Comparison Kubota VS Yanmar

[dsgsr]

To get back on the OP's subject. Look at all the equipment Yanmar sell's, they have been in the equipment biz as long as Kubota. I have operated both Kubota and Yanmar excavators and Yanmars are better over all hands down. Too qualify myself, I had a small construction/Landscaping biz for 15-yrs.

David

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

I think he's looking for a CUT not an Excavator. (different dealer network and production lines for Yanmar as far as I can tell.

 

[Katahdin]

I have had a Yanmar 4500 since the summer of 2012 and am very happy with it. It is a Tier III engine without the Tier IV emission doo-dads.

Neighbors or friends who know Kubota or John Deere and have stopped by to see my Yanmar have been impressed with it.

I think I paid $25,500 cash price for a stock model with only the loader (no Remotes). If you can pay cash, or find another way to finance it, you may be in a better position to dicker on price.

Here's a few Yanmar LX clips to watch while you're trying to decide what you want to buy.

PTO Snowblower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY8jlwvUacw

Bush Hogging Up A Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpXCTpHhi3M

Wood Chipper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqKp4qfgx4M

Snow Plowing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XH58nyeGXM

 

[RollingsFarms]

That's great, but it doesn't prove the resale value is better than other brands

I think it depends on your area. We don't have a Kioti or LS dealer anywhere close to me and I know if I tried to sell a tractor by one of those brands of likely have to sell it for thousands less than a Kubota or Deere.

 

[Bota4me]

I think it depends on your area. We don't have a Kioti or LS dealer anywhere close to me and I know if I tried to sell a tractor by one of those brands of likely have to sell it for thousands less than a Kubota or Deere.

agreed, before this site i never even heard of ls and no yanmar dealers around here so a Kubota or a Deere is a better resale around here. I for one wouldnt buy a tractor brand that was not popular with the masses. That being said im sure they are great tractors

 

[DavesTractor]

I would think a tractor dealer like yourself would know that it would have to be Tier 4 Interim if anything -- Tier 3 was only for 75+ HP tractors.

I think you will find that Tier III went in effect for >50HP tractors in 2008. And that seems pertinent as we are speaking of units that are almost that size. I'm not an expert in the Tiers, so I will defer to you if you are. They did get phased in over time and by HP ranges as you implied.

The point I was trying to make was that there is some bonus in buying a Yanmar without the latest and greatest smog equipped engine. A non computerized, non DPF Yanmar engine will run about forever with no problems as long as it is not overheated or abused. I do not sell Yanmar, but I when looking at a piece of industrial equipment (forklifts, excavator, skid steers), I consider it a bonus if it has a Yanmar diesel.

 

[merlynr]

I have an S185 Bobcat that I bought used and I think the Kubota engine in
it is a plus.

 

[woolyAcres]

I have an S185 Bobcat that I bought used and I think the Kubota engine in
it is a plus.

If that's a used machine, is it likely it has the same Tier IV engine as the Kubota tractor the OP is considering?

I think the point here is simpler Tier III vs less well known Tier IV.

 

[prs]

I have one of those JDs built by Yanmar that has now 34 hard working seasons on its clock and it ain't gonna resell at all, not fer luv ner munny.

prs

 

[Raised on a Deere]

The Yanmars you are discussing are direct injection engines where as the Kubotas are not. Indirect is cheaper, and slightly less efficient. Durability would be about equal except for what ever the builder puts into it to make it more or less. The Yanmar engines are definitely top stuff. Just passing that along. Not interested in educating the public on all the quibbles about direct injection. Just letting folks who know not miss out on this fact about Yanmar engines. I learned this on the trail of coming to understand my perkins, (great engine) on the Dexta, then on my dodge commins trucks as the years went by. When I started shopping for a new tractor after 20 years out of the market, I was a bit surprised that John Deere which still had my heart strings, and then Kubota which won my heart strings for a while, did not have direct injection. That indirect stuff went out with Old Navistar ford diesels I thought.

By accident I stumbled into a test drive of the Yanmar I now own and I instantly said nice tractor but was still on my way to buy a LS or Kubota but while haggling over price I got to researching the Yanmars and in particular the engine story played out. I decided I was not going to pass up such a well engineered tractor because of poor marketing. I don't buy color.

The engine is sweat, those planetary gears in the rear drive are strong and quiet, the loader is awesome. And I believe I saved a bunch of money because poor marketing was making an orphan out of it.

But I don't believe there are going to be many if any more orphans. Yanmar has a new line of tractors, with a world changer transmission in the line up( hydrostats will become a thing of the past except for lawn mowers) and won't be cheap.