Well, what I read was that after a diffucult period and a failing partnership with JDeere that Yanamar who makes the majority of smaller JDeere units was being bought by Kubota /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. So, in that case, you JDeere fellers will be driving green colored Kubotas with stupid yeller seats. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif In fact, I also read in a recycling trade magazine that Kubota was feverishly looking for stocks of recycled milk cartons to build the plastic JDeere fenders and hoods from. Seems plastic is in short supply in Japan mostly being a US fetish. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif J