USA vs. Italy....

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wowwee

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2515 R
Whats the right thing to do here? I can buy a 50" Land Pride tiller for $2000 and maybe help someone in Abilene, Kansas keep their job, or get the Italian made 48" King Kutter XB model for $1,100.
$900, thats a little bit of money. I guess I can ask the dealer if they can trim a few more bucks off the Land Pride. I'm a little concerned about parts availability in the future with something from Italy too. I've been looking for something used, but nothing decent found.

Dale
 
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Whats the right thing to do here? I can buy a 50" Land Pride tiller for $2000 and maybe help someone in Abilene, Kansas keep their job, or get the Italian made 48" King Kutter XB model for $1,100.
$900, thats a little bit of money. I guess I can ask the dealer if they can trim a few more bucks off the Land Pride. I'm a little concerned about parts availability in the future with something from Italy too. I've been looking for something used, but nothing decent found.

Dale

No offense, but with that much of a difference and you considering it that I would fear for parts from the American made if they aren't able to compete and yes I would consider Italian made over American at that price difference too if they looked comparable in quality.

Steve
 
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Buy american, its the right thing to do! Landpride is good equipment.
 
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Landpride is a fitting name. They are awfully proud of their stuff. :eek:
 
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Buy Land Pride if you want true value. If you want the cheap, buy the Itialian built. I have dealt with the Itialians and still do on a daily basis. Here is what I have observed.

They are much more laid back than we are in the states. They try to enjoy life maybe a bit more than us. That part of their culture I admire.
They do shutdown all of their manufacturing during August. If we need parts we have to make sure we have them before their summer holiday shutdown. Customer doesn't always come first. They do have to be badgered at times to get service. Their quality is decent, but it never seems to be overbuilt. If your problem isn't solved by thier quitting time it can wait till tomorrow. It is tough to get them to tell you the whole story when you have a warrenty claim also. then you have to watch them or you will still get a bill under warrenty and have to negotiate it.

The analogy I would use, would be comparing the value of an 80hp 1960's vintage Fiat Tractor and the value of a 1960's John Deere 4020. The 4020 is still in great demand and price and the Fiat might be tough to give it away. You don't see many Fiat cars on the road today or in great demand in the States. If it wasn't for CNH Fiat wouldn't have been in position to go after Chrysler. It is there connection with purchasing American companies that has made them legit. They even make fun of Fiat cars over in Italy.

Buy the Land Pride. It is a Great Plains company which is very solid and a significant player in the large ag equipment business. I believe they are the largest privately owned farm equipment manufacture in the US and wouldn't have a deal with Kubota if they didn't build great stuff.:D

Their price would reflect what it really cost to manufacture, not a subsidized price. IMO.
 
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Wait a minute.... now I see an old thread that says Land Pride is ASSEMBLED in
USA, from Italian and Chinese (yuk, poop, cough) components. Is this true?
 
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Wait a minute.... now I see an old thread that says Land Pride is ASSEMBLED in
USA, from Italian and Chinese (yuk, poop, cough) components. Is this true?

How about linking to that old thread?

Although I don't know, I would not be surprised if Landpride buys their gearboxes (maybe from a local supplier, but probably imported) since gear making is an entirely different industry then stamping, forming and assembling the body of their cutters and other implements.
Their steel probably comes from China since we in the US have put our steel making businesses out of business (just hope we never get into another major war!).
 
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Hey Wow, I have a Howard brand 50 in. tiller I bought at the local John Deere dealer. Not more than 30 hrs. on it . Asking $1,000.00 . I sold my tractor. charlie My E-mail is farmer10of13@aol.com
 
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Look at the bottom of this page in the related posts area, for the thread that lists manufacturers of tillers. It's in the "which tiller do you prefer" thead.

Dale
 
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Check how American the Landpride tiller really is. I was very disappointed when I got PD15 home and found China stamped all over it. I was expecting to be more American.

I buy American when ever possible. But I also believe you gotta do what you gotta do. If I can't get American, anything that is not China, is my second choice.
 
 
 
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