That's exactly what my delivery guy said. JD made a couple of compromises to get to the market/price point of Kubota to compete in the small tractor market.
yep. In the late 90s, when kubota starting beating John Deere in that segment, John Deere turned and sub contracted a lot of that segment out. Like the engines and transmissions were at one point made in Germany, the frame and other metal work came from a foundry in Brazil. That was for everything south of 65-75 hp tractors. I’m not sure if that’s still the case but I imagine it is.