"Made in Japan/USA etc." is pretty meaningless.
+1. It's nice to have the jobs here, but it's no longer the 1800's where there was just America in the free world.
"Made in Japan/USA etc." is pretty meaningless.
It's true parts of JD's 1026r are made overseas, but it is made here in the us. The id tag on my tractor does say made in the usa. The BX I looked at said made in japan. Deere's 2xxx tractors are made in Japan.
Not much is 100% made here in the usa .
+1. It's nice to have the jobs here, but it's no longer the 1800's where there was just America in the free world.
It's true parts of JD's 1026r are made overseas, but it is made here in the us. The id tag on my tractor does say made in the usa. The BX I looked at said made in japan. Deere's 2xxx tractors are made in Japan.
Not much is 100% made here in the usa .
Yes, all for having as many jobs as possible, but in a world economy in which we also export goods to other countries it is what it is. I see no complaints about the Toyotas, Hondas etc. being manufactured in the US and loss of jobs in Japan.
Like you, I am interested in quality.
Just to repeat what I said early on in the thread, Deere has played a fist full of Aces in it's 1000 series, and they deserve all the kudos. They've upped the ante and now, it is up to Kubota (and everyone else) to pay catchup, if they care to. I understand Mahindra is next up to bat. We'll see on February 1st.
What is "Limited" about the JD Cat1 Hitch on SCUTs? What is "limited" about the Cat1 Hitch on any other brand of SCUT?
What is "limited" on ALL SCUT 3-Point Hitches is the distance between the inside of the rear wheels. This distance is part of a SCUTs makeup, being on a smaller chassis with smaller tires/wheels. Because of the narrower area, the 3-Point Hitch arms are closer together, (and the PTO shaft is closer to the implement) which, in some instances can cause an issue - it's all in the geometry I guess - which is why JD chooses to use the terminology "Limited". Other manufacturers work with the same basic geometry and choose to not use the "limited" label. FWIW: I am not an engineer and I am going by what a factory engineer explained to me.
I briefly looked at those two models before buying a bigger tractor, so I'm no expert. The thing that made me cross off that JD model was that it has a limited Cat 1 hitch and it seemed like you might have to get specific JD models of attachments VS just any generic Cat 1 attachment. I didn't dig into this, but would if I were to buy it. If it does require specialized attachments renting becomes a pain and at some point the attachments will be hard to get limiting the useful life of the tractor (Have this problem with my very old JD sub compact now). The other thing I noticed is that the JD has a lot of plastic body parts VS the Kubota (but that may not be a big factor). Other than just checking on the implement compatibility they both seemed like good machines. I'd test out both for ergonomics purposes and also see who's offering what specials.