Comparison Kubota vs Bobcat/Kioti

[Renob]

Carl,

More weight is not always better.........right now my Ex-wife comes to mind.

Now that's funny, I don't care what anyone says!!!!!!!!!








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[Wombat125]

Digger -- Is that a little Gibson tractor in your avatar?

 

[digger2]

wombat,
thats a Speedex garden tractor.I think its an early 60's model.
I dont use it much.....just a conversation piece.Crude machine,but it works.
They were made in Ohio....i think till the late 60's-early 70's in one form or another.

Digger2

 

[Wombat125]

thats a Speedex garden tractor

Sorry to hijack the thread. I'll butt out now.

Here is the gibson I was thinking of. Made in Colorado. Talk about primitive.

 

[powerstroke444e]

Carl,
More weight is not always better.........right now my Ex-wife comes to mind.

I 2nd that I added 1200lbs to my b26 in foam tires, yes its a little slower going down the road in H but I wouldn't trade it for anything.The little thing is like a swiss army knife never the perfect tool but always gets the job done.

Congrads on the new tractor have fun don't for get to call the locates in before you dig.

 

[BTI]

Bobcat is purchased from Kioti, and assembled in the US and painted white.

The Bobcat is completely made and mostly assembled in S.Korea.
When it comes here it gets the tires installed and the ROPS put on (which comes in the crate from Korea).
The other bits, loader, BH etc are installed in the states.

BTI

 

[dtb]

hey Y'all
I'm new here but I'm not new to the B 26

Ibought mine in 2008 when I traded my B 21
The dealer gave me 11k for my 21 and I spent 33.5 on my new one. I got a 4-in-1 bucket(no real landscaper would be caught without one)a quick attach bucket on my backhoe(12in and 18in) and I kept the standard bucket.
I do landscaping,swiming pool construction and trash and debris removal.
I've used this tractor on all of these jobs. I also have numerous attachments like a 5 ft bush hog,tiller,boxblade,auger,rake,grapple bucket.
the thing I like about this tractor is how tough it is and how easy to use and operate it is. I need very little manpower with this tractor and I can get in to jobsites bigger equipment can't.(I use my takeuchi 140 when I need bigger)
I can easily pull it behind my 250 if I need to but it will load my 750 with no problems. I can work circles around any skid steer doing landscaping altho I can't lift as much weight.
I would suggest to anybody in landscaping thats thinking about a piece of equipment to put this one at the top of the list

 

[montelatici]

And, I don't think anyone has anything quite like the CK's and CTs...at least not for similar cost. .

I think the L3700SU was brought out for just that purpose. And Kubota is selling quite a few of these no frills tractors. They sold me one.

 

[DP Property]

Bobcat is purchased from Kioti, and assembled in the US and painted white.
I love the Bobcat standard features, but my concerns are that Bobcat has a long track record of starting to sell a product, find out there is not enough profit
and dump it. The company that furnishes the parts have a long track record, and Kioti (Daedong) outwardly seem like a killer deal, but I've had Kubs for 30 yrs.and service more than required but have never had to repair a tractor in my usual 7 yrs. between purchases, and have sold them for over half of original price. I thought about Bobcat, but their support situation sucks in this area. Only specific dealers can service them, NOT ALL BOBCAT DEALERS.
Happy hunting.

Kioti tractors are junk my local bobcat dealer the owner told me they could not stand them but were forced to sell them. Bobcat started a giveaway program on these big tractors to flood the market with them. There were big compacts available with loaders for 8 to 11 k new how else was this possible. They have very bad pumps and are in the shop for blown hydrolic pumps all the time, they all break loader bolts regularly and the steel on the loader needs the cross brace reinforced or they pull apart. I hade a buddie purchase one and it has been in the shop non stop he was given a new / demo from the dealer and he has had the loaner more then his new one. Bobcat dealers hate these tractors and they have been forced to give them away. Don't buy one there junk you will regret it. When he got the loaner it had 7 hours on it- now it has over 50 hours on from my buddie working it well they keep fixing his. He is very frustrated with his tractor and the dealer. The dealer sells, bobcat and Kubota and they don't want to sell the bobcat tractor at all they prefer selling the kubotas.

 

[Dmace]

Kioti tractors are junk my local bobcat dealer the owner told me they could not stand them but were forced to sell them. Bobcat started a giveaway program on these big tractors to flood the market with them. There were big compacts available with loaders for 8 to 11 k new how else was this possible. They have very bad pumps and are in the shop for blown hydrolic pumps all the time, they all break loader bolts regularly and the steel on the loader needs the cross brace reinforced or they pull apart. I hade a buddie purchase one and it has been in the shop non stop he was given a new / demo from the dealer and he has had the loaner more then his new one. Bobcat dealers hate these tractors and they have been forced to give them away. Don't buy one there junk you will regret it. When he got the loaner it had 7 hours on it- now it has over 50 hours on from my buddie working it well they keep fixing his. He is very frustrated with his tractor and the dealer. The dealer sells, bobcat and Kubota and they don't want to sell the bobcat tractor at all they prefer selling the kubotas.

:laughing: That is so WRONG it's literally making me laugh out loud! Although I am not surprised by this response from someone who can't spell "buddy" or "hydraulic" or even "had"... :laughing: