They are both well established brands with good service history. As has been mentioned so many times before, at lot boils down to your local dealer support. In my case, the Kioti dealer was further away and had a fly by night appearing operation, while the Kubota dealer was long established with...
Cell phone internet access is nearly essential for me. Maps, navigation, business phone numbers, etc… are there at the touch of my finger. There’s no such thing as phone books anymore so online lookup is the only option.
In the winter I will plow snow down the entire private section of road, helping out 4 additional neighbors in addition to my driveway. I don’t charge for this. But otherwise I don’t have time to do tractor work elsewhere. I don’t even have time enough to finish all of my work.
Remove the cutter from the tractor and install the rear blade. Buy winter diesel in November. I already have more food around here than I can eat in 6 months. And no more wood cutting since I converted to natural gas heating.