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Neil from Messick's here.
We work through a series of
comparative videos between Kubota's
different series tractors.
We're up here in the upper end now
between an MX and an M Series machine.
This is one of the first places in this
comparison series that you're going to start
to see some very, very clear differences
for a very, very different customer.
Let's take a quick walk around these two tractors
here and we could show you what makes an MX right
for one person
and an M series right for another.
Many of Kubota's product lines
have a lot of overlap between
standard models and deluxe models
or overlapping horsepower ranges
as you move from a B to an L to an MX series.
The differentiation between MX and M
is a lot more clear.
The MX series is really
a hybrid compact utility tractor.
It's for somebody who has
utility type chores to do
but may not want a full-on utility tractor
to do them with.
These are offered at 48, 52
and 58 horsepower.
The 48 being naturally aspirated
and the 52 and 58 being turbocharged.
Once you move up into the M Series tractors
there's a lot more spectrum there.
The first machine in the M series
is going to be the one that we've got
sitting right here beside our MX,
that's an M5660.
The M Series is going to go clearer
all up through a lot of different models,
through a lot of different chassis sizes
or up to the big M7171
that's offered today.
If you're an M Series customer,
odds are you're doing haying work,
row crop work.
You're an actual production
farmer with real production work to do.
You're likely running that tractor
for hours every day
and putting a lot of demanding task to it,
for demanding loader work,
for heavy draft applications,
for heavy three-point work
and M series machine is a real utility class tractor
with utility class specifications,
transmission options and weights.
On the other hand,
an MX machine is geared toward somebody doing
a lot more
utility tasks but in a more compact
applications where you may not
want so much physical tractor driving around.
Take horse farmers for instance,
you need to be able to
move bales around
and do a little bit of mowing and that kind of stuff.
You may not want a big heavy machine
in order to do it with or you might want say,
a simple to drive hydrostatic
transmission which isn't offered
up in big utility tractor.
There's a real clear distinction
between the type of customer that may buy
an MX or an M Series tractor.
One big difference between these tractors
is their role weight.
You'll hear a lot of conversation among
farmers or guys a very, very demanding task
about tractor weights
and an M Series machine is a machine that is
made to be heavy.
It's a tractor for applications
where you want a big heavy tractor.
An MX Series tractor, on the other hand,
is heavy for a compact tractor
but not nearly as heavy as a rear utility tractor is.
Take a look at the ground
where I came driving up here today.
You'll see what I came up.
I actually pulled the tractor up
into this little hillside and it was heavy enough
that it slid downhill a little bit
taking all the grass with it.
Or if you take a look at the depth of the ruts
just behind the machine as I was driving up
here today,
the big M5660 with these heavy
cast wheels on the back
left really deep ruts
as I was coming up my hill.
When we start to think about say mowing application.
If you're going to go out
and you want to run an eight foot brush hog,
an MX Series tractor
might be a good choice
because you don't necessarily want
all that big heavy weight for the tractor
running things up in your pasture
as you go back and forth.
On the converse side of that,
if you've got a really demanding load
or application you may want
the big heavy cast wheels behind the machine
to be able to lift heavy loads as safely as possible.
When we compare these machines,
we always want to start first by
going into your application
and saying what is the demanding thing here.
If you need a big heavy load,
an M Series might be right for you
but if you just need to go out
and run a rotary cutter
for several hours every month,
then MX may suit you just fine.
This is going to end up being a really short video
because this is one of the few places
that we can simply say
this is a bigger tractor over here.
As we move up through the product line,
as you go from an L Series to an MX
and from an MX to an M,
this is a place that you're simply taking
a big step in size.
There's going to be a leap
in the physical size of an M Series tractor
compared to an MX
even though their horsepower can be very close.
You can buy an MX Series at 58 horsepower
and M start at 56 horsepower.
You actually get a little bit more
horsepower in the smaller tractor in some cases,
but this machine over here
is just going to be a bigger
heavier machine.
Again, we're going to go back to that distinction
between more compact oriented tasks
and utility oriented tasks
and the MX Series is a
utility compact hybrid tractor
where the M Series machine start moving
into true utility tractors for utility work.
Have any parts or service needs
for any of your machines?
Or you're in the market for a tractor like this?
We're here to help.
Were available at www.messicks.com
or at 800-222-3373.
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