New Competition for Kubota's BX Line

[AStanton]

I happen to have a Mahindra Dealer close by. They just started carrying the Max Line of Mahindra Tractor. They advertise it as subcompact for the home owner. The Max 22 has 22 hp and can be equiped with a hoe. Watch out Kubota, they coming for your lunch!

 

[CHDinCT]

Yeah, been reading a few of the Mahindra Max threads down in the Mahindra section. From what I've read, size wise it's closer to a B than a BX, though slightly smaller. Sort of in between, though Mahindra is aiming it squarely at the BX/SCUT segment. Hope to see one in three dimensions at some point.

 

[TripleR]

There is a LONG thread on this elsewhere with a spirited discussion as to the validity of the SCUT label on the Max. It seems like there may be quite a few good options out there. I glanced at the JD 1026R yesterday when we dropped our 2305 at the shop AGAIN.

 

[magicheater]

I happen to have a Mahindra Dealer close by. They just started carrying the Max Line of Mahindra Tractor. They advertise it as subcompact for the home owner. The Max 22 has 22 hp and can be equiped with a hoe. Watch out Kubota, they coming for your lunch!

I seriously doubt that!

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I happen to have a Mahindra Dealer close by. They just started carrying the Max Line of Mahindra Tractor. They advertise it as subcompact for the home owner. The Max 22 has 22 hp and can be equiped with a hoe. Watch out Kubota, they coming for your lunch!

SURE THEY ARE.:laughing::laughing::laughing: Kubota has made them for years and another Company is just now starting to make them cheaper and going to be better? SURE THEY ARE.:laughing::laughing::laughing: I'll watch and see, stranger things have happened.
Course I own Kubotas and like them and could actually care less what Who? Mahindam is doing. Guess Kubota feels fairly good that they are the target to be aimed toward.

 

[LBrown59]

I happen to have a Mahindra Dealer close by. They just started carrying the Max Line of Mahindra Tractor.
1*They advertise it as subcompact for the home owner. The Max 22 has 22 hp and can be equiped with a hoe. 2*Watch out Kubota, they are coming for your lunch!

1*That's a false claim !
2*Not really.

Yeah, been reading a few of the Mahindra Max threads down in the Mahindra section. From what I've read,
3*size wise it's closer to a B than a BX, though slightly smaller.
4*Mahindra is aiming it squarely at the BX/SCUT segment.

3*That's is why Mahindra does not compare the MAX to the B Kubota JD and other compacts because they know they will loose in such comparrisons.
4*In order to confuse the issue by comparing apples to oranges.

5*There is a LONG thread on this elsewhere with a spirited discussion as to the validity of the SCUT label on the Max.

5*kobota bx25 vs mahindra max 25 - TractorByNet.com

6*I seriously doubt that!

6* So do I .

 

[BlacknTan]

I doubt if Kubota is losing any sleep...

 

[magicheater]

I doubt if Kubota is losing any sleep...

Or the other Red and Black one!, or Deere.......

 

[s219]

I think the Max is a pretty good tractor for the money, and any competitors in that price range should probably take notice. If anything, it may compete more with the Kubota B series than the BX. I sort of think Mahindra sized themselves out of the true sub-compact market in this case. Generally, people looking at a BX are doing it for the small size, not $$.

 

[rmilho]

yes...the small size/weight of my BX2360 is what i needed to NOT trench the yard when mowing but also have an FEL and rear implements. I would love to have a B for the clearancee, etc...however, the weight would tear up portions of my yard and i would still have to buy another mower...BX series has a market...and as previously mentioned, it wasn't a price issue for me (maybe it was, b/c i would have had to bought another mower).

 

[LD1]

Watch out Kubota, they coming for your lunch!

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

I seriously doubt that!

1*That's a false claim !
2*Not really.


3*That's is why Mahindra does not compare the MAX to the B Kubota JD and other compacts because they know they will loose in such comparrisons.
4*In order to confuse the issue by comparing apples to oranges.

5*kobota bx25 vs mahindra max 25 - TractorByNet.com

6* So do I .

I doubt if Kubota is losing any sleep...

Agreed to all.

And rmilho, you make a great point. Someone even considering the BX is doing so for its small size. Certainly not its "built in weight":laughing:

 

[Ductape]

Though I've only looked at them online...... it seems clear to me the MAX is a B sized machine. I think Mahindra makes a good product, but the marketing of the MAX as out-doing a BX seems odd.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Though I've only looked at them online...... it seems clear to me the MAX is a B sized machine. I think Mahindra makes a good product, but the marketing of the MAX as out-doing a BX seems odd.

Maybe they did it because they'd come up to short if they compared it to the comparable sized Kubota., the B. Now do a comparison of all of the advertised features of the two models.
It's a normal competative advertising gimmick to show your product beats the other companys product even though your not comparing the same equal product produced by the other company. Used to teach marketing and it's just part of marketing.
An informed buyer will do their research (so easy now with computers) comparing equal products and after filtering through the puffing and fluff see which one is really technically superior, Often times they are pretty close to equal which then brings it down to price and with tractors dealer support making the difference.
Me being a trader I look at resale as being very valuable which usually cuts out most of the newer brands that lack name recognition and very few dealers and those that are sold by car dealers over in their back corner.

 

[CORamos]

Maybe they did it because they'd come up to short if they compared it to the comparable sized Kubota., the B. Now do a comparison of all of the advertised features of the two models.
It's a normal competative advertising gimmick to show your product beats the other companys product even though your not comparing the same equal product produced by the other company. Used to teach marketing and it's just part of marketing.
QUOTE]

That's a good point. I poked around their website, and realized the BX and MAX are not in the same class.

I also poked around the JD site, looking at their 1026 with drive-over mowing deck. I went through all their videos comparing the 1026 to a BX. In one video, they point out how the 1026 is "wider and longer"... that's when it dawned on me that it may not be a fair comparison.

One of my criteria when I was shopping for a tractor was "the smallest tractor with a backhoe, that I can also use as a lawnmower". If I wanted something bigger, I would not have gotten a BX.

 

[OrangeRidge]

Here in Oz , the pricing of the 1026 with MMM is only USD600 less
than a B2320 with MMM , and USD3200 more than a BX2360 MMM.
They're not selling any of 'em at JD's over here . Only by giving a
free 7Iron deck , will it see sales imo . It's covered in plastic too !

 

[jeff9366]

The "classic" saying in marketing is that all successful products must say:
1. NEW and IMPROVED

===or===


2. 25 CENTS OFF