The Great Kubota vs Kioti Debate PART II

[ovrszd]

I started an old 75 chevy van more than once with a hammer.. Until I took it in to a local battery, starter/alternator shop and a guy crawled under it and removed, it, rebuilt it, and put it back on all for the low low price of $20.. how about that!.. I am betting you cant't get that kind of service any more. (it has been a while)

True that James. Not gonna get much for $20 today. Matter of fact, I'm not sure there's a single part on an old school GM starter that you can buy for $20 now....

 

[nc redneck]

I have owned 2 Kubotas over the last 15 years, still have one my BX 2200 great machine. That being said my Kioti 45 SE is one **** of a machine. I would look at Kioti first for my next one. I see Kubota going a lot like Green Tractors. Overpriced and under performing. When is the last time you have seen a Green tractor behind a Contractors truck 15, or 20 years ago .
I see more and more Kiotis in commercial applications.
Just my thoughts

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

. . . When is the last time you have seen a Green tractor behind a Contractors truck 15, or 20 years ago .
I see more and more Kiotis in commercial applications.
Just my thoughts

Around here, I primarily see John Deere and New Holland tractors being used by mowing contractors. John Deere is what I see in the vast majority of farming applications. I've never seen a single Kioti in a field that I know of. Maybe there was one but I thought it was a Kubota.

You guys over in the NC area are ahead of us on Kioti dealerships since you're a lot closer to their headquarters. I think I bought the first Kioti that my dealership sold. They are a long time New Holland dealer and have handled Mahindra for a few years. They had just picked up Kioti when I bought mine from them.

 

[TomSeller]

They always had a hill pushed up near the buildings with their tractor backed up on it to coast start. Batteries must have been hard to come by!!! Almost 100% Massey Ferguson tractors.

I was thinking about this very thing the other day. I was talking to my brother about how we always started our tractors on a hill or by crank. Then we looked at each other and simultaneously asked if we ever recalled Dad buying a new battery. We answered in unison, "No, he had us kids to start them".

 

[nc redneck]

I may just be blind, but have not seen a Green Tractor behind a contracts rig in 20 or more years. Almost all Kubota .In 100 HP + AIG tractors Green still is the king.

 

[adventure bob]

Never seen an orange commercial harvester... Not sure Kub, and I know kioti doesnt even makes a combine. Then again I have to say there are other commercial big tractors than JD out there that are doing great business. But, really how many of us here are commercial farmers? From the sig blks, most of us are hobby farmers or small landowners with enough cash to buy decent tractors. Green, blue or orange, does it really matter if it does what you need it to?
Anyone remember when JD hid the fact that they had Yanmar engines? Now they tout it every chance they get. Why? Cause not everything good is green.

 

[ovrszd]

I may just be blind, but have not seen a Green Tractor behind a contracts rig in 20 or more years. Almost all Kubota .In 100 HP + AIG tractors Green still is the king.

I think that's terretorial. Around here it's almost exclusive John Deere in the commercial world, especially lawn care. JD even owns the Zero Turn market.

AG, it's 90% JD, with exclusive ownership of the large AG world.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Around here, it seems like Scag owns 75% of the zero turn market among lawn care companies. Every trailer I see has at least one Scag on it.

 

[ovrszd]

Around here, it seems like Scag owns 75% of the zero turn market among lawn care companies. Every trailer I see has at least one Scag on it.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about being terretorial. I've never saw or heard of a Scag zero turn???

 

[Gittyup]

For lawn mowing, zero turn or walk behinds rule with contractors in these parts. There is a wide variety. Some scags, toros, walker, etc. There are a few contractors that use JD X-series, or older x55 (755's and 855's mostly), and still a few 400's. I only recall ever seeing a few Kubota zero turns. Never a BX or B-series used for mowing. Some of the small excavators are B39's. Use to see some B21's, but not so much anymore. A lot of JD 110's and Case 560/580's.