Lt CHEG
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I'm looking for a tractor in the 40 to 50 horsepower range, 4x4 with a FEL, and a heated and air conditioned cab is a must. I've looked at pretty much all the major brands now as they are all fairly well represented in my area. The thing that really is starting to bother me is that every one of the dealers that only carry Kubota does nothing but knock the other brands. Today I was explaining that I'd looked at New Holland, Case/IH, John Deere, Massey Ferguson and looked at Kubota non cab units. The dealer had to say that NH and Case were just complete garbage, that MF is being sued by the government and doesn't make a good tractor anyway and that JD doesn't make anything themselves anymore so they're crap too. This is the 3rd Kubota dealer that I had been to that only carries Kubota that talked down about other tractors. Now the Case/IH dealer I went to also carried Kubota and they were happy to sell either brand and were quick to offer that all the brands that I was looking at made good tractors and that they all had strengths and weaknesses. This is how the other non Kubota dealers behaved as well. The behavior of the aforementioned Kubota dealers really turns me off. I can understand selling the benefits of the brand that you deal in and pointing out the weaknesses of other brands but to outright dismiss other tractor companies as making crap is not acceptable in my opinion.
Personally I'm starting to feel that Kubota probably puts together the overall best package for the price point but there are things that I don't like about them. I also find things about other brands that I don't like. I'm really in a toss up now as to what I'm going to end up with and am really not in any hurry. I just wanted to share some of my recent experiences in tractor shopping. Some things are very personal to a tractor and certainly have an influence, such as placement of controls, etc. I feel in the end that since the pricing is comparable for apples to apples in all of the brands that I've looked at (I'm looking at high end units not stripped down basic models) that I'm probably going to just end up buying based on price and financing along with what control layout overall feels the best to me.
Personally I'm starting to feel that Kubota probably puts together the overall best package for the price point but there are things that I don't like about them. I also find things about other brands that I don't like. I'm really in a toss up now as to what I'm going to end up with and am really not in any hurry. I just wanted to share some of my recent experiences in tractor shopping. Some things are very personal to a tractor and certainly have an influence, such as placement of controls, etc. I feel in the end that since the pricing is comparable for apples to apples in all of the brands that I've looked at (I'm looking at high end units not stripped down basic models) that I'm probably going to just end up buying based on price and financing along with what control layout overall feels the best to me.