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M5030 12-26-2012 12:49:21 96.53.210.246 Report to Moderator	Why can't you just say if there's an established dealer close by an M5030 would be a good choice? Kubota isn't some fly-by-night company that is going to disappear in 2 years. If "many" are claiming they are the second coming, who are you to dispute it... a JD dealer? [Reply]   [No Email]
JD Seller 12-26-2012 21:45:25 208.126.196.144 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota M3050 in reply to M5030, 12-26-2012 12:49:21   Well they do break down just like any other brand. We have a local dealer that is worthless. He parks a brand new Kubota out front and then tries to switch guys into his lesser brands like TYM and Century. He can make more money on the other brands. HE stocks a bare minimum of parts. I do mean a bare minimum. Close friend has a M110. He has had some minor stuff go wrong but nothing major. We where servicing the tractor last summer in my shop. He went to get all the filters for the tractor. The local dealer did not have either the oil filter nor the hydraulic filter. My friend wanted OEM stuff so he had to drive 60 miles one way to the next dealer to get the needed filters. He had a M8950 before the M110. At 6500 hours the pressure plate flew apart. It tore up the throw out fork and cross shaft. It was a loader tractor so that was not the issue. The fact that we had to wait six weeks for Kubota to get the parts here was an issue. So like I said they are just another brand that has its own issues and dealers that are less than desirable. Just like the other brands have these issues too. [Reply]  [No Email]
M5030 12-26-2012 22:00:00 96.53.210.246 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota M3050 in reply to JD Seller, 12-26-2012 21:45:25   I don't think the question was regarding how they compare to other tractors. You make it sound like they are some one off brand of tractor when in fact they are one of the most popular tractors in the world. I'm sure there are stories of bad JD dealers as well. [Reply]  [No Email]
MisterT 12-26-2012 14:16:11 216.248.71.226 Report to Moderator	Re: Kubota M3050 in reply to M5030, 12-26-2012 12:49:21   Around here the Kubota dealers are as common as Case-IH, New Holland, and John Deere, and they've all been here for 15 to 20 years now. [Reply]  [No Email]