Jd vs kubota

[Bryan1965]

Price just confirmed at rural king by a friend who was at one of the PA stores today.
The open station 37 is priced at 21,999 as of today.
Was the price you were quoted for a cab tractor?

Must have been

Looks like base jD 33r starts at 24 with nothing. Prety much knocks JD out as I will not get a 3024E the kubota 24 has so much more

There is an RK dealer half hour north of my property I will stop at the one near my home tomorrow. And wait to see if the 2016 L3301 or 3901 comes in in which case I think I would go for it hands down.

 

[paulfun9]

I just watched a bunch of video on the RK and did some quick back and forth between brands.
It seems to me with money being a concern your going to have a hard time getting a balance between cost, weieght and specs worth living with from 2 of the 3 brands that you say are close to you. If budget was close but doable I doubt with what I have read of your posts that I would be coming home with anything besides a red tractor.

My wife would get over it! So the next question is how much forgiveness does she have in her heart?

 

[paulfun9]

My friend that went to RK is here.

He just decided on an RK 24 with a backhoe for his 7 acre property. Claims the price comes in under 17,000 and figures the backhoe can help make up some with the few jobs he would prefer to have more wieght for.
I asked him about any concerns lifting things like bigger downed trees and such. His answer was simple
“ a chainsaw cost a **** of a lot less than getting up to the wieght You prefer” he is speaking about the size tractor I prefer not you.

 

[Diggin It]

RK is a rebadged TYM and there has been a LOT of debate about the quality of their service people and whether or not they'll still be selling tractors in the future.

 

[paulfun9]

Yesterday they are.
They also build some Mahindra models which appear to be some of the better Mahindra offerings.
When I first looked at Kioti all the JD and Kubota folks tried to discourage me from going that route also with a very similar argument.
I haven’t heard any complaints local to me about them that I haven’t heard about JD or Kubota.
The cabelas tractors seem to also be doing good for owners that got them a couple local to me just a switch of service shops.
TYM was actually higher on my possible tractor list than both kubota or JD when I purchased my last tractor and now they have gone with a Yanmar engine making them even more attractive to the buyer.

Honestly I don’t think I would be afraid to buy one any more than I would a JD most likely even less so knowing many of my friends and family have not been happy with JD.
My personal ownership with Kubota would have me rate them a little bit higher than JD but by no means do I consider them bullet proof and above all else.
So with that said and budget constraints it looks to me if I was in this guys shoes the choice would most likely be the TYM built RK tractor.

 

[murphy1244]

Where do you live Bryan?

 

[Bryan1965]

I actually found this site when I was researching RK tractors. Read a lot of the rktractorguy posts, but he suddenly left and his replacement was on and gone.

RK 24 is out, if I had flat land I may think about it, especially since I could get a bucket. But I can rent a tractor/bucket for 300 a 24 hour period which would do what I need to do (a few drainage ditches)

The RK27 really had my eye, I researched it for awhile. it may again, just Leary because of how new it is.

 

[Bryan1965]

Where do you live Bryan?

I live in Columbus Ohio. My property is just north of Cambridge by salt fork lake

 

[ovrszd]

My opinion only.

Until I see progress with RK and their dealer support system I would avoid them regardless of price.

 

[paulfun9]

I actually found this site when I was researching RK tractors. Read a lot of the rktractorguy posts, but he suddenly left and his replacement was on and gone.

RK 24 is out, if I had flat land I may think about it, especially since I could get a bucket. But I can rent a tractor/bucket for 300 a 24 hour period which would do what I need to do (a few drainage ditches)

The RK27 really had my eye, I researched it for awhile. it may again, just Leary because of how new it is.

Then maybe it’s best to do the rental and wait till you can get a tractor with no compromise.