Kubota L Series vs. John Deere E Series

[Music] hello I'm Michael Scholten equipment this is the standard L Kubota and the E Series John Deere I'm here to show you a few differences between the two which I think's actually adding up to a lot this is the standard L Series from Kubota it's an economy series tractor it's not the grand L series it's their price point machine made to fit a need of a customer that's not looking for all the bells and whistles but it's still looking for the basic necessities so is the John Dewey series it's targeted at the same market it says John Deere's version I want to compare a few things I want to start with the transmission of the Kubota and the John Deere will do the Kubota first Kubota has an optional transmission package so you can do a standard transmission or you can do an HST transmission HST is hydrostatic it's the most popular so you can choose between the two transmissions adding value the John Deere is only available in a hydrostatic the other thing that John Deere only has that the Kubota actually the Kubota has that the John Deere doesn't the Kubota has a three range hydrostatic so you have a low medium and high the John Deere only offers a two range low and high I personally use the medium range almost all the time when I'm doing tractor work on my farm the low range is just really slow you get a lot of power the high range is just too fast with no power so Kubota out of the medium range into their transmission on their Hydra stats to give you way more versatility and actually usability of the tractor the other thing Cota did is they have the treadle pedal this is strictly a preference you push the pedal forward to go forward you push the pedal back to go back the John Deere on the other hand uses a twin touch pedal which again is preference I preferably like the treadle pedal I've always been a treadle pedal guy the twin touch pedal you have to push one pedal to go backwards and one pedal to go forwards just like the Kubota but the only thing is you're using the same muscle to go backwards as you are forwards creating a problem I have a lot of I have three little kids I can see this as a problem if you get the pedals mixed up you can accidentally go the wrong way and back over someone or run into a building you weren't anticipating on running into and to make it even worse in the automobile industry when you want to go forward you press the gas pedal it's on the right so you're naturally in stinking is to push the right pedal to go forward well John Deere did it backwards so John Deere is right pedal is to go backwards and the left pedals go forwards this is easily going to get confusing to any any tractor buyer if you're not used to it the treadle pedal uses two different muscles to do two different functions easily trainable now we're going to move to the front axle if you just look at the Kubota axle and look at the John Deere axle you'll notice a bit of difference the John Deere axle is physically a smaller front axle the Kubota axle is physically bigger the Kubota axle is match for this loader the John Deere axle is match for a price point the Kubota axle Kubota is very good about putting the right components under the right series of attachments and this case they did nothing different than they always do the John Deere axle they will brag on their videos that our steering components are behind the axle which makes them safer from obstruction and they will say the Kubota steering tie rods are in front of the axle making them more vulnerable for obstructions hitting things well that may be true but John Deere steering components are behind the axle and below it I don't know about you but I think something that's below the axle the lowest point of the tractor actually is going to be the most vulnerable to hitting anything so if you buy a John Deere your lowest point on the tractor is your steering tie rods and cylinders you're most likely gonna hook a stump you might want to order one of those if you buy a John Deere next I want to compare the loaders John Deere adds a loader to their tractor that it's fixed mounted to the tractor you can never take it off actually you could take it off you need a few a few wrenches and it might take you about an hour to get it up lay off Kabuto loader is a quick mounted loader I can probably take it off in like 20 seconds an average guy that does it the first time can probably do it under a minute still it's a very quick attached loader John Deere decided to save a few bucks here and put a fixed mountain loader that you always have to keep on your tractor some people might not think this is a big advantage but I personally think it's a really big advantage if you ever mow along any fence line and you want to get really close to it and you're looking behind it your mower if you don't have your loader if you have your loader on the tractor there's guaranteed you're gonna hook a fence and rip it out when you're mowing along fence lines you want your loader offs you can get really close to the fence lines you can only worry about the mower you don't have to worry about the loader in front of you it's a big advantage for Kubota I in my regard another advantage Kubota has over John Deere is the quick attach bucket yes this tractor does have a quick attach bucket so does the Kubota john deere's ironically is a proprietary coupler you have to buy john deere attachments and it's a goofy it's it's a little strange coupler in my opinion Kubota is front loader coupler which is optional is a skid steer quick coupler and so anything that fits on a skid steer will fit on this making your options for attachments endless and not stuck with going to the John Deere dealer also Kubota offers a pin on bucket which John Deere does not offer a pin on bucket so if you'd never wanted to take your front bucket off you don't have to pay for the necessary attachments to do so saving you about $500 this is about a $500 option John Deere stuck with this next up I want to display how the hydraulics work on both these tractors they yet look the same but are completely different hydraulic systems Kubota uses a much more deluxe hydraulic system than John Deere John Deere is much more of a basic hydraulic system the only way to really tell is for me to demonstrate this on the John Deere of course but start it and it's a really loud tractor so it's hard to hear me maybe but on the John Deere when you raise the loader you can't do the bucket at the same time every time you dump the bucket the loader movement stops making it our turkey jerky motion in my opinion that's very deterrent even our smallest tractors have a better hydraulic system than this 3-series your dear I'll show you on the Kubota how it works now start the Kubota the quota at this is at an idle by the way the Kubota has a way better hydraulic system you can do two functions at once even at an idle I'm curling the bucket and lifting the loader at the same time without that her key that herky-jerky motion that the John Deere produces much more value on the Kubota in the hydraulic system and the commode will lift more a couple more things on this comparison one thing that drives me crazy when John Deere does a comparison is the fact that they brag about having a plastic hood Kubota has a metal hood Kubota stride plastic hoods in the past they don't last the John Deere explains how the plastic hood is stronger than a metal hood let me just do that if for instance on the plastic hood it's a rattling piece of junk also Kubota z' hood is a one-piece design this John Deere hood is a chintzy two-piece design Kubota hood is a one-piece design that's pretty easy one last thing on the argument of plastic hood verse metal if plastic was so tough why doesn't John Deere build the frame of plastic the final thing I want to show you between the John Deere and the Kubota standard series is the rear ends of the tractor the Kubota and the John Deere looks similar from behind what that you don't know the John Deere is made out of aluminum casting the Kubota steel John Deere does not recommend or produce a backhoe to be attached to the back of this tractor because they know this tractor can't handle it it will rip it apart Kubota has a factory installed backhoe option you can put straight from Kubota on this tractor and it's covered under warranty some John Deere dealers are putting aftermarket backhoes on these tractors voiding all John Deere warranty with this tractor it might work for a while but John Deere knows that this tractor will fall apart if a backhoe is installed on it it's made out of aluminum it's not made for the stress of a backhoe it's made to be light and cheap Komodos tractors made for value would be heavy and strong and finally I forgot to tell you about yanmar engine first Kubota engine Kubota builds all their own motors john deere they build their big motors but they don't focus really on the little motors so they use again more engine not a bad engine generally known as a louder engine Kubota engines a little smoother built by Kubota you're always going to be able to go to Kubota dealer and get parts for a Kubota inch and john deere who knows what's going to happen on the enlarge on your relationship down the line you might not be able to get parts for your John Deere tractor from a John Deere dealer oh did I mention the Kubota lifts higher than the John Deere if you had 20 grand which about both these tractors come in at what would you spend it on ok thanks for watching our video make sure you like it if you liked it and subscribe to our channel to see more also check out our internet site WW scoldings equipment comm we have the largest selection of new and used Kubota tractors in the entire world listed pictured and priced check us out easy to use website - thanks

Channel: Scholten's Equipment

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Keywords: John Deere, Kubota, Tractor, Comparison, L Series, E Series, washington, farm, farming, lynden, ferndale, bellingham, custer, birch bay, land pride, claas, scholtens

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Length: 10min 10sec (610 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 11 2017