Here's the story. I bought a 2013 Kubota M9960 with 870 hours (4x4, open station, 12x12 with wet clutch, grapple installed) for $32K plus shipping. Upon receipt I hooked it up to a batwing and it was unable to run it. I purchased out of state, so the out of state dealer arranged for it to be looked at. Local dealer checked it out and 3 out of 4 injectors failed but the engine compression checked at factory specs. The selling dealer decided to replace all 4 injectors, total cost came out to about $5,300. They initially said they would take care of it, but then when they received the bill the salesman said the cost was so high that he was going to lose money out of pocket and that they needed us to cover part so it would be a break even for them (IE- $2,300). The other option was he would refund the money and ship the tractor back.
The other tractor I was looking at was 2012 Case Farmall 105U with 1,650 hours on it. As it turns out, this tractor is still available, it's 4x4, 12x12 (appears to be a dry clutch), open station, loader with out grapple, and looks pretty clean. They let me call the prior owner, he told me he sold it to them for $26K, they said they put $2,500 of work into it for minor things, and they have it listed for $35,500. The 105U is quite a bit larger than the M9960, and as far as I can tell it does not have a DPF filter and probably uses the pre-emissions injectors (which from my limited knowledge they seem to be a little bit more tolerant to something in the diesel).
If we were to pay the difference for the Kubota, that puts the total cost around $34,300, or if we pivot to the 105U the total cost (adding a grapple) would end up around $37K. It's possible I might be able to convince them to throw in the 3rd function install at the $35,500 price, if so it would be $1,200 more (not counting buying a grapple bucket) for the 105U and it has about twice the hours.
Would you all go the Kubota route now that it has been thoroughly checked over or the Case route? I like the idea of the bigger body tractor, but the main thing I'm after is the HP to pull the batwing and the 4x4 for the slopes and loader work.
The other tractor I was looking at was 2012 Case Farmall 105U with 1,650 hours on it. As it turns out, this tractor is still available, it's 4x4, 12x12 (appears to be a dry clutch), open station, loader with out grapple, and looks pretty clean. They let me call the prior owner, he told me he sold it to them for $26K, they said they put $2,500 of work into it for minor things, and they have it listed for $35,500. The 105U is quite a bit larger than the M9960, and as far as I can tell it does not have a DPF filter and probably uses the pre-emissions injectors (which from my limited knowledge they seem to be a little bit more tolerant to something in the diesel).
If we were to pay the difference for the Kubota, that puts the total cost around $34,300, or if we pivot to the 105U the total cost (adding a grapple) would end up around $37K. It's possible I might be able to convince them to throw in the 3rd function install at the $35,500 price, if so it would be $1,200 more (not counting buying a grapple bucket) for the 105U and it has about twice the hours.
Would you all go the Kubota route now that it has been thoroughly checked over or the Case route? I like the idea of the bigger body tractor, but the main thing I'm after is the HP to pull the batwing and the 4x4 for the slopes and loader work.
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