Kubota Top Link = $183.32!

npaden · Mar 28, 2006

Okay, my tractor is missing the top link. I can buy a generic top link for $25 either on ebay or at the tractorsupply type places.

I thought it would be nice to have a gray top link to match everything and just checked online for a Kubota top link (Part no 35080-71100) and it is $183.32!

Why would it be so expensive? I guess a generic top link and a can of Kubota gray spray paint is on the horizon for me.

Would there be any reason to pay over 7 times the price for a Kubota top link?

Thanks, Nathan

MessickFarmEqu · Mar 28, 2006

i don't quite understand this. There was a thread in the Deere forum about two weeks ago about theirs being over $400. I just don't understand. We sell a Case IH replacment link for $17.

npaden · Mar 28, 2006

I've seen old used John Deere toplinks go for $200+ on ebay. I always just thought that was because the green lovers were suckers. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I really would like to use the genuine Kubota toplink but just can't justify that price. There is no reason it should cost that much. You can buy a hydraulic toplink with the pilot check valve for only $185 from one of the board sponsors. I would do that and pay the $600 for the kubota remote before I bought the kubota toplink for $183. Of course then I would want 2 remotes and a tilt cylinder and I would be $1,500 into it instead of $183.32.

I think a can of spray paint is going to be the best option.

Youare · Mar 28, 2006

I took off my original equipment top link and put on a blue one because it was a little bigger. Would be glad to sell the grey colored one.

I think there is three weeks use on the original one.

Randy

Kiohio · Mar 28, 2006

It doesn't make any sense but most all manufacturers are like that.

Never figured the originals were that much better than the cheaper ones.

KO

Bedlam · Mar 28, 2006

Im not sure why the prices are so far off. Here in this part of NH we had a Ford/kubota dealer who had reasonable price.Then they were "bought" out. Now when I go there I get to walk over nice carpet, and all but a chandelier hanging in the showroom. The parts are now jacked up. Its all about overhead.
They cater to a different type of person now.I was going to trade mine in, and they talked, and were supposed to get back to me. A few emails and calls to them and no reply.Guess they dont need my business anymore. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Fine with me, there another older place down the street to go to.
Al

MarkV · Mar 29, 2006

I don’t think I could pay that for a top link. When mine gave up I bought one from TSC for something around $20. I did have to hit one end with a grinder to narrow it down enough to fit on the tractor end, no big deal. Actually I like it better than the original because the treaded section is larger and easier to turn.

MarkV

Av8r3400 · Mar 29, 2006

After I bent the OEM top link on my BX and found the replacement was over $70, I too bought a "generic" $20 top link from the big-box.

The only down side is that the replacement would not fit into the nice hanger on the back. Oh, well...

RobJ · Mar 30, 2006

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Correct, but then a 12oz spray can of Kubota gray only cost $12.50 last time I bought it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

curt1 · Mar 30, 2006

My OEM top link is sitting in the basement collecting dust. I needed a longer top link for the brush cutter, so I bought one from Tractor Supply for around $30. I like it a lot better than the factory top link. Larger threads, so it turns easier. And looks like it is built a good deal heavier than OEM.

Curt