I sold some Oliver parts to a guy yesterday who happens to be a kubota dealer in Newbrunswick. We got to chattin and he said he heard inside rumours that they're working on pushing the M7 lineup over 200 hp and developing an M8 line that'll top over 300 hp. I read online that kubotas eyeing up North American fields and aims to be a serious contender. Not bad for a company that maxed out at 90 hp and 6400 pounds shipping weight 20 yrs ago. They'll need a 6cyl before they get my attention but I'm sure it'll come with those numbers.
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Ken Macfarlane
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The big bore 4?s like Kubota and Sisu have advantages in certain areas of managing emissions. Really no bearing on the engine performance if it?s 4 or 6, that?s a function of the cubic inches, stroke and the fuel management programming.
farmer boy
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The market needs some more competition. I think you're right on the 6 cylinder engine being the next thing they need. The 4 cylinder is already at it's limit. They also need to work on the cab. It's decent, but it still isn't up to Deere or CNH standards. They also need to work on their emissions system.
Kubota has developed a reputation for durability, dependability, putting a quality product out there. They seem to sell more hp per dollar outlay that the green and red companies. Kubota may be watching closely the sales numbers for the M 7 new introduction to see how it goes then decide if bigger means more profit. One would think in this farm economy that not many new tractors are selling for any brand.
Kabota has a LARGE presence here in North East Georgia, Gainesville to be precise. They just built a "Flagship" plant. They have a HUGE complex in an industrial park that is off of the main road that has been there for a while. I do not know what they build there. I have not spoken to anyone who works there either. They have signs up in a lot of places advertising that they are hiring. I don't know anything about their equipment so I don't recognize anything I see being shipped. I do see a lot of lawn mowers and FELs on flat beds when we go to Gainesville for hospital and Drs. appointments. Dsmythe
Ken Macfarlane
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Many of the little things are built in the US like Rtv?s BX and their loaders.
It takes a lot of capital and man-hours to design and manufacture new products. Like many other ag equipment manufacturers, Kubota may start out buying large engines from another manufacturer until their sales volumes are high enough to justify developing their own large engines. Many engines used in farm equipment are also used in other applications: construction equipment; industrial equipment; irrigation; trucking; generators; military; etc. It would be difficult to justify spending $10's of millions to design, manufacture and service an engine for a low volume product.
Welding man
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Kubota probably would do a lot better in my area if we could keep a dealer. We have had three to give it up in the last couple of years. Now the owners can't get them worked on. I get at least one or two calls a week wanting me to work on them. Most of the the time, I can't help them, I don't have and can't get the diagnostic tools to find out the problems. There are two tractors within five miles of me that needs repairs and no one to fix them. Nearest dealer is close to 100 miles and they really don't want to make the trip.
JD and Case dealers are getting spaced pretty far apart too, 100 miles isn't that odd.
The green stuff two brothers bought up 20+ dealerships, and condensed that down to 14 that are open.
Titan is pretty busy buying up red dealerships, and closing down the small ones. Around here they built a new building on a new lot, couple years later they closed it, that is some exepensive new building sitting there.
Paul
The green stuff two brothers bought up 20+ dealerships, and condensed that down to 14 that are open.
Titan is pretty busy buying up red dealerships, and closing down the small ones. Around here they built a new building on a new lot, couple years later they closed it, that is some exepensive new building sitting there.
Paul
Adirondack case guy
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Heard on the Rural Evening News the other night on RFDTV that Kubota is planning to open 3 engine plants in the USA.
Loren
Loren
(quoted from post at 06:56:00 03/30/18) Like the kubota video said "37 workers build 50 to 60 kubotas every day"--Take them out of the crate and put the wheels on.---Tee
Really Tee? Just who am I supposed to buy from? FIAT owned CaseIH? Deere who builds a lot of stuff offshore and imports some items to the US? AGCO who does the same? So just what is the name of this mythical company building tractors here in the US out of components ALL made here in the US in all sizes? Inquiring minds want to know???
Rick
Tee You need to get a little more information > Four plants there around Atlanta employ over a thousand folks.. No John Deer for sure but they do provide work for some folks. And yes they do not build tractors , they assemble tractors , but The RTV, most of the lawn mowers , and and loader and backhoe are BUILT there.
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