How many on here own a kubota?

My uncle bought a rural king tractor of about 65hp and is happy with it overall.  He had some problems starting it in the cold weather which ended up being poor operators manual.  The glow plugs have a 20 second delay so you need to wait 40 to 60 seconds before starting.  It has a made in china cummins engine, so parts are available for that from a cummins dealer.  The thing that impressed me more than anything was the simplicity of it and some consideration to long term maintenance.  The Hyd pumps are all driven off of the accessory gear box on the engine, and are industrial style pumps found at your local industrial/bearing retailer.  I have seen several IH belly pumps go out and are very expensive to replace and difficult as well, rebuild are not available from the dealer(there are some after market rebuilders out there now)

All the gauges, electronics, and switches should be available from the local napa.  Rear end looks similar to an old M international.  Of course maintenance is pretty much an owners responsibility.  I wonder what kind of parts availability the rear end/front axle will have in the futrure

Edited by Goose - 25 Jan 2010 at 1:58pm

Byron WC in SW Wi wrote: I wouldn't be caught dead in a Chinese tractor.

I just found out that Kubotas are only rated for B5 biodiesel.  Puts a serious damper in that quest if it's still the case.

They only warranty/allow use of up to 5% biodiesel.  New Holland has a lot of engines rated for B100 so does Deutz.  Deere is B20.  I'm thinking of joining a group that is going in on buying B100 in bulk.  I also want to make my own some day and also run engines on Straight Vegetable Oil, (SVO). 

Yeah, the dealer that I'm looking at with the Kubotas also has Deutz.  It would be weird.  

Until the price of biodiesel went up to $6 per gallon, I was using B100 in my M110 for several years in the summer. The only problem was the bio would soften the fuel line and rodents enjoy chewing on the fuel lines.  Ran clean and started easily.  I almost always use at least B20 year around.

Kubota resale value is not the greatest after 10 years or so. As to what the kubota dealer saying about your agco being  worth less after orange is dropped may have some truth , but you realize he is playing on your fears and disgust and trying to sell you a new tractor. Selling your used agco to buy another brand in no way punishes agco. It is more the old adage of cutting your arm off in spite of your hand. I too am pissed at agco, but in all actuality there will probabbly be some deals on agco tractors in the next few years, and im sure parts and product support will still be around for the tractors that were just a paint job away from the masseys. I personally would go green or red

Edited by ac45 - 26 Jan 2010 at 9:08pm

     I was very happy with the resale of the last two Kubotas I had, we'll see what happens when I move the current one.  MI8050, I live a mile east of the Burnips location.  Don't get in there very often but they do have an impressive selection of equipment.  One time last summer I counted 18 new Claas self propelled choppers in the yard.

Edited by bryani289swmi - 27 Jan 2010 at 8:05pm

L 35 TBL Real handy user friendly back hoe loader. Been pretty dependable.
F 2100 mower 72 inch deck.