Kubota Top Link = $183.32!

[npaden]

Okay, my tractor is missing the top link. I can buy a generic top link for $25 either on ebay or at the tractorsupply type places.

I thought it would be nice to have a gray top link to match everything and just checked online for a Kubota top link (Part no 35080-71100) and it is $183.32!

Why would it be so expensive? I guess a generic top link and a can of Kubota gray spray paint is on the horizon for me.

Would there be any reason to pay over 7 times the price for a Kubota top link?

Thanks, Nathan

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

i don't quite understand this. There was a thread in the Deere forum about two weeks ago about theirs being over $400. I just don't understand. We sell a Case IH replacment link for $17.

 

[npaden]

I've seen old used John Deere toplinks go for $200+ on ebay. I always just thought that was because the green lovers were suckers. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I really would like to use the genuine Kubota toplink but just can't justify that price. There is no reason it should cost that much. You can buy a hydraulic toplink with the pilot check valve for only $185 from one of the board sponsors. I would do that and pay the $600 for the kubota remote before I bought the kubota toplink for $183. Of course then I would want 2 remotes and a tilt cylinder and I would be $1,500 into it instead of $183.32.

I think a can of spray paint is going to be the best option.

 

[Youare]

I took off my original equipment top link and put on a blue one because it was a little bigger. Would be glad to sell the grey colored one.

I think there is three weeks use on the original one.

Randy

 

[Kiohio]

It doesn't make any sense but most all manufacturers are like that.

Never figured the originals were that much better than the cheaper ones.

KO

 

[Bedlam]

Im not sure why the prices are so far off. Here in this part of NH we had a Ford/kubota dealer who had reasonable price.Then they were "bought" out. Now when I go there I get to walk over nice carpet, and all but a chandelier hanging in the showroom. The parts are now jacked up. Its all about overhead.
They cater to a different type of person now.I was going to trade mine in, and they talked, and were supposed to get back to me. A few emails and calls to them and no reply.Guess they dont need my business anymore. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Fine with me, there another older place down the street to go to.
Al

 

[MarkV]

I don’t think I could pay that for a top link. When mine gave up I bought one from TSC for something around $20. I did have to hit one end with a grinder to narrow it down enough to fit on the tractor end, no big deal. Actually I like it better than the original because the treaded section is larger and easier to turn.

MarkV

 

[Av8r3400]

After I bent the OEM top link on my BX and found the replacement was over $70, I too bought a "generic" $20 top link from the big-box.

The only down side is that the replacement would not fit into the nice hanger on the back. Oh, well...

 

[RobJ]

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I think a can of spray paint is going to be the best option. )</font>

Correct, but then a 12oz spray can of Kubota gray only cost $12.50 last time I bought it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[curt1]

My OEM top link is sitting in the basement collecting dust. I needed a longer top link for the brush cutter, so I bought one from Tractor Supply for around $30. I like it a lot better than the factory top link. Larger threads, so it turns easier. And looks like it is built a good deal heavier than OEM.

Curt

 

[kingoflawns]

I neglected to include the top link when i traded in my tractor last october, now im REALLY glad i held onto it! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[DannyD]

Get the least expensive one and who cares what color it is. A nice <font color="orange"> BRIGHT </font> color might just look good on it..............and you might not forget it somewhere

 

[Sully2]

LOL...ROTFLMAO!! I see im not the only one to scream when I priced a new toplink for my B3030. I had bent the rod end shank ( I know..I know...lol). I call and the guy tells me $212 and it cant be removed..??...to replace the rod end..( LMAO) I told him..Yeah..RIGHT!! ( some dude in Japan put it together..Im ****** sure I can get it apart!!) I didnt even have to do that. Took it to my farm buddy an he straightened the threaded end for me..and it works fine.

! bought a spare "Hong Kongs Best" for $19.95 and its every bit as good..

Seems liek a lot of tracter guys have MANY toplinks..? Adjust for a particular impliment and then leave it WITH that impliment..so the more impliments..the more toplinks...BUT...after the first time...no time spent in adjusting any of them. I plan to pick up another from TSC ( looks like the same identical spare I already have) jjust to have around

 

[Sully2]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( i don't quite understand this. There was a thread in the Deere forum about two weeks ago about theirs being over $400. I just don't understand. We sell a Case IH replacment link for $17.
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Its called "recto cranial inversion"!!... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

At my local TSC...I can buy a toplink...COMPLETE...to fit my B3030...for right at $20. Now...a PAIR of rod ends..ALONE...costs $32.. ( 16 each...) DUhhhh???

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

If anyone has a BX and is looking for replacement top link this thread will help. The top link for a BX is $115.44 from Kubota. The one below was $20 and works as good or better then the $115 version!

web page

 

[npaden]

Well a nice guy on the site is selling me his toplink for $40 including shipping. He said he switched his out for a larger one years ago and it has been just sitting collecting dust for several years now.

At least I'm not paying too much of a premium for it being gray that way. I kind of like the idea of having a toplink set for different pieces of equipment though.

I still don't understand why the OEM toplinks are so much more expensive. Most of the other parts don't seem that far out of line but I guess maybe they are.