Zog- don't kid yourself, that little Diesel can put out some work. And durable as all get out. (You'd just have to be patient as its the nature of "tractors", they're just naturally slow.) The Jap engineering is all about duarbility. Everyone is aware that the same machine might have been a Deere, Kubota, or other American brand, only badged here. Maybe mostly assembled by putting the wheels on and putting a battery in it, and they called it amercian iron, american made. Thats sarcasm, yall.
Yeah, right. None of the big color names in America had anything to do with engineering or manufacturing these compact tractors for four decades. They just lied through their teeth, kept politicians pockets lined and kept the better product from being imported at a less expensive price, even with a moderate import tax the Asian Manufacturers were willing to pay. By mandating HUGE import taxes.>
We stupid americans wouldn't recycle steel, sent it all to Asia, and they beat our ass with it. Ultimately, Big color told them to make it even cheaper. Thinner gauge steel, less mils of paint, we wanted it cheaper. The end user din't pay less for it, but the name brands did.
Isuzu, Mitsubuishi, Yanmar, Iseki, they all were manufacturing them for the big color, and gritting their teeth.
When the gray market explosion happened in the early 2000's, importers were shipping boatloads full of refurbed units because they were well worth the expense, due to being used. Still had rediculously high import tax on new, but there are millions of used ready to refurb units in Asia and western Europe, tha simply woudl be worth every penny. Refurbs were being shipped to viet nam, Laos, cambodia, Tawain, and the labor is CHEAP.
BUT, thanks to big overpriced Color, who #### where they eat, you can't get a part for Paddy unless you're smart enough to go to the parts counter and know to tell the schmuck at the counter its a Fuel bowl for a Kubota 1410 (Paddy appears to be a Yanny 1401 D). Licensing agreements - you know?
I was wrong in my first post. Paddy is a gray market with four number/letter designation, If you bought Paddy as a true Asian Import in the 80's it would have been a 140 D, and nearly twice what the red one from Kubota cost. But complete with english only labels and warning stickers. I'm nearly sure Paddy sports mostly Chinese symbols and stickers with copious amounts of sharpie marker instructions.
Enjoy- you probably won't have to buy tires for it, EVER, let alone anything you don't actually break.
I have Pedro, and I still want one of those just to tote a trailer or drag the driveway, and I can grade with skid steer better than most can butter their hot toast with warm butter.
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