</font><font color="blue" class="small">( And, why is it sooo difficult to get a bucket from the factory. I would think that a large company such as Kioti, knowing they just sold a tractor, with all the attachments minus a bucket, would drop ship a bucket on the next outbound flight to appease the customer??? )</font>
I've posted this before, but here we go again. Kioti doesn't make the backhoe nor the buckets that go on them. Just as most MFG of tractors, they outsource their implements to other companies who specialize in them. At times, Kioti is at the mercy of these companies who may be having supply problems because the have larger orders from other companies.
It's a sad tale but true, but companies who buy larger quantities of anything always get preference. I'm fairly sure that's the case here. Your dealer could ask another dealer if he/she has one and make arrangements to get it. Ask the dealer if it's possible to do. John