MHarryE
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- Joined
- Feb 15, 2009
- Messages
- 2,946
- Location
- Northeastern Minnesota
- Tractor
- Kubota M7-171, M5-111, SVL75-2, RTV900XT & GR2120; CaseIH 1680 combine
Have the quote from JD dealer, and the discounted price I'd about even with the Kubota build your own list price. I am looking for a tractor 110 - 120 engine HP, with power shift as a must. The tractor will be used for haying and tillage - pulling a 4 bottom semi-mounted plow most likely, but only plowing 75 acres or so. Then disking and cultivating, something we need to do in our soil up here, beat it into submission and let our very cold winters finish it off. Assuming the Kubota dealer gives me the same discount I got on my last tractor, the difference could be as much as $15,000. The John Deere is no doubt a beefier tractor with more durable power train than the Kubota, but will the Kubota stand up to my job knowing it will only get 300 or so hours yearly with a disk mower, baler, plow, disk, and cultivator? Anybody done any really hard pulling with a Kubota? It is a concern that Kubota won't test at Nebraska, like they have something to hide, but my L5740 experience, and my previous L3710 too, have been exemplary, but neither have plowed over 8 acres yearly, and neither looked at a large round baler.