I almost went with Kubota on my 85hp. Only went with Deere because the dealer is 20 mins away, rather than 2 hours. The Deere has been fine, but the dealer has gone out of their way to screw me on labor costs on the little things I've needed done.
I managed to mess up one of my fenders (hit a large branch below my line of sight/vision). The good Deere/Sentry insurance covered it (only $500 for me), but the service dept charged them $600 labor to replace a fender, which took all of 45 minutes. The part was $668. The a-holes even had the gall to charge me $4 for a can of PB blaster on another repair they did (they itemized it). This was on a several hundred dollar non-warranty repair.
My next one will be a Kubota...
That is why I don't let a dealer do my repair work. JD dealers are notorious for stuff such as that.
