Kutota parts prices outrageous

[mopardude318]

Here’s another good one on the Kubota hydraulic filters.

NAPA VS KUBOTA (hydraulic oil filters) - What's inside??? - YouTube

 

[Diggin It]

I'm not a fan of Orange at all, but is it them, or is it tractors? Green prices are ridiculous, and Blue can be too. One of my filters was over $20 and I forget what the others were. I got the 5 gallon bucket of 'Premium' at TSC for $25 or so on sale. Somebody recently quoted an absolutely silly price for what should be a common fuel filter, apparently just because the inlet is offset.

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[IH3444]

You think Kubota's prices are bad try New Hollands. They will rock your world big time. I think they must have gold in the some ahere

Amen brother, New Holland is absolutely off the Richter Scale, but Messick's is the best to deal with.

New Holland pulls every part out of a diamond mine.

 

[CMV]

I have 0 hesitation cross referencing a Donaldson, Baldwin, or Wix filter for factory brand. Donaldson or Baldwin probably is the OEM in many cases......

 

[wagne223]

I'm not a fan of Orange at all, but is it them, or is it tractors? Green prices are ridiculous, and Blue can be too. One of my filters was over $20 and I forget what the others were. I got the 5 gallon bucket of 'Premium' at TSC for $25 or so on sale. Somebody recently quoted an absolutely silly price for what should be a common fuel filter, apparently just because the inlet is offset.

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It is tractors. Pure supply and demand.
People naturally compare it to automotive.
A filter for your truck can be had for $5 because they sell 1 million of them a year.

A comparable tractor filter costs 30 because they only sell 10 thousand a year.

Since they are not replaced often ( I do it once a year ) I just go to my dealer and tell them what I need.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Why is it that some retailers are always having sales? Sometime 50% off. Never equipment dealers. Well, Deere does have their modest January Lube sale, but that's not much. That type of mentality toward your customers just doesn't give me any kind of good feeling having to go to a dealer. If I go there, it's because I have to, not because I like to.

 

[Gary Fowler]

The hydraulic filter I sourced online was from Coleman equipment and it was a filter by Sten. It listed a lot of different tractors that it fit including my RTV900 and my B26 for less than $9. That was confusing so I didn't order it. Hydraulic and HST filters are different color to distinguish the OEM HST from Hydraulic although the are also the same size and gasket surface. Most OEM filters were around $22 online compared to around $30 at my local dealer so a bit of savings. I will attempt to save my boxes so I know the part number (different numbers for B26 and RTV although they physically are the same filter. Internals may or may not be different)

 

[Industrial Toys]

At the risk of repeating something again.

I started to realize that getting filter substitutes only involved physical size, and port size. There was usually no factor for filtration or possible other internal attributes. In fact, often the OEM won't even devulge what the filtration requirment is for a given machine, so how can the aftermarket filter manufacturer pretend to sell you the right one?

That's why, I went back to OEM. I own a bunch of equipment and the price of filters add up, but given the possible costs of screwing something up, I am not going to be penny wise and pound foolish as they say.

Not only that, but I think aftermarket filters are a GOOD thing, only because I believe without a doubt that they have forced the OEMs to lower the price of OEM filters. You see it all the time. A new style OEM filter is priced CRAZY high, until the aftermarket guys catch up.

Having said that. In these days of corporate Greed and cases of Fraud, it would not even surprise me, if OEMs were using and offering terrible filters.

 

[Oaktree]

I started to realize that getting filter substitutes only involved physical size, and port size. There was usually no factor for filtration or possible other internal attributes. In fact, often the OEM won't even devulge what the filtration requirment is for a given machine, so how can the aftermarket filter manufacturer pretend to sell you the right one?

That's why, I went back to OEM. I own a bunch of equipment and the price of filters add up, but given the possible costs of screwing something up, I am not going to be penny wise and pound foolish as they say.

Are tractor engines really so fragile that you'll screw them up if you use a name-brand aftermarket filter? I think not. Plenty of industrial equipment runs just fine with Napa filters, I'm betting your tractor will too. Good filter, regular fluid changes and you'll be fine.

As others have noted, the equipment manufacturers don't make their own filters, they outsource them to one of the filter manufacturers.

 

[Industrial Toys]

The oil is the life blood of the engine and hydraulic system. I don't think the filters are merely a "screen" to keep some piece of metal FOD, from circulating through your engine, I'm guessing it's a more precise science. Maybe not. But with major repairs having gone into the stratosphere, I would prefer not to take a chance.