Century or Kubota

[Anonymous Poster]

Yep I have seen a couple M series Bota's being used for haying and small scale tillage/cultivation uses. I will have to ask one guy I know that has one what the thinks about the M series.

 

[Bird]

I know of one guy in the hay business who uses an M6800 and the last I heard, he'd had one problem with it; the air-conditioning quit cooling on a hot Sunday afternoon while the dealer was closed. So he took it to a local mechanic (who lives next door to his shop). The mechanic washed the debris off the front of the radiator and it started cooling just fine again. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[EFC]

Have you looked at TYM yet? You could get the Kubota engine at the Century price and there is a Hydro available also…. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That should make this thread go another 4 pages at least, hehe!

 

[_RaT_]

"That should make this thread go another 4 pages at least, hehe!"

You could be right! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Pacesetter300]

All the more ammo for C/B having a forum of their own!
Pacesetter /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Woodbeef]

Hey 19th Va,

The Kukje site says they have been providing farmers with good quality equipment for over 50 years. But then on the info page it says Kukje Machinery has been around since 1968. I wonder what they were called befor Kukje Machinery?

We'll have to put ol Chipperman on the trail of that one!!

 

[19th_VA]

Well, I imagine they're a lot like American companies--the vaguest connection to a product produced 100 years ago and, whala, been in business since 1903! I think it's safe to say Kukje has been Kukje since 1968, has been making tractors for about 20 years, and is here to stay. What I want to know is why those darn Frey loaders showed up on my local Bransons?#!@ /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif They are inferior to the Ansung loaders in appearance and specifidcations, save for the joystick, which is a bit closer to the operator, out of the way of the hand throttle but quite clunky otherwise (perhaps will interfere with brakes or foot throttle?).

 

[Woodbeef]

Hey 5030,

So you cut and bale hay with your Kubota,I have no doubt it will handle that work with adequately sized machinery,especially on level ground. What other type of farm work do you do with it? Do you plow,disc,plant...etc with it?

No,I do not check out the photo section here,unless someone specifically points me to a posting in it.

Not really sure as to why would I need a cab with air if I came down to Michigan to cut hay though?

 

[EddieWalker]

I went back to the Kubota dealer to see if he was really serious about his price for the L3830GST. He was and said $15,050 is rock bottom.

We talked about Century and what make Kubota better. Mostly Kubota is better because it is. I've hated this line on reasoning since I was 5 years old. I pushed and asked for reasons Kubota is better. After some stalling he said the Kubota will hold its value if I sell it later down the road.

I'm wonder if this is still true. For many years Kubota held its resale value due to lack of anything else of value to buy.

I then said that the $4,000 price difference is too much and what can he offer me in the $11,000 range. He came back with the L3000. His quote was $10,800.

The L3000 is a manuael tranny, 8 forward, 2 back. 4X4 with only 25 PTO hp. His big sales pitch was the live PTO it had. He also said Century didn't have a live PTO. I know Century has an independent PTO.

Isn't an independent PTO better than a live PTO?

Another stumbling block is the 0% financing Kubota is offering. If they have such a great product, why the begging for business financing? Will people still buy so many Kubotas if they have to pay normal rates for the loans? Is the reason the Kubota is so expensive because of the low financing? Is this a way to make up the money?

 

[Chipperman]

Hello EddieWalker
Actually the Century does have a live PTO. It uses a two stage clutch. When you push it half way down you disengage the first stage. That will stop the tractor from moving. Push it all the way down and the PTO stops. The Century has stops to hold the clutch pedal half or all the way down. Most independent PTO uses a switch and an electric clutch to engage the PTO.
Chipperman