Observations From The Road
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Topic: Observations From The Road
Posted By: Red Bank
Subject: Observations From The Road
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2018 at 2:27pm
| Went on a whirlwind trip from NC to Texas this weekend specifically Austin back up to Dallas then Texarkana back to Memphis then home. Left Friday evening and got back Sunday night. Noticed a lot of orange tractors more than I expected. Although they were Kubotas they outnumbered John Deere except the big tractors. Saw some Case Internationals but can't remember seeing any MFs. Recalled seeing more Kubota dealers than anyone else. Has anyone else noticed the amount of Kubotas in their areas? |
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Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2018 at 6:00pm
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Around here it’s a tough fight but I would say Ford is the most popular then JD and then IH. Kubota is gaining popularity and Mahindra dealers are popping up all over. ------------- 1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500 |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 3:51pm
| Still Deere and IHC here, more Deere because you gotta travel a long ways for IHC. They tryd selling Mihandras but never went over. Now have a Kubota dealer about 20 miles away, must be selling some stuff. I looked at a baler was gone 2 days later. Of course still some AC and AgCo Allis. MF was never popular here. 2-8-9 n fords destroyed any chance of ford ever being popular around here. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 5:00pm
| Around here there are more Kubota than anything. There used to be lots of Ford and MF around here. The Ford dealers are still here locally as NH dealers but selling KS? Tractors and NH equipment. There seems to be a kubota sealer in every town. If I was in the market for a new tractor it would be Kubota. They’ve been here a long time and I likes the color.👍 |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 5:16pm
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Well there's a new BX23S in my garage, my 'happy65th' back on May26th. I tried to buy 'Allis' but dealer didn't give me the time of day....have to admit Kubota is my 2nd favorite shade of orange ! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 5:44pm
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Lots of Kubota here. Some Deere. We use a Kubota M6800 on the farm and I really like it. Got an LS a few years back that's around 35 hp. It's a Korean New Holland. We've put around 300 hours on it pulling a 500 gallon sprayer and a box blade. Also use it for light loader duty. Fairly happy with it. My only complaint is the shifter digs into my leg ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 5:55pm
| Our region is spotted Case IH and Case New Holland, considerable Deere. SOME Agco, SOME Massey but not many. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 8:00pm
Mostly Kuboters, and that green sh!t, around here... Occasional MF, Valtra or Fendt, gots a dealer fer them over in Howard county...
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 8:35pm
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Only dealer close to the farm is Kubota, they also sell NH but don't promote them. About an equal number of Kubota, Deere, and IHC in the slightly older tractors, still a few of the new ugly green ones showing up. If I were buying new it would be Kubota because of the dealer service. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 8:48pm
| John Deere,CaseIH,New Holland,Kubota in that order around here. Still a few mean old Allis Chalmers working! |
Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 8:53pm
| Lots of green crap in my area followed by CNH, Combines are all red or green. Neighbor bought a very nice Kubota about 200 miles from here our local dealer would nort give him the time of day |
Posted By: cabinhollow
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2018 at 9:09pm
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Two years ago I went RED. TYM 754. Have just under 400 hours on it now and for the money, I don't think it can be beat. Then this year it was a Polock, light green drum mower.  |