Darn Kubota tractor

[oldandslow]

I bought it in 2010 and the battery just failed. Imagine that, only eleven years on a battery. I just got an education on battery costs. Holy cow, they are proud of them. Who had the best deal? Home Depot of all places and it was in stock.

[45/70fan]

Hahaha. Kubota makes good stuff. Been working at a dealership 29 years. Too bad the replacement batteries don't last that long. 

[Doublebass73]

I bought my first Kubota last fall, I use it to run a pull type snowblower. That thing has been great so far.

[Ranger99]

Kubota makes good equipment.
It's all really high in this area, even
used and well used.
Around here, you have to be really
careful buying used equipment because
many people using it don't really
know what they're doing and will
screw up the hydraulics and PTO
so you have to be really diligent
when shopping

[oldandslow]

I have never had a battery last eleven years before. I bought the Kubota because of it's excellent reputation in this area. That and the fact that it's orange. I grew up driving Allis-Chalmers and never did like green or red tractors. Like Quigly said in the movie, I never had much use for them but I did know how to use them. Any of them I drove got the job done but not as easily as the orange ones did.

[Argent 88]

I have never had a battery last eleven years before. I bought the Kubota because of it's excellent reputation in this area. That and the fact that it's orange. I grew up driving Allis-Chalmers and never did like green or red tractors. Like Quigly said in the movie, I never had much use for them but I did know how to use them. Any of them I drove got the job done but not as easily as the orange ones did.

We have Ford 2000 Diesel with a bucket. Yes that's very handy.

[Doublebass73]

Kubota makes good equipment.
It's all really high in this area, even
used and well used.
Around here, you have to be really
careful buying used equipment because
many people using it don't really
know what they're doing and will
screw up the hydraulics and PTO
so you have to be really diligent
when shopping

I agree, I spent the last few years looking at used tractors and it made me realize just how many idiots there are selling used tractors. That was why I ended up going new. I don't have a lot of land so I didn't need the bells and whistles, its primary function is running a snowblower and a 3 point sander so I bought the most stripped down Kubota L2501 you could possibly get. I paid cash and got a sweet deal because it was a leftover that nobody wanted (because it was 2WD with no loader) and I knew the salesman from working with him at that same dealership 30 years ago.

[Ranger99]

Kubota makes good equipment.
It's all really high in this area, even
used and well used.
Around here, you have to be really
careful buying used equipment because
many people using it don't really
know what they're doing and will
screw up the hydraulics and PTO
so you have to be really diligent
when shopping

I agree, I spent the last few years looking at used tractors and it made me realize just how many idiots there are selling used tractors. That was why I ended up going new. I don't have a lot of land so I didn't need the bells and whistles, its primary function is running a snowblower and a 3 point sander so I bought the most stripped down Kubota L2501 you could possibly get. I paid cash and got a sweet deal because it was a leftover that nobody wanted (because it was 2WD with no loader) and I knew the salesman from working with him at that same dealership 30 years ago.

Yeah,  wise move

Lots of junk for sale at Cadillac prices.
Most of what I've seen were what people
bought that salesmen talked them into
90 % of the people around my area would
have been better served with a quality
lawn tractor and not a big ag tractor
just to mow grass on their 4 acres.
The once- every- two- years bigger job
can be hired out and not have to have
the expense and upkeep of a tractor
and implements

[Doublebass73]

Kubota makes good equipment.
It's all really high in this area, even
used and well used.
Around here, you have to be really
careful buying used equipment because
many people using it don't really
know what they're doing and will
screw up the hydraulics and PTO
so you have to be really diligent
when shopping

I agree, I spent the last few years looking at used tractors and it made me realize just how many idiots there are selling used tractors. That was why I ended up going new. I don't have a lot of land so I didn't need the bells and whistles, its primary function is running a snowblower and a 3 point sander so I bought the most stripped down Kubota L2501 you could possibly get. I paid cash and got a sweet deal because it was a leftover that nobody wanted (because it was 2WD with no loader) and I knew the salesman from working with him at that same dealership 30 years ago.

Yeah,  wise move

Lots of junk for sale at Cadillac prices.
Most of what I've seen were what people
bought that salesmen talked them into
90 % of the people around my area would
have been better served with a quality
lawn tractor and not a big ag tractor
just to mow grass on their 4 acres.
The once- every- two- years bigger job
can be hired out and not have to have
the expense and upkeep of a tractor
and implements

I noticed that too, especially the people who pay all that extra money for a backhoe then only use it once or twice. They could have just hired the job out like you said or rented a mini excavator.