Kubota hay equipment

[North Georgia]

Understand Kubota has come out with a new line of hay equipment..(Bought someone out in Europe) Wonder if this is the Vicon line????Anyone know????

 

[smstonypoint]

See http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/297175-kubota-getting-into-hay-equipment.html.

Steve

 

[Grateful11]

It's rebranded Vicon, at least that's what the guys looking at there said that actually owned some Vicon equipment. I saw it in Moultrie at the Sunbelt Expo.

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They bought Knerveland Group.

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It'll be interesting to see if they actually bring in some heavy duty equipment, the Vicon rakes and tedders are fairly lightweight stuff.

 

[D7E]

Any modern vicon mowers we had were mechanically ok but frames and panels would crack and fall to pieces , built very light .

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

They bought Knerveland Group which includes Vicon. You'll also see some of the same stuff sold under other OEM's as well. We've had some rakes and tedders under New Holland for awhile now. Kubota is introducing the stuff under their own name slowly, it will probably take 5 years until everything is integrated. Its a change for many of the dealers who have not done these kind of products in the past.


I don't get real excited about the few hay pieces for this year, but there are some really good products in the line elsewhere.

 

[DT86]

Neil,

How will this effect the current relationship Kubota seems to have with Vermeer?

 

[foreman Etexas]

Neil,

How will this effect the current relationship Kubota seems to have with Vermeer?

Not to many tractor brands that don't already have there own line of hay equipment. The Kubota dealer I deal with only carries Kuhn, I bought my Vermeer baler and vicon cutter from the local NH dealer.Maybe there new brochures will have someone like Mahindra pulling them

 

[bigbull338]

well since kubota is going to re brand the vicon cutter.they better fix any probs that vicon might have.because their name is new to the hay game.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Neil,

How will this effect the current relationship Kubota seems to have with Vermeer?

I don't know, but I'd speculate that it will probably end eventually.

 

[Grateful11]

When Kubota paints this Orange and gets them on the lot then maybe they'll have some hay equipment worth a serious look.

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