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Why is John Deere wanting Kubotas so bad?
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<blockquote data-quote="SuperHerefords" data-source="post: 1231971" data-attributes="member: 23626"><p>That's pretty vague. "Aren't built near as well as a Deere." Like what parts? The whole thing or just parts of it. We have a JD 5065M with a cab here that so far has been great but is it better built than a Kubota M7040 not sure, it's heavier but that doesn't make it better built.</p><p></p><p>Here there's IH, CaseIH, John Deere and Kubota. Five tractors total and each one has it's own pluses and minuses as far as what they will do. The oldest is a '79 IH 686 with an M&W turbo, the newest is a 2014 Kubota MX5100. None have ever had a major failure. The new Kubota was picked partly because it's interim Tier 4 without a DPF. Originally my son was going to trade in the Kubota L3940 which has close to 1100 hours in less than 5 years, no repairs yet, just routine maintenance. He was thinking about getting either a JD 4066R or a Kubota L6060. Both are full Tier 4 and after reading for weeks and weeks decided to keep the L3940 and find an older MX5100 and $3-4K over the MX5200. We both test drove a JD 4044R and a 4066M, loudest compact tractor of anything we looked at. Liked some of the features but a metal grill in the top of the hood to vent off heat during a Regen cycle? The 4000M series didn't even have a folding ROPS. Now the Kubota new Grand L 60 series, they moved the fuel tank under the deck and raised everything up about 4" including the ROPS, wouldn't even fit in some places it would need to go around here. THE MX5100 with a FEL, 3rd function and one set of remotes came in around $10K less than the L6060. </p><p></p><p>We also looked at CaseIH, NH(same tractors made by LS), Mahindra, Massey Ferguson and Kioti.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuperHerefords, post: 1231971, member: 23626"] That's pretty vague. "Aren't built near as well as a Deere." Like what parts? The whole thing or just parts of it. We have a JD 5065M with a cab here that so far has been great but is it better built than a Kubota M7040 not sure, it's heavier but that doesn't make it better built. Here there's IH, CaseIH, John Deere and Kubota. Five tractors total and each one has it's own pluses and minuses as far as what they will do. The oldest is a '79 IH 686 with an M&W turbo, the newest is a 2014 Kubota MX5100. None have ever had a major failure. The new Kubota was picked partly because it's interim Tier 4 without a DPF. Originally my son was going to trade in the Kubota L3940 which has close to 1100 hours in less than 5 years, no repairs yet, just routine maintenance. He was thinking about getting either a JD 4066R or a Kubota L6060. Both are full Tier 4 and after reading for weeks and weeks decided to keep the L3940 and find an older MX5100 and $3-4K over the MX5200. We both test drove a JD 4044R and a 4066M, loudest compact tractor of anything we looked at. Liked some of the features but a metal grill in the top of the hood to vent off heat during a Regen cycle? The 4000M series didn't even have a folding ROPS. Now the Kubota new Grand L 60 series, they moved the fuel tank under the deck and raised everything up about 4" including the ROPS, wouldn't even fit in some places it would need to go around here. THE MX5100 with a FEL, 3rd function and one set of remotes came in around $10K less than the L6060. We also looked at CaseIH, NH(same tractors made by LS), Mahindra, Massey Ferguson and Kioti. [/QUOTE]
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