vrman
Silver Member
Haha!! Know why I bought a Kubota? Cause my Dad always wanted one and never got the opportunity to get one before he passed away. So there!
MOPAULY said:I also wouldn't try to defend JD stuff in the Kubota forums
milkman said:I can't see that this thread has any merit at all. Comes across as a puff out your chest, look down your nose at others, just to get comments, nothing at all to do with "owning and operating".
Thank God we have YOU to straighten us out! I'm feeling so much more enlightened already.Dargo said:I get quite a laugh out of threads like this one. Some people really show their ignorance. And, yes, I'll say that boldly.
As much a complete fool as a person who reads what was written and thinks the posters were saying all "John Deeres are made in Japan". No, but in the 20-30 HP range, which applies to most of the participants I see here more so than any other single group (myself included), yeah it's going to be a Yanmar painted green with JD stickers.Dargo said:For someone to make blanket statements such as "a John Deere is just a Japanese tractor painted green and marked up more" only shows what a complete fool they are!
I for one am not shocked that a "far larger" JD was not made in Japan. Congratulations.Dargo said:My Kubota is just fine, thank you. What a shock, so is my far larger John Deere! And, please sit down, my John Deere was most definitely NOT made in Japan!!
Now...er...um... would that be a small percentage of the lineup or a large percentage of SALES? That including other JD's with just Yanmar engines, or no?Dargo said:...but only a small percentage of the total John Deere lineup is made in Japan
I just threw up in my mouth...a little...thanks. Great, now there'll be some K-car worshipper grinding up his axe...SkunkWerX said:... we'd all be driving crappy Chrysler 'K' cars right now.
ere come the Chinese tractors, like it or not, they are gonna change the industry over the next 5 to 10 years.
DiezNutz said:I think the point was, two comparable tractors sitting side by side, one orange one green, both made in Japan, green one costs significantly more for no apparent reason...except... wait.... it's those STICKERS! Gotta be! <sigh>