The only repairs I've done are rebuild the starter, replace a leaking hydrualic hose and redo the seals on the hydraulic valve assembly. The parts arrived in each case 3 days UPS. The hydrualic assembly took about 4 hours to complete. The starter took about two hours. Total expense beyond my time was a little more than $200. I agree that a person has to be willing (and able) to do the work themselves. The parts for the 572 are readily available; one phone call, no chasing. Of course the option is having the tractor worked on by a dealer. A friend of mine has a Kubota (don't know the model) but for some reason he has had two wheel bearings fail. The 1st one was done under warranty but he had to have the tractor hauled to the dealer. The second time it was done after warranty and the total cost was around $700 which included the cost of transporting the tractor.
The irony in his story was he had an older 572 than my tractor. He bought the machine used for $4500 and put over 200 hours on it. He wanted a more friendly tractor from an operators perspective so he ended up with the Kubota. It's a smaller cab tractor (he likes it very much). He did tell me that he does sometimes wish he still had the Belarus to do some heavy loader work that the kubota can't do.
The irony in his story was he had an older 572 than my tractor. He bought the machine used for $4500 and put over 200 hours on it. He wanted a more friendly tractor from an operators perspective so he ended up with the Kubota. It's a smaller cab tractor (he likes it very much). He did tell me that he does sometimes wish he still had the Belarus to do some heavy loader work that the kubota can't do.
