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[Phil Auten]

I have a friend that inherited an early Kubota, one of the smaller ones. 
He had an old JD that he was using to pull a 6' shredder (AKA bush hog 
or rotary mower) and it was on it's last leg. The Kubota developed some 
kind of a problem and went to a dealer in Waco for repairs. After 
waiting several months, they called him and told him it was a lost cause 
because parts were no longer available. They gave him a good trade in on 
a new Kubota and he jumped on that. The new tractor came with a shredder 
and loader so he sold me his 3 year old 6" mower for a song. I'm still 
using it 7 years later. Oh, I cannot remember what the problem was with 
the old Kubota. If anyone cares, I can ask.

Phil in TX


On 2/9/2019 8:58 PM, John Hall wrote:
>
> I may own one of those orange things one day, but it won't be a very 
> old one. We got suckered into working on one a few years back that was 
> 25-30 years old. Local dealer support sucked. Had to get parts from 
> the northeast. Called every phone number I could find until I got in 
> touch with an older factory service tech.---nobody new what head 
> gasket to sell us. We kept getting the run around about possible "gray 
> market" tractors. The parts guys were groaning just as soon as we gave 
> them the model number. If its old, I'll take IH or Deere any day over 
> orange.
>
> John Hall
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> On 2/9/2019 12:16 PM, James Peck wrote:
>> I can remember driving by a Kubota dealership for the first time in 1970 on the way to take a military physical.  The tractors sitting on that lot in 1970 would now be 49 years old.
>>
>> https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-21/deere-bests-kubota-as-u-s-tractor-sales-revive
>>
>> https://harryferguson.blogspot.com
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