2001 Kubota B7500 vs. 1999 790 JD

Anonymous Poster · Jun 5, 2003

BOTH HAVE BACKHOES AND FRONTLOADERS STOCK FROM COMPANY. BOTH ARE AROUND SAME PRICE OF $16,000.THE B7500 KUBOTA HAS 145 HRS ON IT AND IS A 2001 AND LOOKS BRAND NEW. THE 940 JOHN DEERE IS A 1999 AND HAS 365 HOURS ON IT. IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE.THE KUBOTA WAS GARAGED AND THE JD I DONOT THINK WAS. THE KUBOTA IS 21 HP AND THE JD IS 30 HP. I NEED HELP IN DECIDING.I AM GOING TO USE IT TO DO SOME WORK AROUND MY POND AND LANDSCAPING AND LAY GRAVEL IN MY DRIVEWAY. PLEASE HELP ME DECIDE.

MikePA · Jun 5, 2003

Are these tractors being sold by dealers or private sale?

Do you have local Kubota and JD dealers where you will buy parts and/or get service?

Both sound like nice tractors and have had about 80 - 90 hours/year put on them. Your profile doesn't indicate where you are from, so there's no way to determine whether this 70 hours happened across 12 months (1.5 - 2.0 hours/week) or fewer months. Either way, I don't think that's a lot of hours.

My vote would be for the JD since it's got more hp. However, I would first visit the local JD dealers and see if they are a place I'd want to begin doing business with.

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Anonymous Poster · Jun 5, 2003

They are a private sale

MikePA · Jun 5, 2003

Do you have local Kubota and JD dealers? If so, I'd visit each one to see if they're good people to do service/parts business with. I'd even ask the person selling the tractors if they'd mind, as a condition of you purchasing one of them, having the appropriate dealer look over them. Sort of like taking a used car to a mechanic for evaluation.

Ask the seller if they have the service records for each tractor to verify it's been taken care of.

MarkV · Jun 5, 2003

As Mike said both are fine tractors and the hours are so low that makes little difference. Which transmissions do both of them have? That can make a big difference when it comes to loader/backhoe work.

MarkV