Expected parts availability

msjanket · Feb 12, 2012

I'm looking at a nice B6200 now, it's an '84 with 800 hours. What are the anticipated guesstimates as to how long these tractors will be supported by Kubota on parts?

RickB · Feb 12, 2012

There probably isn't an accurate answer available for your question. But I will predict that you will have better parts availability going forward owning a tractor that is supported by the same company that manufactured it than if you owned a tractor that was built by a different company than the decals the tractor carries.
In other words, you are better off with a Kubota than an older Deere built by Yanmar or a Ford built by Shibaura; that type of thing.

MHarryE · Feb 12, 2012

It will depend on how many tractors were sold and how the parts move. For example if Kubota finds that they haven't moved any parts for say 3 years, or maybe sold only 3 parts in 5 years, they may no longer supply the part. They may, howver, run into other issues. Kubota doesn't make all the parts going into their tractors - they are dependent on outside suppliers. Those suppliers go out of business, get bought up, etc. Therein lies a major problem - how to supply parts when you do not own the design and have no control over your source. I have a 1929 Case CC sitting at the end of my driveway that I would love to having running again but apparently the person who owned the farm from where I salvaged it made some bucks by selling parts.