Looking at buying new tractor

CappyJ · Dec 14, 2014

DT86 said:
I am interested in hearing about these "horror stories" with KCC.

I've had two loans with them, one for a RTV (payed off) and one for a tractor (which I still owe for). I made/make a single yearly payment for each.

If you make the payment on time what can go wrong?

You can google Kubota financing problems and you can read some of the stuff people have written about Kubota Financing. Thanks for the positive feedback on this topic, this makes me feel at ease.

CappyJ · Dec 14, 2014

Thanks to everyone who provided input on Kubota Financing. This makes me feel comfortable in dealing with Kubota. I did not think that a company this large would not be doing something about their financing if they did have these issues.

I would now like to get input from anyone who has dealt with the B3300SU. I would like to hear what you liked/disliked about it and if the power would be good enough for what I had initially written in my introduction. How much power does the 4 cylinder engine make compared to a 3 cylinder engine?

CappyJ · Dec 14, 2014

I would also like to get input on the new Tier 4 engine and if I should stay away from a tractor containing the DPF

jeff9366 · Dec 14, 2014

"I would now like to get input from anyone who has dealt with the B3300SU. I would like to hear what you liked/disliked about it and if the power would be good enough for what I had initially written in my introduction."

Did you open the LINK to the T-B-N archive in Post #3? The LINK has hundreds of T-B-N threads with "B3300SU" in the titles. It will take several days to read them all.

"How much power does the 4 cylinder engine make compared to a 3 cylinder engine?"

Horsepower is a measurable, standard unit of work. Horsepower is horsepower.
The power question you have posted is 90% related to TRACTOR WEIGHT and tire selection, not horsepower.

LINK: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/buying-pricing-comparisons/234571-tractor-weight-important.html

CappyJ · Jan 17, 2015

I would like to thank everyone for your advice and information on tractor experience and Kubota Financing experience. After reading several of the posts, my wife and I decided to visit our local Kubota dealer. After researching Kubota for a while, we were interested in the L3101. Once at the dealer, I got the chance to test drive the L3101 (gear and HST), the L3901 (HST), and also the B2320 (HST). The salesperson answered several of our questions and after test driving all tractors, we came to a conclusion that the B2320 would be the right size for our property. Since this is our first tractor, the L3101 had plenty of power but was large in comparison to the B2320 and felt harder to maneuver. The B2320 felt more comfortable to maneuver since visibility was good from any angle. Maybe it was just me, but this was the reason we decided on the B2320. We did finance through Kubota to take advantage of 0% financing. I have worked it 16 hours since we purchased it and we are very happy with it. It has done what we expected of it so far and does not feel underpowered. Again, it may just be me since we have never owned a tractor before to compare it to. Thanks again for the advice.