Kubota or John Deer

[TuckR]

I recently went through this. Kubota was a little cheaper because of some incentives. Financing was MUCH better through Kubota. But ultimately it came down to dealership service, my local Kubota guys took good care of me though the decision process and they have a good reputation for after-the-sale service.

 

[Rdrcr]

I'm pretty sure it's going to be very hard to find a new Branson pretty soon...

A Bad Boy tractor then.

Mike

 

[Thomas]

Great replies been given,also set in tractor seat see if comfortable to operate.

 

[Rdrcr]

I don't know about that,The JD 3033R and the L3560 HST are around the same price at $29 to $30,000.00 depending on what you get on them. I could go that high if I could get what I want. I'm just looking around now and hopefully something used will pop up.

It's been a little while since I last priced an Kubota L3560 HST (Great tractor BTW) but, man, I was sure it was north of $35K with a loader....

If you're still only looking at JD & Kubota. Another good statistic to compare is tractor weight. JD's are typically a little lighter which may benefit or hurt your intended uses.

Mike

 

[5030]

I have a Yanmar the dealer is 120 miles away and
the only other dealer within 25 miles is John Deere
So I will gladly go the 120 miles.
Yanmar has been making tractors since 1912. Also
the only Manufacture with a 10 year warranty!

willy

I will say that in the last 10 Kubota's I've owned, I've never had any warranty claims or issues so for me at least a warranty is moot. Kubota built quality tractors. Not sure about the new ones, just the 'vintage' ones. having said that, the new Kubota round bailer I bought last year has had some teething issues, teething issues to the point where the district rep has had to come to the farm to address them but the tractors have all been totally trouble free. Of course like all new equipment the bailer is 100% electronically controlled. Hard to get away from that today and getting worse. My dealer had a helluva time interfacing the new bailer with my older tractor.

Producer down the road runs 100% JD ag tractors and he cannot even change the fluids or filters on them. The filters have electronic sensors in them that monitor not only the life of the fluid but filter restriction and when it's time to renew, the units alert the dealer via the Green Star, not the owner. With JD you never really own a unit, you 'lease' it instead. Gotta use genuine JD filters and parts too. 250 grand plus for a tractor you cannot service is a crock of poop.

Why the 'right to repair' is a stinky mess actually.

 

[5030]

Great replies been given,also set in tractor seat see if comfortable to operate.

Preferably an air suspension swivel seat. I won't plant my butt in anything else and the seat has to be cloth or Cordura too. Kubota vinyl seats are murder on your butt on a hot day. Once you go air ride a spring suspension seat is like sitting on a rock.

 

[IndyIan]

I don't know I have ran a JD 3033 and that thing would do anything that I need one to do. A friend of mine has a 35 hp Kubota and that is a nice tractor too. I know I don't want a sub compact but I don't need a 75 hp machine either. The main thing I'm looking for is something with a loader that can pick up 12 to 1500 lbs. At 75 I have become much to lazy to load by hand my little trailer then have to unload it by hand. Yesterday I broke up and hauled 3 loads of concrete and it was on the third load that I decided a tractor, other than my old Power King was in my future.

I don't think even the biggest 3 series JD's will lift 1500lb to well, but will probably lift a full bucket of gravel good enough, with some 3 pt weight.

I went with the least hp in a bigger frame which isn't bad for dirt work, general mucking around stuff, wheelbarrowing dead cars around, lifting things. Not so good for running a round baler, and I wonder how it would do with a 7' snowblower since we are getting 1' snowfalls of dense snow this year.

Typically Kioti, Mahindra, Branson give you the lowest price/pound of tractor, and kubota and JD seem to cost the most/pound. But figure out what dealers are in your range, and then collect some specs and prices on the models you can get and see what you come up with as the "winner". Then take if for a test drive to see if its comfortable to you.

I would say its usually better to go bigger than you think, unless want to cut the grass with it, or get into some tight spots.

 

[mx842]

On the way to the Yanmar dealer I stopped in a kubuta store and kicked a few tires. I looked at a L3301 I think it was. Right away I knew that was what I wanted. They wanted right at $31,000. That was taxes and the other little charges that they all add on and a new spreader box too. If I financed it you could take the $1200.00 rebate and also they had a $300.00 rebate on the secong implement for a $1500.00 total rebate. That knocked it down to somewhere in the $29,000.00 range. I was almost ready to do the deal when I asked him about used tractors, he didn't have any but he said they had a L2501 in delaware that only had 52 hours on it with three years warranty left on it. He showed me a pic of it and it hardly looked used at all, all the paint was still left on the bucket. I thought about it for awhile when he said, I'll have it sent down here so that I could take a look. 25hp vs 33hp is a lot in some respects but in my case I don't think it will matter much. I'm going to look at it good when it gets to town and decide then.

 

[mx842]

I don't think even the biggest 3 series JD's will lift 1500lb to well, but will probably lift a full bucket of gravel good enough, with some 3 pt weight.

I went with the least hp in a bigger frame which isn't bad for dirt work, general mucking around stuff, wheelbarrowing dead cars around, lifting things. Not so good for running a round baler, and I wonder how it would do with a 7' snowblower since we are getting 1' snowfalls of dense snow this year.

Typically Kioti, Mahindra, Branson give you the lowest price/pound of tractor, and kubota and JD seem to cost the most/pound. But figure out what dealers are in your range, and then collect some specs and prices on the models you can get and see what you come up with as the "winner". Then take if for a test drive to see if its comfortable to you.

I would say its usually better to go bigger than you think, unless want to cut the grass with it, or get into some tight spots.

I don't want a grass cutter I got a Gravely ZTR for that but I may think about a bush hog later on. I could prolly keep that for a year or two then sell it and get almost that and then buy what I want. And I liked the no emissions thing thing too.

 

[azbinder]

When I was selling Kubota and New Holland compacts, customers would come in looking, not sure what that wanted or needed. I would always have them operate different tractors to get a feel for the sizes and features. Had a couple come in one Saturday. They operated both a "B" and an "L" series. She ran "L" first and then the "B". When they finished, I asked them which one? She pointed to the "L". I asked why and she said that she sat higher on the tractor and could see the bucket was easier. I delivered it that afternoon. Also had a "dirt pile"
for customers to try out loaders. Nothing like "hands on".