TresCrows
Elite Member
Y'all may have noticed I like the BX. You may have at one time visited the "other" site populated by the "my JD garden tractor is better than your Murray" and "everything older is better" crowds and thus noticed that forum is highly anti-Kubota. Recently a thread concerning the BX and the new JD stuff had a post from a Mike of country@yahoo that was titled "Beware the Orange" under the string "New Deere Models". This post tries to convince folks that there is something (unspecified) wrong with the BX and that it is not built with "old" Kubota quality and that new Kubota tractors are priced cheap because they are more cheaply built than the JD stuff--ie--lower quality. That JD tractors cost more not just because of the lovely green color but that they are somehow superior as a result of their high prices.
To anyone considering a Kubota BX or any Kubota for that matter you may consider that post as an attempt to justify another's purchase decision by creating a nonexistent problem with the BX. Yes, there is the little stuff, the sticky pedal, the tight on large implements cat 1, the rattling hood at idle and etc but there are no serious or meaningful engine, transmission, hydraulic, frame/chassis problems that would lead anyone to think that the BX is cheaply built or likely to wear out sooner than any other small Kubota tractor. Unlike companies, JD included, which buy brand names and rebadge and then sell or even worse purchase a brandname and sell a cheap substitute (examples--such as MTD with Cub Cadet lawn tractors--AMF with Harley motorcylces etc) counting on brand loyality to make a quick profit, Kubota builds--Kubotas--and that says alot. J
To anyone considering a Kubota BX or any Kubota for that matter you may consider that post as an attempt to justify another's purchase decision by creating a nonexistent problem with the BX. Yes, there is the little stuff, the sticky pedal, the tight on large implements cat 1, the rattling hood at idle and etc but there are no serious or meaningful engine, transmission, hydraulic, frame/chassis problems that would lead anyone to think that the BX is cheaply built or likely to wear out sooner than any other small Kubota tractor. Unlike companies, JD included, which buy brand names and rebadge and then sell or even worse purchase a brandname and sell a cheap substitute (examples--such as MTD with Cub Cadet lawn tractors--AMF with Harley motorcylces etc) counting on brand loyality to make a quick profit, Kubota builds--Kubotas--and that says alot. J
