compact workhorse

The compact size of the M5-1 Series brings with it a lot of versatility and functionality.

Over the years, the Plummers have invested in five models of Kubota, so clearly there’s something about the brand that’s proving its worth to the Waikato-based business on New Zealand’s North Island.

In fact, Dayne Plummer and his son, Richmond, have a long-term relationship with Kubota tractors, dating back some 25 years to when they first purchased an orchard tractor for what was then a kiwifruit farm.

With a change of focus to dairy farming and their BioStart business (specialising in biological farming solutions), the addition of a 103 horsepower (77kW) M5-111 is certainly not the largest tractor in the yard, but it does, however, lend itself to a wide variety of jobs.

Since arriving, it has been used for everything from filling in for jobs traditionally done by the forklift and handling bales and silage (with a shear grab), to post ramming