Hurdle After Hurdle: The Story of Yetter's Climb to Success

Apr 05, 2023

The late owner of Yetter Manufacturing, Pat Whalen, says it was a “natural progression,” the way that his grandfather first got the company off the ground and his grandparents were able to start the company in 1930 during the Great Depression.

“At the time, the tractors had steel wheels on them and they were prone to plug up with mud. Harry Yetter, my grandfather, came up with a device that would scrape the mud off,” Whalen says. “His neighbor saw it and it was one of those things that mushroomed from his farm to other farms.”

But that was just the very beginning for the family manufacturing business. Whalen recalls many other products that would be added into production over the coming years to help grow the company even more.

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Video: Kubota's Biggest, Most Powerful CTL Yet - The SVL110-3

The high-horsepower loader builds on Kubota’s SVL97-3 platform to tackle larger and more demanding land clearing, road construction, heavy dirt work and mulching jobs. It touts 112.7 horsepower, 45 gpm of high-flow auxiliary hydraulics and a 3,700-pound rated operating capacity.

In the video above from ConExpo 2026, Kubota Product Manager Anna Kitzerow covers the biggest upgrades and key specs for the company’s largest compact track loader.

Updates include:

A new Auxiliary Performance System designed to reduce and eliminate machine stalling and downtime when operating high-demand attachments.

New creep mode to help operators maintain a consistent speed based on the task at hand.

Automatic hydraulic and coolant heat management to help protect the engine from overheating.

A tool-less swing-out radiator for easier maintenance.

Redesigned hydraulic line routing for better protection in land clearing applications

An additional counterweight or available guarding package for increased lifting capacity.

Compact track loaders are the most popular construction equipment category by new financed sales in the U.S. More than 56,000 units were sold from May 2025 to April 2026, according to Fusable’s EDA equipment finance data, with Kubota maintaining its dominant lead with 27% of all units sold.