Comparison Kubota v. John Deere v. New Holland

[jdbnh]

Near College Station.

well the NH dealer that is there now is a great dealer and defiently knows their stuff.

 

[TXFord8n]

The NH I am or will deal with is Washington County Tractor out of Brenham. They have stores all over the area however. Anyways, I have dealt with their parts people for my 8n and they know their stuff and have it on hand in their Brenham store. I like them, not the Case people, and will give their tractor a fair look.

But the Kubota is ringing the bell for me at this time, and I would likely go with the 6040 with the bells and whistles rather than the plain jane step down to the 5640.

 

[jdbnh]

Yes Washington County is who i am speaking of. deal with them all the time and i am glad they oppened a store in Bryan

 

[deere5105]

I have the JD 5303 set up as you mentioned which is the basically same tractor as the JD 5065E. So far I have been very pleased with the 5303 and the sync shuttle transmission has met my needs. I have pulled turning plows and 8' disk harrow without issue. The consensus seems to be that the hydraulic shuttle/power reverser transmission is preferred, but for the amount of hours I put on one doing loader work, I feel the standard transmission would be sufficient. For what it's worth, the JD unit seems to hold a higher resale if you plan to sale at some point. I too agree with the choice being between the JD and Kubota.

 

[TXFord8n]

I have the JD 5303 set up as you mentioned which is the basically same tractor as the JD 5065E. So far I have been very pleased with the 5303 and the sync shuttle transmission has met my needs. I have pulled turning plows and 8' disk harrow without issue. The consensus seems to be that the hydraulic shuttle/power reverser transmission is preferred, but for the amount of hours I put on one doing loader work, I feel the standard transmission would be sufficient. For what it's worth, the JD unit seems to hold a higher resale if you plan to sale at some point. I too agree with the choice being between the JD and Kubota.

In this area, we have Normangee Tractor which has more Kubota's than you can shake a stick at. Seeing a Kubota here is quite common, but generally this has been, historically, greee (JD) country. If I buy it, I don't plan on selling it anytime soon because it should be enough tractor for my needs for ten years or more.

 

[Grateful11]

Why's that?

New Holland is in a big transition period with their smaller tractors, many are going to be made by LS in Korea, sorry LS guys but to me that's a step backwards. Next year they might farm them out to an even cheaper supplier. I never thought my wife's operation would ever have anything but a red tractor, as in CaseIH and International, but I believe she's more in love with our L3940 than she is with me ;-) We're good friends with the part owner of the local JD dealer and either see or talk a couple times a week but as far as tractors it's orange now but for implements it's JD, new round baler 2 years ago and new grain drill last week, for hay mowing and raking equipment it's NH, she just got a new 256 rake last month. If she had to replace the big cab tractor she would look at JD and Kubota but my gut tells me it would be a Kubota. One of the largest cattle farmers in the area, he has cattle in 3 different counties, has switched over to Kubota in the last few years and has caused quite a stir around his main operation, mostly Deere country.

 

[bigbull338]

well our family is splitt on tractors as well.my dad was ford tractors all the way.my brother who has nothing todo with the farm likes JD.an he wanted me to buy JD when i bought my new tractor.but i went with kubota because it best fitt me an my needs.if i buy another tractor new/used itll be a kubota.tractor brand really doesnt matter as long you get what fitts your needs.