monkeybreath
Silver Member
I just finished re-reading the entire JD4310 vs Kubota 3130 post, and because of some of the comments there, it caused me to think of what a JD dealer mentioned to me yesterday. After he told me what the hp was for various units, I asked if those were PTO hp numbers. He said no, then gave me the pto hp numbers, and then went on to say that the reason he initially gave me the gross hp numbers was not to avoid mentioning the pto hp, but that while they used to always state the pto hp, because Kutota began marketing their tractors by listing gross hp, they now had to do that as well to avoid adverse comparisons. He then mentioned that Kubota was the only tractor company which did not submit their tractors to the Nebraska tractor tests for ratings and confirmation of the the hp and so on. He did not do this in a way to put down the Kubota tractors, which he said were good tractors. I do not mention this to put down Kubota, and in fact I may end up owning one soon if I can get the right price, but just thought it was interesting enough to pass on. I have no idea what it all means in the real world.