ZD 331 Kubota

BCNU · Feb 16, 2007

Has anyone priced one of the new ZD331 Kubota zero turn mowers? If so, what kind of price were you quoted? My local dealer has a customer appreciation day coming up and if I can make it I was going to see what kind of price he gives. I was hoping for a quote to compare it to.Thanks in advance for any info.

workinallthetime · Feb 17, 2007

i was told
zd-321 9800
zd326 10800
zd331 11800

he said the prices were the same as last year, which confused me considering the 300 series is new.

im buying the 321 in a month with a 60" deck, ive always heard bad things about 72" decks where the land was not flat and smooth

hope that helps

MessickFarmEqu · Feb 17, 2007

he might be eating his works later. The ZD321 and new 326S are about the same as last year. The ZD326 and ZD331 are a fair amount more.

BCNU · Feb 17, 2007

Neil, what kind of prices are you seeing the ZD331 to be? List on a John Deere 997 which is the same horsepower as the ZD331 list at $15800. so I figure the Kubota would be close to that. I guess im looking at what the out the door price would be on a ZD331. I know it varies from region to region but was hopeing for a general idea.

BleedGreen · Feb 18, 2007

BCNU,

The Deere 997 with 60" 7-Iron II deck should sell for $13,200.00 - Neil should be able to help you with the pricing on the ZD331. Good luck with your purchase!

MessickFarmEqu · Feb 19, 2007

with a 72" deck, comfortably around $12,500, with a 60" around $12,000.

Apples · Nov 28, 2008

What is a ZD 331 with a 72" deck selling for?

EddieWalker · Nov 28, 2008

Why pay the extra for diesel in a mower? From everything that I was able to figure out, it's not worth it, nor is there any real advantage other then the "perceived" longevity of the engine. The diesel should last 2,000 hours, gasoline 1,000 hours and a water cooled gasoline engine somewhere in the middle at 1,500 hours.

For the money, I went with a water cooled Kawasaki gas engine. It came down to just a few brands, including the Kubota gas engine, but nothing really compared to the Scag. Spindle size and the attention to detail won me over.

My Scag is 60 inches wide and almot too wide for getting a good looking cut. My land isn't smooth enough for full speed and I do have some scalping problems with that sized deck. A wider deck would be even harder on uneven lawn or changes in slope.

I paid $8,200 for mine, delivered.

Good luck,
Eddie

WH401 · Nov 28, 2008

EddieWalker said:
Why pay the extra for diesel in a mower? From everything that I was able to figure out, it's not worth it, nor is there any real advantage other then the "perceived" longevity of the engine. The diesel should last 2,000 hours, gasoline 1,000 hours and a water cooled gasoline engine somewhere in the middle at 1,500 hours.

For the money, I went with a water cooled Kawasaki gas engine. It came down to just a few brands, including the Kubota gas engine, but nothing really compared to the Scag. Spindle size and the attention to detail won me over.

My Scag is 60 inches wide and almot too wide for getting a good looking cut. My land isn't smooth enough for full speed and I do have some scalping problems with that sized deck. A wider deck would be even harder on uneven lawn or changes in slope.

I paid $8,200 for mine, delivered.

Good luck,
Eddie

If the difference between a diesel and a gas job was only 500 hours, they wouldn't offer a diesel in anything, it's much higher then that. These days though, the only thing going for the diesel in a zero turn is the increased life span. The new 29hp DFI Kawi's that are on the Scag's are pretty close in fuel efficiency to the Kubota diesel also offered in them. But on a zero turn, the machine itself will wear out before the diesel engine ever would.

EddieWalker · Nov 28, 2008

WH401 said:
If the difference between a diesel and a gas job was only 500 hours, they wouldn't offer a diesel in anything, it's much higher then that.

I got my numbers from talking to both the Scag and Kubota dealers, as they were the only two offering a diesel in the zero turns that I looked at. They area also both Kubota Diesels, so I felt it was pretty interesting that they both had similar numbers. Obviously, I don't know this first hand, so this could be wrong, but when I asked why somebody would spend the money on a diesel zero turn over gas, the best reply that I could come up with was that they just wanted to deal with one fuel type. If you have several diesel tractors on your place, then it might make sense to buy a diesel zero turn. I couldn't justify the extra expense for the diesel engine. Especialy since I just mow my own place once a week for about 8 months out of they year. 8 months, is about 35 weeks and my mow times are about two hours, so 70 hours a year. That's twenty years of mowing for my gas engine, which is rated for 1,500 hours.

Again, the numbers do not add up for paying thousands of dollars more for a diesel mower.

Eddie