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With Deere you do not know WHAT you are getting, Yanmar ? Mitsi? Chineese ? how knows ?
The Bobcat/Kioti are PROVEN tractors, Pay 50% more and go with an unknown such as Deere ? Nah !
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The small deere's (2000's) are all built by yanmar and they have built almost all of them for the last 30 years. So I know they are unproven. It's only been 30 years. I glad there are alot Deere and Kioti lovers in here. Bobcat version of the Kioti has been around almost 12 months. That is a proven tractor. Take this with a grain of salt but my conversation with the Bobcat rep. at a trade show in AC said that they broke numerous things in testing and that Kioti has fixed most them. He also said they are getting better but still not where they want to be yet. I think the Bobcat/ Kioti relationship will only help Kioti with there quality even better than it is now. Plus it will double the size of there dealer network and give them credability in the construction market which has been dominated by Kubota. On the other hand it is tough to trust a company that refuses to take their tractor to an independent test facility to verify specs. NH, MF, CASE/IH, JD all do. I think I would drive both tractors and see which one suits your need the best and go with it. From my dealings with Bobcat they seem to be a stand up company.