sendero
Gold Member
As I mentioned (on another forum, this is probably the correct one), I had narrowed my choices to either a Kioti or a Century. On the Kioti, I was considering the LK3054 or DK35. On the Century, the 2535 or the 3035.
I had looked at all of these in dealers near my home in Dallas, but I want to buy from a dealer near my land 65 miles away.
This Sat I visited the dealers. This simplified my decision a lot. Even though I like the Century in many ways, the dealers up there are not people I would count on being in business for long. The first dealer had been a dealer for about a month he said. When my wife mentioned R4 tires, he got a deer-in-the-headlights look on his face. This was a lawnmower shop and while they might be able to provide service, I'm just not going to depend on a dealer that has been doing it a month and clearly knows less about tractors than I do, and I don't know much /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
There was another Century dealer just across the line in OKlahoma. I called and asked if they sold Centuty tractors, and the little old lady said no. 3 minutes later she called back and said yes, her husband did sell tractors and that she had been asleep. Apparantly, this guy is selling them out of his house which might be OK but again, not confidence inspiring.
On the other hand, the local Kioti dealer is a fixture in the nearby town. The have a farm store, rent and service implements and chainsaws and such, and have been there forever (decades). They have been selling Kiotis for 15 months (still pretty new, I know). The salesman was a grandson of the founder, and he talked straight and gave me a great quote.
So, more than likely, I'll be the proud owner of a DK35, "the other orange", soon!
I had looked at all of these in dealers near my home in Dallas, but I want to buy from a dealer near my land 65 miles away.
This Sat I visited the dealers. This simplified my decision a lot. Even though I like the Century in many ways, the dealers up there are not people I would count on being in business for long. The first dealer had been a dealer for about a month he said. When my wife mentioned R4 tires, he got a deer-in-the-headlights look on his face. This was a lawnmower shop and while they might be able to provide service, I'm just not going to depend on a dealer that has been doing it a month and clearly knows less about tractors than I do, and I don't know much /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
There was another Century dealer just across the line in OKlahoma. I called and asked if they sold Centuty tractors, and the little old lady said no. 3 minutes later she called back and said yes, her husband did sell tractors and that she had been asleep. Apparantly, this guy is selling them out of his house which might be OK but again, not confidence inspiring.
On the other hand, the local Kioti dealer is a fixture in the nearby town. The have a farm store, rent and service implements and chainsaws and such, and have been there forever (decades). They have been selling Kiotis for 15 months (still pretty new, I know). The salesman was a grandson of the founder, and he talked straight and gave me a great quote.
So, more than likely, I'll be the proud owner of a DK35, "the other orange", soon!
