jm, new big kubota's coming next year?

OliverGuy · Nov 15, 2014

Seen this in a farm magazine, what have you heard? Top was 170hp. Made here or overseas? I still pull a 12 row 1760 with liquid with a M125 that has never given me a stitch of trouble. Gives the big guys around here something to chuckle at.

John_PA · Nov 15, 2014

I didn't see the tractors, but I did see the new round baler. Looks like it was made by someone else, also... I know landpride is working deals left and right with Kubota.

not that it has anything to do with the big orange tractors, I'm just saying that Kubota is ready to make a move for a much bigger market share.

OliverGuy · Nov 15, 2014

This magazine says they bought Kverneland

G1355 · Nov 15, 2014

My dad has the biggest one they make as of now, the 135 don't know what the letters are only about six months old, we used it a little on auger and pulled one 760 buschel wagon until it had a transmission problem when he was pulling the wagon and locked up in high and middle range had to drive home in low at 7mph they brought us a new tractor the next day as it only had 30 some hours on it haven't heard what went wrong yet. Guess good thing about new its under warentey when it breaks.

jm. · Nov 15, 2014

Yes and no .. We saw or the 170 hp tractor was introduced at dealer meeting last month in Nashville. This is it will not be available at all dealerships. First year production is going to be limited. About what it translates to as far as this year is if a man wants one he will have to pre order it more than likely. Have had the tractor down in South America for three years so it is not something unproved. Hay equipment is coming from company purchased overseas.

DeltaRed · Nov 15, 2014

Lot of bigger Kubotas being sold these days.They seem to be bullet proof.A friend bought the biggest one last year.Loves it.Says it beats his Deeres all to pieces.

jm. · Nov 15, 2014

John The company is loaded with money and yes you can look for them to try and buy their way into the implement business. LandPride is a division of Great Plains and everyone knows they tried to get a deal don but just never happened. Also looked a vemmer to get into the hay business but again deal fell thru.

Dean · Nov 15, 2014

Kubota has done to the tractor market what other Japanese manufacturers did to the automotive market 25 or 30 yeara ago. Could write a treatise on the subject but not the time or place.

I've a Kubota B1750 HSD bought new in 1994. Have had absolutely NO problems with it in over 20 years. Not so much as a fuse, lamp or fan belt. Just regular lube oil and filters.

Cannot say the same about new tractors bought from CNH, MF, etc.

Dean

Adirondack case guy · Nov 15, 2014

JM,
I have long time friend, CNH and Kubota dealer. They built a huge reputation selling Case Skidsteers. A big part of the "New Era" that Kubota is calling the new lineup of equipment, ag oriented is good news to dealers, but as you said, limited production to dealers is not going to do much for them in the short term.
I watched the intros in Nashvulle on RFDTV, and my good friend was there.
Being that he is a CNH dealer, and CNH has done all their promo., advertising around the slogan, "Are You Ready", after he got back from Nashville, I asked him if "he was "ready" for Kubota's promo., "The New Era". That was when he told me about the limited availability. I guess the dealers are ready, but Kubota is not quite there yet.
Loren

John_PA · Nov 15, 2014

Trying to find my Successful Farming magazine... Thought I saw an ad in there. I need to look at it again.

Is that where you saw the tractors?

Adirondack case guy · Nov 15, 2014

Dam, you had better luck with your B1750 than I had with my two year newer B2150. I had to replace my fan belt this year. Geeze.
Loren.

john in la · Nov 15, 2014

The add I saw says they are a totally redesigned tractor. Not just a bigger version of their smaller tractors.
Has some features such as autoguidance Kubota got when they bought Kverneland a couple of years ago.

Built in France.

Bruce from Can. · Nov 16, 2014

I also bought a new 135 this past summer, and love it so far. Our neighbourhood is filling up with them. Bruce

john in la · Nov 16, 2014

"NO problems with it in over 20 years. Not so much as a fuse"
"you had better luck; I had to replace my fan belt"

One has to wonder why that is.
Japanese manufacturers do that over and over again. And not just with stuff built in Japan.
They can build a Japanese product in the U.S. with U.S. workers and still put out a better product than the U.S. manufactures.

Dean · Nov 16, 2014

Grossly oversimplified, it was a business decision largely necessitated by conditions at the time of the decision.

Also grossly oversimplified, the US automobile manufacturers policy of accepting a certain number of initial defects, which would subsequently be addressed by the warranty, was also a business decision that worked well for decades. Only when the Japanese changed the paradigm were the US manufacturers forced to react.

Kubota is now changing the paradigm in the tractor market. Other manufacturers will be forced to follow or perish.

Speaking from recent personal experience, MF, and to a lesser extent, CNH, have not yet caught up. MF has much farther to go than does CNH.

Dean

WIZZO · Nov 16, 2014

(quoted from post at 19:51:35 11/15/14) Seen this in a farm magazine, what have you heard? Top was 170hp. Made here or overseas? I still pull a 12 row 1760 with liquid with a M125 that has never given me a stitch of trouble. Gives the big guys around here something to chuckle at.

http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/machinery/machinery-news/kubota-reaffirms-its-position-in-the-agricultural-market-with-launch-of-larger-tractors/67701.article

Farming paper article on the new larger Kubota tractors with specifications & photos

LenND · Nov 16, 2014

I remember when Japanese cars and pickups first came to U S they were not even worth scrap price they were so cheap. NOT until the U S made them come up to our standards did they finally start making good vehicles.

VicS · Nov 16, 2014

We have a 2012 GX 126. Have had a warranty claim. One of the remotes wouldn't kick back to center. And while there they put a soft start kit for the pto in. Otherwise no problems. One feature it has, is under 6 mph the front wheels will speed up 100 % making it turn shorter than a 2 wheel drive.

gbs · Nov 16, 2014

before you buy one walk around behind it and take a good look at the lift, hitch and axle size,i looked at several the other day from 75 to 135 hp they all looked basically the same size and to light at that

W_B · Nov 16, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:51:01 11/16/14) I remember when Japanese cars and pickups first came to U S they were not even worth scrap price they were so cheap. NOT until the U S made them come up to our standards did they finally start making good vehicles.

I was around when they first were being sold around here and I would disagree. They appeared to be cheaply made but far from it. The ones I was familiar with were bullet proof, because they were cheaper than domestic brands they were not as valued and got beat on pretty good, but they kept on going.

Dan Richardson · Nov 17, 2014

You cannot compare tractors if one is tier 3 and the other is tier 4. Two difference birds of the same color.

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