Eric makes the good point:
> Note that compact diesel JDs, New Holland (ford), etc since the 80s
> are really japanese. JDs are Yanmars, NH is Iseki.
>
> I haven't had much problem getting parts, but then I haven't
> needed many, and my Kubota is a '91.
I was a Kubota dealer during the 70s and 80s and I enjoyed overcoming resistance
from the "buy America" customer by showing him that pretty much all the under 40
hp tractors were Japanese.
Fords were Ishikamajima-Shiburi
Internationals were Mitsubishi
John Deeres were Yanmars
Whites were Iseke
Massey-Ferguson even had some 20 hp Japanese units and I bet these swapped
around now and then.
On parts pricing . . . the loudest complaints I remember were those from J-D
owners . .
Tony Clark
(your experience and spelling will surely vary)
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