Paystar
Elite Member
I'm just happy to see there is some hope yet to improve and that they have not all just sat back and became complacent with the current solutions.
Tractors without DPF next year?
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Poopdeck Pappy
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- Kioti DK50SE Cab, Kubota BX23, Kubota BX2660, Grasshopper 729BT
The thing that would worry me about buying one of the current tractors is whether it will be an orphan soon.
I can see 15 years down the road not being able to find certain parts for a DPF system that was only made for a year or two before the switch.
I can see 15 years down the road not being able to find certain parts for a DPF system that was only made for a year or two before the switch.
MessickFarmEqu
Super Member
Those systems are either Denso or Bosh, its not like your reliant on just a few thousand units in the field from Kubota.
The Fred
Veteran Member
Disagreed,
I see these systems on VW, Audi and BMW. They won't be supported any longer than 10 years and if they are supported the cost to consumer will be so high most likely the consumer will trade out of the tractor or tear the overpriced crap off and try to bypass it.
Audi A3 Quattro today for new catalyst. 83,000 miles. The dealer denied warranty because it was just over by 3 K miles and over 8 years.
Cost to consumer= $2,450 for new CAT and 4 sensors plus labor. Planned obsolescence stinks for the consumer folks just wait till it's your turn. I see it every day.
Regards, Fred
workinallthetime
Veteran Member
those dang california lab rats die so easy. injectors doing multiple events during one cycle is nothing new, isuzu has had them around for years in the original durimax. cat converter and egr's on diesels go back to at least 97 on a "s" engine in a 6.5 diesel. somone hit the nail on the head this is going to translate to much higher parts cost for us little guys, when you start looking at sensor's, computer controlled fuel systems, high pressure fuel pumps, 5 micron or smaller fuel filters, and high tech injectors price is going to go through the roof. i know Uncle Sam puts down the law but you have to wonder if they are not pushed by outside influences to do so in order to increse the price of anything with a motor, after all higher purchase price of anyting equals more tax $$$$.
