MHarryE
Elite Member
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2009
- Messages
- 2,947
- Location
- Northeastern Minnesota
- Tractor
- Kubota M7-171, M5-111, SVL75-2, RTV900XT & GR2120; CaseIH 1680 combine
Any contact with dealer today? Don't expect instant help from any other brand. Often a really good dealer will have a used tractor available for you to use if its time critical. I've even okayed renting competitor in order to keep someone going depending on circumstances. Don't count on Kubota to be a lot better. I blew a special hose on my M7-171, end fittings not available in USA, and was down 18 days during the middle of haying season. No offer for a fill-in. Totally unlike my car dealer who has a fleet of loaners rent free. Longest time I had a loaner from them was 10 days - and the problem was my fault. But one year while negotiating a tractor purchase, I asked my dealer why I saw a used tractor in their inventory I had seen there the previous spring. They told me it spent the entire previous season being loaned out to customer's whose tractors needed major repairs. If you rented from another dealer to get your work done, it might be something to try negotiating.