Kubota SVL110-3 vs. John Deere 333G: Compact Track Loader Horsepower Race

Big-frame, high-flow compact track loaders are having a moment, and two machines now sit at the top of that fight: Kubota's newly launched SVL110-3, and John Deere's established 333G. Both are 100-plus-horsepower, 3,700-pound-rated CTLs built for contractors who've outgrown a mid-frame loader but don't want a wheel loader's turning radius. We pulled the actual spec sheets for both machines — not marketing rounding — to give you the honest comparison.

The Numbers, Side by Side

Kubota's SVL110-3 runs 112.7 gross horsepower (101.3 net) from a 3,769 cc turbocharged four-cylinder, pushes 45 gallons per minute of auxiliary hydraulic flow at 3,553 psi, and carries a 3,700-lb. rated operating capacity at 35% tipping load (5,286 lbs. at 50%), with a 10,571-lb. maximum tipping load and 7,650 lbf of bucket breakout force. It weighs 12,322 lbs. operating, measures 123.7 in. long without a bucket, and tops out at 8.4 mph in high range.

John Deere's 333G runs 100 gross horsepower (96.6 net), offers 25 gpm of standard auxiliary flow or 41.1 gpm with the high-flow option, and lands at the same 3,700-lb. rated operating capacity at 35% tipping load (5,285 lbs. at 50%) with a 10,570-lb. tipping load — essentially identical lifting numbers to the Kubota. It weighs 12,100 lbs. with standard tracks and tops out at 7.8 mph in high range.

• Rated operating capacity: dead even at 3,700 lbs. (35% tip) for both machines

• Horsepower: Kubota 112.7 hp gross vs. Deere 100 hp gross — Kubota +12.7 hp, about 13% more

• High-flow auxiliary hydraulics: Kubota 45 gpm vs. Deere 41.1 gpm — Kubota +3.9 gpm, about 9.5% more

• Operating weight: Kubota 12,322 lbs. vs. Deere 12,100 lbs. — Kubota about 220 lbs. heavier

• Top travel speed: Kubota 8.4 mph vs. Deere 7.8 mph in high range

Horsepower and Hydraulics: Where Kubota Pulls Ahead

On paper, Kubota's advantage is real but not enormous — roughly 13% more horsepower and about 9.5% more high-flow hydraulic capacity. On a jobsite running production attachments like cold planers, mulching heads, or rock saws, that gap compounds: more flow means faster attachment cycle times, and more horsepower means the engine holds RPM under load instead of bogging when the attachment hits resistance. It's the same logic we walked through in our SVL110-3 spotlight — Kubota paired that extra flow with its Auxiliary Performance System (APS), which dynamically shifts hydraulic power between travel and attachment functions to avoid stalling under a load spike. Deere's 333G doesn't ship an equivalent anti-stall system as standard; its high-flow package is a straightforward flow increase without the same load-sensing intelligence layered on top.

Lifting Capacity Is a Genuine Dead Heat

This is the part of the comparison that surprises people: despite Kubota's power and flow advantage, the two machines carry essentially identical lifting numbers. Both land at exactly 3,700 lbs. of rated operating capacity at 35% tipping load, both hit right around 5,285-5,286 lbs. at 50% tip, and both carry a maximum tipping load within a single pound of each other — 10,571 for the Kubota, 10,570 for the Deere. If your buying decision is purely about how much pallet or material you can lift and carry, these two machines are functionally interchangeable. The real differentiator is what happens when you bolt on a hydraulic-hungry attachment instead of a bucket or forks.

SmartGrade vs. APS: Two Different Bets on Intelligent Hydraulics

Where Deere pulls ahead is a feature Kubota doesn't currently offer on the SVL110-3 at all: SmartGrade is available as a factory option on the 333G, bringing 3D grade-control guidance to a compact track loader — a capability that's historically lived on dozers and excavators, not skid-steer-class machines. For a contractor doing fine-grade work, site prep, or finish grading who doesn't want to mobilize a dozer for a job a CTL could otherwise handle, that's a real differentiator no spec-sheet horsepower number captures. Layer in standard JDLink telematics across the Deere lineup — the same connected-fleet approach Deere brought to its MY27 6R and 6M tractor overhaul — and the 333G's case isn't about raw power, it's about a broader technology ecosystem tying grading precision, remote diagnostics, and fleet data together across your whole Deere lineup.

Undercarriage, Serviceability, and the Numbers That Don't Make the Brochure

Kubota held the SVL110-3's footprint close to the outgoing SVL97-3 specifically to keep the same undercarriage 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. That's a real advantage for a shop that's standardized on Kubota compact equipment and doesn't want a second set of maintenance procedures for a bigger machine. Deere's 333G, meanwhile, benefits from being a known quantity — it's been in the field long enough that used-market pricing, parts availability, and resale patterns are well established, where the SVL110-3 is still a first-model-year machine without that track record yet.

Dealer network density is worth weighing here too, and it varies by region more than either manufacturer's marketing suggests. Kubota's compact-equipment dealer network has expanded aggressively over the past several years specifically to support machines like the SVL110-3, but Deere's construction equipment dealer network remains one of the deepest in North America, particularly in markets where Deere's agricultural dealer footprint doubles as construction equipment support. Before committing to either machine, it's worth calling your nearest dealer of each brand and asking a blunt question: how many hours out is the nearest stocked parts counter, and what's the average wait on a warranty repair right now. That answer matters more to your uptime than a horsepower number on a spec sheet.

Attachment Compatibility: A Real Consideration, Not a Footnote

Kubota advertises compatibility with more than 40 Kubota-engineered attachments for the SVL110-3, and both brands' universal quick-attach plates mean most third-party attachments — mulching heads, brooms, cold planers, augers — will physically mount to either machine regardless of brand. Where it actually matters is hydraulic flow matching: an attachment rated for 40+ gpm will perform closer to its rated output on the Kubota's 45 gpm circuit than on the Deere's 41.1 gpm high-flow option, a real but modest difference. If you already own a stable of high-flow attachments purchased for a specific flow rating, do the math against both machines' actual gpm numbers before assuming either one will feed your existing attachment fleet identically.

Which Contractors Should Buy Which

If your work leans on high-flow attachments — forestry mulching, cold planing, trenching, or rock sawing — the SVL110-3's extra flow and APS anti-stall system are worth the premium, especially for land-clearing and utility contractors running those tools daily. If your work is fine-grade site development, pad prep, or finish grading where SmartGrade's 3D guidance replaces a survey crew's stakeout, the 333G's grade-control option is the more valuable feature, particularly for site development contractors who already run Deere iron and want one connected fleet. And if your current mid-frame loader is a Kubota SVL75-3 that's maxed out, staying in the Kubota ecosystem for parts, service, and operator familiarity is a legitimate reason on its own to pick the SVL110-3 over switching brands.

There's a fourth buyer profile worth naming too: demolition and material handling subcontractors working tight urban infill sites, where either machine's compact footprint relative to a wheel loader matters more than the horsepower gap between them. For that buyer, the tie-breaker is often simpler than any spec on this page — whichever brand's local dealer offers better after-hours parts support, since urban demolition schedules rarely respect a Monday-through-Friday parts counter.

Renting Either of These Machines Long-Term Is the Wrong Call

Big-frame CTLs in this class carry some of the highest rental day rates in the compact equipment category, especially once you add a high-flow attachment surcharge on top. If your crew reaches for a rental big-frame loader more than a handful of times a season, you're already spending enough in rental fees to be building equity in either the SVL110-3 or the 333G instead. Every rental dollar is gone the moment the machine goes back on the trailer — no resale value, no equity, nothing carried forward to the next job.

This is exactly where BFC works differently than a traditional lender. We don't just write the loan and disappear for the next five-plus years while you wait to qualify for anything else. We're a growth partner — we can help finance your next machine, whether that's a second big-frame loader, the attachment package that makes either of these earn their keep, or a completely different piece of equipment your next contract calls for, while the one you buy today is still being paid down.

Total Cost of Ownership Isn't Just the Purchase Price

Neither manufacturer publishes list pricing publicly, and actual street pricing varies enough by region and dealer relationship that quoting a number here would be misleading. What we can say with confidence: a first-model-year machine like the SVL110-3 typically carries less price flexibility at launch than an established platform like the 333G, simply because dealers have less room to negotiate on a machine that's still selling on early-adopter demand. That can flip within a year or two once the SVL110-3 is a known quantity on dealer lots and used-market comparables start to exist. If you're not in a rush, waiting a model year can sometimes mean a better negotiating position — but if the machine is replacing a rental you're paying for every week right now, that wait has its own real cost.

Fuel burn is the other line item worth asking your dealer about directly rather than trusting either brand's marketing claims. More horsepower and more hydraulic flow, all else equal, tend to mean more fuel burn under sustained high-flow attachment work — the SVL110-3's power advantage over the 333G isn't free, it shows up somewhere, and for a contractor running either machine ten hours a day, five days a week, that difference compounds into a real annual fuel cost gap worth factoring into your total cost of ownership math alongside the financing payment itself.

Financing Either Machine

We finance both the Kubota SVL110-3 and the John Deere 333G, new or used, with deposit structures built around your credit profile rather than a flat number — that can mean $0 down for well-qualified, excellent-credit buyers and 20-40% for newer or credit-building businesses. If your territory sees real winter weather, either machine can carry a pusher blade to keep earning through the off-season — see our breakdown on financing a snow removal attachment for how that math works. And because a machine in this price class is a real target for theft, we build GPS telematics into the financing conversation from day one on either brand.

Bottom Line

This isn't a case where one machine is simply better — it's two legitimate approaches to the same problem. Kubota built more raw power and hydraulic flow into the SVL110-3 with a genuinely useful anti-stall system behind it; Deere built a broader connected-technology ecosystem around the 333G, anchored by a grade-control option no other CTL in this class currently offers. Match the machine to the work your crew actually runs, not the horsepower number on the spec sheet alone.

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