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Kubota Rx 301 probably 1992 with 2200 hours. Do these have any value?
Kept outside. Fir home use.
Kept outside. Fir home use.
My son figures he can get more than he paid for his machine,, he had it for over 10 years.Grey market stuff can be a good buy as long as you understand it has little resale value. Parts are usually available but can be hard to source or take a lot of time to get. It is a real crap shoot. If you are going to buy it and run it till it falls apart (and you can get it cheap enough) it might be worth it. As an investment, I would pass. Sort of like owing a Tesla.
Usually in Japan they dont meet smog specs or are too old, either they get sent overseas or scrapped.I read that japan has a surplus of older machines because everyone there wants new stuff, so they send it overseas. I'm not sure grey market stuff is all that cheaper.
Hitachi makes JD if I'm not mistaken
Most parts that are an issue are for the engines. Definite differences in USA, European, and other countries. Some hydraulic stuffers may also be different. Yes, They are normally a good buy for the money. Just a word of caution!! If you want to be able to read all controls in cab, gauges and monitor information and are well versed in French, Italian, german, polish, Japanese, whatever then keep this in mind. Because if your expecting English I doubt that's gonna happen. Speaking from experiences here as I'm around these machines. And if it's an imported auction machine be ready to resolve some machine issues!! TLG
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