Hi, my dad bought a new 2014 Kubota 7040SU 4x4 with a 1153 loader about two years ago. The tractor is in GEM MINT condition with around 100 hours. it looks like it rolled off the showroom floor. It still even has the white sticker on the side of the loader bucker when they delivered new. It has the power reverser and the heavy cast wheel and the fiberglass canopy top.
He scrimped a tad when he bought this tractor and even though he really likes the tractor there are a few things he doesn't like. The most important thing is it is geared too high for loader work. His last tractor was a New Holland and it would basically crawl at idle, which made it easy to install implements on the 3PH. This Kubota was his first tractor with a FEL, so he didn't think much about the speed when he bought the tractor. Also, the tractor seems a bit top heavy as compared to the New Holland especially when mowing on an incline.
Given these things what would a tractor like this bring on the open market? He has a chance to buy a like new John Deere 5075m and think this would be a better tractor for his needs. I know the JD is a much heavier built tractor. He just wants to get an idea of what the Kubota would bring if he buys the John Deere, since he doesn't want to be stuck with two tractors.
Any help would be appreciated.
He scrimped a tad when he bought this tractor and even though he really likes the tractor there are a few things he doesn't like. The most important thing is it is geared too high for loader work. His last tractor was a New Holland and it would basically crawl at idle, which made it easy to install implements on the 3PH. This Kubota was his first tractor with a FEL, so he didn't think much about the speed when he bought the tractor. Also, the tractor seems a bit top heavy as compared to the New Holland especially when mowing on an incline.
Given these things what would a tractor like this bring on the open market? He has a chance to buy a like new John Deere 5075m and think this would be a better tractor for his needs. I know the JD is a much heavier built tractor. He just wants to get an idea of what the Kubota would bring if he buys the John Deere, since he doesn't want to be stuck with two tractors.
Any help would be appreciated.
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