Kubota or mahindra

[jyoutz]

kFrom what I have heard and read you are paying
for the NAME Kubota and paying for the problems
with the Mahindra

INHO you would be a lot happier with this tractor:

YT3 Series | YANMAR Tractor

Explore YANMAR tractor models in the hardworking YT3 Series. Popular for 25 or more acres.

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willy

Yanmars are great tractors, but I don’t see how they are cheaper than Kubota. I went to the websites for both brands and built 47 HP open station tractors (L4701 and the equivalent yanmar). They are within a few hundred dollars difference in price. And dealer support is more available for Kubota. I have a Kubota dealer within 30 miles, but the nearest Yanmar dealer is 200 miles away. This is the case in many places, Yanmar dealers are few and far between.

 

[airbiscuit]

Yanmar must have had a non-compete when they were making all those John Deeres. I hope they have rapid growth now as I really like their integrated hydraulic mechanical transmission. They are excellent CUT builders.

 

[rScotty]

Industry Shift: Kubota’s Pursuit to be a Global Full Liner

There’s little doubt that the major tractor brands are looking over their shoulder at Kubota. The Japanese tractor maker is often credited for fully developing the compact and utility tractor market, which it continues to dominate today. According to UCC filings*, through the first 11 months of 2016 Kubota held a market share of nearly 47% in the tractor ranges up to 80 horsepower. Deere was a distant second with 19%.

All that those UCC filing percentages actually tell us is that in the first 11 months of 2016, people buying Kubotas were over twice as likely to fiance their purchase than the people buying JDs.

Anything else is speculation.

rScotty

 

[airbiscuit]

John Deere doesn't offer 0% financing - Oh Wait ...

 

[Paystar]

I bet once you go above 80 pto horsepower, the ration quickly changes to JD.

My dealer is a Kubota and John Deere dealer and the owner told me the same thing.....Kubota owns the market up to 70h.p. but then Deere takes the lead after that.

 

[Cougsfan]

The only obvious way to make a totally rational decision is to buy the one that has your favorite color of paint.

 

[DieselBound]

The only obvious way to make a totally rational decision is to buy the one that has your favorite color of paint.

I did that! But, I've got a Kubota AND a Kioti!

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

A near by AgWay used to sell JD Lawn and Garden tractors and the whole Mahindra line of tractors. The Mahindras used to sell like hot cakes every year. Then two years ago there no Mahindras on their lot that spring. I asked what was going on and they said they dumped Mahindra because they had too many machines coming in with major issues while still under warranty and Mahindra was not stepping up to correct the problems leaving them with too many unhappy long-time customers. I'm not promoting another line, just sharing what I know from this one former Mahindra dealer.

I remember when Rush Limbaugh used to promote them on his radio show He clearly had no experience with this industry.

 

[jeff9366]

I bet once you go above 80 pto horsepower, the ration quickly changes to JD.

Indubitably. But 80-horsepower tractors are out of the compact tractor category. 80-horsepower tractors are in the utility tractor category. Unit volume is much lower, revenue per unit higher.

 

[jeff9366]

Google it

Or you doubters could request 2020 compact tractor market shares from Messicks, which with five large Pennsylvania stores selling multiple tractor brands likely has the 2020 data in hand.

I tease out my data from reading freebie ag industry publications some of which I have been involuntarily subscribed to and financial reports such as Bloomberg. Another source is industry shareholder annual reports, available on the web to those willing to parse through ~sixty pages~ of blarney and hard numbers, which I do. When I have doubts about some of the data you regularly see the two words "I speculate" used. Unless Messicks volunteers, I know of no source where this semi-confidential industry data is available on a consolidated basis, gratis. These types of reports are usually compiled by third party industry watchers and sold by subscription.

Many years ago when I worked in the California wine industry before retirement, I subscribed to the wine industry market share report called the Gomberg-Fredrikson Report. Long ago I paid $1,400 per year, perhaps $4,000 per year now?????

Evaluate everything you read on T-B-N for yourself.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

An interesting snippet from Bloomberg:

Of the 305,000 tractors bought in North America last year, some 68% were models with less than 40 horsepower, according to Deere. The big rigs, meanwhile, are fallow. The market for tractors over 100 horsepower peaked in 2013. Last year, Americans bought just 6,605 combines.