Wisdom on Kioti RX7320 vs. Kubota M8560

[ForestFriend]

@Lemo it痴 good to know your RX7320 is working out. So, no torque issues down low? The economy mode at 1700 rpm sounds like it has some low end grunt, too.

 

[MickeyDBC]

I have a 7320 with about 300 hours on it now. No problems with the tractor other than it likes to get dirty. I have had two full regens with it and both were at the end of tree planting season where it spends about 4 long days mostly idling with high rpm for the hole digger every 15 minutes or so, every now and then the light will come on while mowing but it does it then in the background. We use it for mowing, discing and dragging fields, fence work, hole boring, etc... I have been very happy with it.

 

[Tx Jim]

I'm curious how you think a Kioti RX7320 with 73 engine HP compares to a Kubota M8560 with 85.5 engine HP? I would think a Kubota M7060 would be a closer comparison to Kioti RX7320.

 

[Lemo]

I'm curious how you think a Kioti RX7320 with 73 engine HP compares to a Kubota M8560 with 85.5 engine HP? I would think a Kubota M7060 would be a closer comparison to Kioti RX7320.

Indeed it would. I had been looking at a new RX7320 and a used cream puff M8560 was on the market for the same money. See the OP.

 

[MickeyDBC]

I'm curious how you think a Kioti RX7320 with 73 engine HP compares to a Kubota M8560 with 85.5 engine HP? I would think a Kubota M7060 would be a closer comparison to Kioti RX7320.

The newer 8560s use DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) and after having two trucks in the last five years that use it, I would stay with an under 75hp tractor that does not use it. DEF systems do not like sitting and need to be used often to keep the stuff stirred up. Went through three DEF system replacements on my Cummins Ram truck and about three months in the shop. If you need a 100+hp tractor that is not in daily production, get an older pre DEF machine.