

It was a joint venture with Daedong manufacturing the transmission and Kubota providing its experience with the engine mechanics and other components. In the early 1980s Kubota from Japan and Daedong from Korea teamed up to build what is known as the Kubota “02″ series of tractors, namely the L1802, L2002, L2402, L2602 and L2802. There was a typo in my second post, should have been 01, not '02! Anyway, here is a portion of the article over at the orange site: I hate to burst any bubbles, but 02 series tractors (built in the '80's) were a joint venture.
