I'm on my second Kubota. The quality and reliability has been outstanding. Nothing to contact the dealer about. Could have bought long distance and it wouldn't have made any difference. Everything "just works", to steal a phrase.
There was something about my first Kubota, the
BX1860 that just made it lovable, hard to explain. It was better in the snow than my current
B2320. The
B2320 is civilized and mannered and I've found nothing that it cannot do, around our place, yet it doesn't draw a bond from me the way the BX did. Hard to explain. For one thing, it is simply too light for the energy it has. (I cannot imagine the 26 or 29 models). The tires spin far too easily but I've yet to get any weight added and that's my own fault. I also REALLY need to get the 30 series, lower 3 pt arms that extend, as the stock ones are horrid.
Given the amount of time I spend in the dirt, I also wish I had gotten Ags for extra traction. These R4's sure are tough as nails, but traction isn't a strong point. The light weight and R4s aren't a good match. The tractor would simply be a better worker with R1 tires. Period.
I'm pretty color blind when it comes to machinery, but I'd probably be really nervous about matching the quality and reliability with someone else. When my tractor has gotta go, it's gotta go and the Kubota always does.