This is ridiculous - No alternators in the US!!!

[RickB]

HMMM! Do I understand you're saying that the dealer is supposed to send a mechanic out to disassemble a new tractor for no pay? Then re-assemble same new tractor after the part comes in a few days, again for no pay? Who picks up that $100 plus tab? Kubota only pays for the one time R&R on the owner's machine, not for the extra time on the dealer's. Should the dealer be adding a few hundred to the sales price to cover such contingencies??? Are you willing to kick that in up front? Didn't think so... Neither am I. I'll wait a little while.:thumbsup:

Where I work, an alternator would very likely come off a new tractor as a warranty part to get a customer in good standing up & running. Simply another in a long list of hidden costs a service-oriented dealership will absorb to build customer loyalty and goodwill. That doesn't mean that every dealer can or will do that type of thing every time.

This would probably not be the type of thing that would happen if the dealer performing the warranty repair happened not to have sold the tractor to begin with, or the customer had a history of making unreasonable demands or was any type of credit risk. The road between the dealership and customer goes both ways.

 

[Cruisin]

The dealer has no control of parts inventories at the corporate level. So he can't be to blame. Many dealers do such things if the situation warrants. Where is the line? How urgent is the need. Point is, we have no right to expect such effort unless we're willing to pay for it. Particularly, as we on this forum take such great pride in getting the lowest initial price possible.

I think most warranty repairs are paid to Flat Rate Manual times. There ain't no "extra" built into those that I know of. I have to call you on 5 minutes to pull the alternator. You think a tech can go get the machine, pull the tools, get the machine back out of the way, put away the tools and clean up any mess and fill out the work order in 5 minutes??? Man I never could, if I didn't even have to turn a wrench!
Also, are you suggesting the Tech hose another customer by adding time to his job?

My guess is that CTF's dad has this situation under control anyway.

 

[mzamatt]

Unless there is no stock in Japan, the dealer can have it expressed in and kubota will
warranty the freight. 3-5 business days. More often just a few days.

 

[JasG]

I haven't read every post, but a lot of references to being made in Japan. I thought the BX was made in the USA? I know one of the earlier posts was about them having one in GA.

Was this tractor made in the USA?

Probably the shipment they are waiting on is for production if this is the case. I would think it would be rare for them to not have one in the USA if they are made in the USA.

Kubota Tractor Corporation - Company Information

Kubota Manufacturing of America
Headquarters: Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.A.

Kubota Manufacturing of America (KMA) was formed in 1988 as Kubota痴 North American manufacturing base. KMA manufactures and assembles Kubota lawn tractors, zero-turn mowers, sub-compact tractors, loaders, backhoes and other implements. The company employs 1200 workers. Two master buildings offer 616,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Today, one-third of all Kubota branded equipment sold in the United States is manufactured or assembled at its 151-acre Gainesville, Georgia facility.

 

[wrooster]

I thought the BX was made in the USA?

They don't make and assemble every single part of a BX tractor in the GA Kubota factory! That's too vertically integrated, too costly, and too inefficient. Sub-assemblies, including the engine, are assembled together in GA. The alternator on the BX engine is likely a Denso (or similar) unit, sourced in Japan or other location. It is mated to the engine before GA even sees the engine.

Wrooster

 

[Stargazer]

Hi 330 from coleman in kc via google ebay cheaper

 

[BethesdaEC]

I haven't read every post, but a lot of references to being made in Japan. I thought the BX was made in the USA? I know one of the earlier posts was about them having one in GA.

Was this tractor made in the USA?

Probably the shipment they are waiting on is for production if this is the case. I would think it would be rare for them to not have one in the USA if they are made in the USA.

Kubota Tractor Corporation - Company Information

Kubota Manufacturing of America
Headquarters: Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.A.

Kubota Manufacturing of America (KMA) was formed in 1988 as Kubota痴 North American manufacturing base. KMA manufactures and assembles Kubota lawn tractors, zero-turn mowers, sub-compact tractors, loaders, backhoes and other implements. The company employs 1200 workers. Two master buildings offer 616,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Today, one-third of all Kubota branded equipment sold in the United States is manufactured or assembled at its 151-acre Gainesville, Georgia facility.

While they are assembled in GA, the engine and transmission are shipped from Japan and they just bolt them together in the US. I think that they have something like only 60 employees on the assembly line.

 

[bunchgrass]

HMMM! Do I understand you're saying that the dealer is supposed to send a mechanic out to disassemble a new tractor for no pay? Then re-assemble same new tractor after the part comes in a few days, again for no pay? Who picks up that $100 plus tab? Kubota only pays for the one time R&R on the owner's machine, not for the extra time on the dealer's. Should the dealer be adding a few hundred to the sales price to cover such contingencies??? Are you willing to kick that in up front? Didn't think so... Neither am I. I'll wait a little while.:thumbsup:

Not the dealer - Kubota should pick up the tab. Their company, their alternator, their sale and profit, their responsibility.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Not the dealer - Kubota should pick up the tab. Their company, their alternator, their sale and profit, their responsibility.

..yea, does not work that way.

 

[TripleR]

Hard to believe this thing is still going, CompactTractorFan seems to be dealing with it better than many and it's his tractor.