coobie
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- Sep 19, 2004
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- S.Michigan
- Tractor
- Kubota RTV 1100c, JD 740,Kioti DK 40 with KL401 loader .
Mr5030. Those M9000's are decent little tractors. Neither one of yours would be considered high hours, obviously.
I have a DK90 that has about 2000hrs and I would say it finally feels broken in. I've operated an m9000 and liked it. It's no better than my Kioti, I can assure you.
Every now and then a product comes along that is a bargain for what it is. In 2013, Kioti was that product for me. I saw no obvious difference in quality between my DK90 and an M108S at the time. So I saved 30 grand and bought the Kioti. The Kubota had more power, but had a weird power curve, so it doesn't feel like quite the discrepancy you might imagine. If my Perkins was tuned to 100hp like some of these particular motors are it would be all of that m108 and then some, I believe (a guess). My DK is within a few hundred pounds of that Kubota (which, as usual is light for its size), and very close to the same torque with a flatter power curve.
So I bought it and couldn't be more pleased with it, so far. It only has 2000 hrs. At 4000 I'll know more..
Kubota, like Kioti is barely considered a viable tractor brand in these parts up until recent years when a few have started showing up..
Good post..