Never buy a Korean Tractor!! Especially LS or whatever their name is this year.

[Trillium Farm]

No, I see nothing about JD owning Yanmar. But the area rep had told me that at the time. I see other reports on the net about dealers telling people the same thing. Could have been a small percentage of the company, but I don't see even that.
Kind of makes sense to me. Yanmar (typical Japanese quality) is just too good and practical to be owned and hence probably messed with by Deere.
I have to say, I am a little shocked that something I thought to be true since the 90s, aint!

I've never heard about JD owning Yanmar, but I know that JD used their engines as they used also Iseki. It's cheaper to buy an engine than to develop one these days.

 

[Trillium Farm]

as far as tractor plant vids this 1 looks pretty good
DEUTZ-FAHR LAND: High-tech ?Made in Germany? - YouTube

Deutz-Fahr has been bought by the SDF Group based in Italy, they own Lamborghini, Same, Hurliman & Gregoire tractors so I think there will be a lot of cross-pollination.

 

[Agvg]

It's almost impossible for the smaller brands to compete with the big players, so we se a lot of badge engineering, and a brand as Kubota is one of the small ones that has a lot of catch up to do.

 

[ruffdog]

I guess the point I would like to make, is, sometimes the extra cost in the purchase price is there to pay for other services for long-time ownership. :2cents:

My Toolcat was built in Gwinner, ND and they sure don't give those things away, but, the dealer and company have been very helpful so far. Yes, there is a price though.

 

[Trillium Farm]

It's almost impossible for the smaller brands to compete with the big players, so we se a lot of badge engineering, and a brand as Kubota is one of the small ones that has a lot of catch up to do.

You are right, hard to compete with the big boys, but Kubota has a lot of catching up to do? Do you mean in Norway? Here Kubota is a big name with a stellar reputation and is considered a big boy.

 

[ArlyA]

All these wide ranging responses here remind me why I like buying from a mature company's that "hopefully" will be around for another 100 years. That doesn't mean JD or Kubota is automatically better than LS or any other discount machine. Residing here, we need machines to be serviced and our choice is either JD or Kiote.

 

[Agvg]

You are right, hard to compete with the big boys, but Kubota has a lot of catching up to do? Do you mean in Norway? Here Kubota is a big name with a stellar reputation and is considered a big boy.

In Europe they are small, and not considered to be in the elite division as Fendt, JD, MF and Class or NH.

 

[scons]

In Europe they are small, and not considered to be in the elite division as Fendt, JD, MF and Class or NH.

NH distributes LS tractors as Boomer in Europe.

 

[Agvg]

The M7 is the first serious attempt to play, and as far as I know the engine and cab is Kubota, the rest is ZF and Bosch hydraulic?, is it a ZF front axle? It's very hard to compete in the high tech market.

 

[grsthegreat]

All these wide ranging responses here remind me why I like buying from a mature company's that "hopefully" will be around for another 100 years. That doesn't mean JD or Kubota is automatically better or that LS is poor quality. Residing here, we need machines to be serviced and our choice is either JD or Kiote.

You mean like oldsmobile.....heck GM went under.., only to survive due to government vehicle needs. Look whats happening to GE. Any company can fail or succeed.