn't a trim-level refresh with a new decal package — it's Kubota finally answering the high-flow, big-frame question that Bobcat, CAT, and John Deere have been fighting over for years. If you've been running a Kubota SVL97-3 until the aux hydraulics couldn't keep up with your attachment lineup, this is the machine Kubota built for you.

Kubota's First True High-Flow Big-Frame CTL

The specs Kubota is publishing on the SVL110-3 are real, and they're a genuine step up, not a marketing rounding error. The machine runs 112.7 gross horsepower and 279.8 lb-ft of torque, pushes 45 gallons per minute of auxiliary hydraulic flow to the quick-attach plate, and carries a 3,700-pound rated operating capacity. Travel speeds land at 5.5 mph in low range and 8.4 mph in high range, and the whole package measures out at 123.7 x 77.2 x 83.1 inches — a footprint Kubota deliberately kept close to the outgoing model. Kubota is targeting dealer availability now that the machine has cleared its spring 2026 launch window.

From the SVL97-3 to the SVL110-3: What Actually Changed

Here's the comparison Kubota isn't spelling out as plainly as it should, and the one that actually matters if you're deciding whether to trade up. The outgoing SVL97-3 runs a 96.4-horsepower Kubota diesel and tops out at 40 gallons per minute of auxiliary flow. The SVL110-3 adds roughly 16 more horsepower — about a 17% jump — and 5 more gallons per minute of hydraulic flow, while Kubota held the travel speed and the compact footprint essentially flat against its predecessor. That's the honest read: this isn't a bigger machine to wrestle around a tight lot, it's the same footprint pushing meaningfully more oil and more engine power to whatever you've bolted on the front.

On paper a 17% horsepower bump and a 12.5% flow increase don't sound dramatic. On a jobsite they're the difference between a cold planer that bogs at the edge of a cut and one that holds depth all the way through, or a mulching head that chews through hardwood at a walking pace instead of stalling every time it hits a knot. High-flow attachments are gated by GPM, not by operator skill — give them more oil and they simply do more work per hour, which is the entire economic case for stepping up a frame class instead of running your current machine harder.

APS: Kubota's Answer to Anti-Stall

The spec sheet is only half the story. The SVL110-3 ships with Kubota's Auxiliary Performance System (APS), which the company describes as intelligently maintaining optimal engine RPM while dynamically distributing hydraulic power between travel and attachment functions. In plain terms: instead of a fixed engine-speed-to-flow relationship that chokes the moment attachment load spikes, APS is constantly shifting power between propulsion and the aux circuit so the attachment doesn't stall out mid-cut. That matters most on the attachments that live and die by consistent flow — cold planers, stump grinders, and mulching heads — where every stall is a re-start, and every re-start is time you're not billing.

Kubota rounded out the operator side too: a one-piece premium cab with a high-back seat, an LCD screen that tracks oil and coolant temperature in real time, a tool-free swing-out radiator for faster daily cleanout, and compatibility with more than 40 Kubota-engineered attachments. None of that replaces horsepower and flow as the headline story, but it's the difference between a machine an operator tolerates for a ten-hour day and one they actually want to run.

Kubota also kept the undercarriage conversation simple, which matters more than it sounds. Jumping a frame class often means a heavier undercarriage that eats into ground clearance or turns maintenance into a bigger job. By holding the SVL110-3's footprint close to the SVL97-3, Kubota kept the same service routines your techs already know — track tensioning, roller wear points, and daily walkaround checks don't change just because the engine bay got more powerful. For a contractor running a mixed fleet, that's real value: your maintenance crew doesn't need a second training session just because you added a bigger loader to the yard.

Who This Machine Is Actually Built For

The SVL110-3 sits in a specific gap: above the mid-frame class that includes machines like Kubota's own SVL75-3, and below full-size wheel loaders. That's exactly where contractors who've outgrown a 75-90 horsepower loader but don't want to jump to a wheel loader's turning radius and transport weight tend to land. Concretely, that means site development and utility contractors running trenchers and cold planers that need sustained high flow, land-clearing and forestry mulching operators who've been stalling out on smaller CTLs, and demolition subcontractors pushing and grappling debris where extra breakout torque shortens every cycle. It also plays well for material handlers on tight urban infill sites where a full-size wheel loader simply won't fit between the curb cuts, but the volume of work justifies more machine than a 75-horsepower loader can deliver.

There's a productivity argument here too that's easy to undersell. A high-flow attachment running at 40 GPM versus 45 GPM isn't a small difference when it's compounded across an eight- or ten-hour shift — more flow means faster cycle times on a grapple, a faster feed rate on a mulching head, and less time spent waiting for hydraulic pressure to rebuild between passes. Multiply a few extra passes per hour across a multi-week clearing or milling job and the SVL110-3's flow advantage over the outgoing SVL97-3 stops being a spec-sheet curiosity and starts showing up directly in how many billable hours a crew can turn in a week.

Renting This Class of Machine Is a Losing Bet

A big-frame, high-flow CTL like the SVL110-3 is exactly the equipment class where rental math punishes you the hardest. High-flow attachment rental days aren't cheap, and every one of those dollars is gone the moment the machine goes back on the trailer — no equity, no resale value, nothing to show for it beyond the work that got done that week. If your crew is running a rented big-frame loader more than a handful of times a season, you're already paying enough in rental fees to be building equity in your own machine instead.

This is where BFC works differently than a traditional lender. We don't just write the note and disappear for five-plus years while you wait to qualify for the next piece of equipment. We structure financing so the SVL110-3 starts earning from day one, and we can help you finance your next machine — a second loader, an attachment package, whatever the next job calls for — while this one is still on the books. That's the difference between a lender and a growth partner: one just processes a loan application, the other actually wants your fleet to keep expanding.

Financing the SVL110-3

We finance the SVL110-3 new or used, and we structure deposits around your credit profile rather than a one-size number — that can mean $0 down for contractors with excellent credit, scaling up toward the 20-40% range for newer or credit-challenged businesses. We also finance the attachment package alongside the machine itself, since a big-frame CTL without the right cold planer or mulching head attached is just an expensive paperweight. And once it's on your lot, GPS telematics is worth building into your insurance and financing conversation from day one — a machine this size is a target, and recovery data matters to both your insurer and your loan terms. If your territory has a real winter, the SVL110-3 can also carry a pusher blade so the machine keeps earning instead of sitting idle — see our breakdown on financing a snow removal attachment for how that math actually works.

Kubota's compact-equipment dealer network is one of the deepest in the industry, which is worth factoring into a financing decision on a machine this new — parts availability and warranty support on a first-model-year machine matter as much as the spec sheet. That's part of why we underwrite Kubota compact equipment the way we do: dealer support reduces downtime risk, and downtime risk is exactly what we price into a financing structure that actually protects your cash flow instead of just checking a box on a credit application.

Bottom Line

Kubota didn't reinvent the compact track loader with the SVL110-3 — it built the machine its own lineup was missing: a genuinely high-flow, big-frame CTL that keeps the SVL97-3's compact footprint while giving contractors the horsepower and hydraulic capacity that production attachments actually demand. If you've been renting a competitor's big-frame loader every time a job calls for one, that's the strongest signal you're ready to own this class of machine instead.

Ready to Put This to Work?

Every machine in this piece is financeable through BFC — and we structure the deal so this equipment starts paying for itself instead of sitting on a rental invoice. Head back to our home page to see how we work, or go straight to the equipment financing application if you already know what you need.

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