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Neil from Messicks here.
We're out today with two of Kubota M7 series tractors
a 171 premium KBT and a 151 standard.
We're going to go around both of these tractors here
and show you some of the differences in features
of what exactly makes a standard tractor standard
and a premium tractor premium.
When we get into the world of agricultural tractors
there's a lot of differences between models
and when we've gone through compact tractors
and utility tractors and other models.
Typically if you're buying say an M7060
those machines are virtually the same from one model
to the next without major differences between tractors.
Big farm tractors like this it's not that way,
these things can have a lot of options
pages and pages of options.
There are however between the standard and premium series,
a couple of major places that you can start to have some differences.
This tractor right here is the premium model
and if we take a look down here you'll see there's a very robust
front axle that has suspension on it.
It has a floating suspension as you're running across rough fields and stuff
the front axle can bounce back and forth very easily
with hydraulic accumulators and stuff to even out your ride.
You can sit up in the cab and dial up and down
how much pressure you want those accumulators
to change how that front axle will respond.
Over here on the standard model, you'll see those
bits and pieces aren't here right,
this is an area that you can eliminate accumulators
and moving parts and save some significant costs.
Still, a very robust front axle
still articulates from left to right
but doesn't have those suspension components in it
for when you're hauling across a field.
You notice back here on the tiers
this premium model has a bar axle on it
this is 100-millimeter bar axle one of the largest in the industry.
That enables you to be able to easily slide this tire
in and out in order to set your row widths and stuff,
over here on the standard tractor you have a normal flange axle.
Flange coming out from the transmission where the tyre bolts on in place,
while this tire is adjustable by flipping the rims around
you don't have nearly the range of adjustability
and the time that it takes in order to
take this monstrous tyre often change bolts and stuff
is a lot more significant than an easier bar axle.
Our premium tractor also comes with a premium hydraulic system,
you'll see back here in the back where are we remotes are
this is a closed center load sensing hydraulic system
with electronic remotes.
That enables a lot of functionality
and there's a lot of functional differences
in the hydraulic systems of these two tractors.
This one cranks out right about 29 gallons a minute
and that close center system enables you to use
implements that demand a specific amount of flow
at a specific pressure all of the time.
Take for instance pumps on a sprayer right
you want to be able to drive that sprayer pump
at a constant rate, at a constant flow
that your rates out of your sprayer aren't changing.
A closed Center system you can do that
you can dial in exact numbers like that
the economy tractor has an open Center system.
What an open Center system will do
is that when the hydraulic system starts to have multiple demands
upon it flow doesn't always go at exactly the same rate
exactly the same pressure to all to the right ports.
You go back to our sprayer application again
if you have say a flow marker out there on the end
and you're running your sprayer pump
and you reach out and raise your flow marker
when you put that additional hydraulic demand on the system
the standard tractor is going to have a much more difficult time
maintaining that proper flow to the pump causing your spray rates to fall off.
There are specific applications where close center hydraulic systems
are worth every penny
but if you are looking at a tractor mostly for say hanging applications
where you're not going to be using those hydraulics in those ways,
you can save a significant amount of money over in the standard tractor.
This is our standard tractor over here with those open Center hydraulics on it,
you can see the valve stack itself looks fairly similar.
Up here on the top there are these cables coming down to it
that s for flow control.
This tractor does have standard flow control
to allow you to dial in some of those adjustments
that we were talking about earlier.
You're never going to get the precision out of an open Center system
that you could from a closed Center.
Our premium tractor also sports a premium cab,
if you look over here on the side
you have an electronic armrest that floats with the seat
then all of your controls will sit on it.
Also equipped up here with this 12 inch monitor
that you can dial in a lot of your adjustments
or see a lot of the information about the tractors operating conditions
and stuff up here on the screen.
Our rear remotes that we were just talking about -
and this tractor are electronic.
You have little electronic switches that you can flip right here
and remotes built into your controls up here on your driving stick.
That makes it really easy to operate these things
using these electronic valves too
you can also set things like timers up here in the monitor.
Say we go back to that foam marker again
and it takes three seconds to raise it.
You could just tap this thing down,
let the valve run for three seconds
at which point it will automatically turn off
and make those repetitive tasks a lot easier to do.
This is a much more modern
much more comfortable operating setup
than what we're going to find over in our standard tractor.
Over here in the standard tractor, we have a more standard control layout.
All my rear remotes for instance
I have mechanically operated remotes on these levers right here,
I don't have a big monitor
to get a lot of information about the tractor.
I can still get a digital readout for my display up here
in the front but I don't have the large adjustability electronic features
that we have over in the premium model.
When we start to get into tractors of this class
precision farming capabilities become
something that many customers are considering
and the premium tractor is able to accommodate a lot of those needs.
This machine can be ordered through with steering valves
in order to allow precision guidance monitor
to steer the tractor
something that's available in the premium machine
that's not available over in the standard.
When we get into option these tractors
we're going to find that there's many many fewer options
available on the standard series machine to help hold that price down
and what you would find over on the premium tractor.
Some of those things are going to be like a CVT transmission right,
that's available in the premium where it's not on the standard
but also a lot more significant things as well.
When we get into that transmission
a lot of guys now particularly here in the US
are doing a lot of roading and like to road it at higher speeds
and 50 kph or 32 mile per hour transmissions
or a feature that's only available over in the premium series.
We're going to find things like that,
option and cabs suspension the standard machine
typically it's going to come with a more rigidly rounded cab
than what the premium series is going to
things like super single tires that we've got over here again
these are things you're going to find on the more premium tractors.
When we start to dive into the options
Kabuto giving us many many more options
in order to equip the premium tractor for the customer
than we are going to get over on the standard series.
We've talked a lot about the differences between these tractors
but there's also, of course, a lot of similarities as well.
The engine that's under the hood of these two machines
if we were comparing up a 151 to a 151
they both sport exactly the same engine under the hood
there are no differences there.
The structure of the cab of the glass and the visibility
the way the pillars are setup are the same
there's no differences,
the way your buddy seats are set up are identical.
The emission systems on the tractors
the way the steps are set up
your grille guards
the loaders that would go on to them are the same loader.
Now granted the premium gets an electronic valve
or the standard gets mechanical valve
but the actual lifting and working capacities of these two tractors
are really very similar.
The power shift transmission
we offer a premium tractor into power shift
is the same power shift that you're going to find
over in the standard series.
When we get into the actual workability of the tractor
for most applications where that hydraulic system is not a real factor,
haying, feeding your cattle those motor works that stuff
these two machines are capable of very much
the same work at the end of the day.
Simply the premium tractor is going to be a nicer machine to run
a lot more comfortable
and offer a lot more advanced features for repetitive tasks
that can be programmed and accomplished
through the use of the electronics in the monitor.
All these things obviously come with a cost right
a premium machine can have all great features
but none of those features ever come for free.
When we compare the difference between a 151 standard
in a 151 premium about as apples to apples is what we can get
there's a $19,000 difference between these two tractors at list price.
That's essentially what you're paying
and there's a lot of mechanical differences
that justify that price point
particularly in the cost of this close center hydraulics
a lot of money is tied up in those systems.
You're not just paying for fluff when you're buying a premium tractor
there is a number of added expenses and electronic monitors hydraulic systems
that make the premium tractor justify its price point.
At the same time though when we go and we look at
the rest of the product line too, the m7 tractors being if this is
the new introduction into the market has some very aggressive programming on them
that's been offered so far.
It can almost start to make this tractor
a viable option for a guy looking at an m6
an m6 141 to a small m7 tractor
isn't as big of a jump as you might expect
when we factor all today's programming into account.
This is a really viable tractor for a lot of Kabuto M6 or M135, M110
those customers from years gone by
can find an m7 tractor actually being surprisingly at an achievable price.
That's Kabuto N7 standard and premium tractors,
if you're in the market for an agricultural tractor we can help you
give us a call here at Messick's
we're available at 80022233373
and online at messick.com.
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