Dargo
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Absolutely. Maybe it is my imagination, but I thought I said that I have no ties to any particular tractor manufacturer. If it doesn't work as it is supposed to, I squeak. With the initial walk around on a cayotee I would have gone hoarse from squeaking. First, it wouldn't start. It needed to be jump started. No big deal, right? Apparently not in your reasoning. Second, it wouldn't idle smoothly. In your reckoning it must be junk. Third, the flunkie who put the loader on it hooked the lines up incorrectly, so the loader didn't work properly. Gee, this Kioti must have really been a lemon! (not necessarily, but I'm making a point) Take those facts with the resale value and I simply had to erase the Kioti from my choices this year. If I was not open minded to looking at other brands every time I go to trade, I'd still be driving JD green and believing the pitch that everyone driving other tractors simply are wishing that they could too have a JD. I drive other makes, I compare quality, durability, and resale as well as over all feel; since it it my butt that is going to be in the seat. Kioti marketing is the only reason I looked at their tractors; they made them up to look like Kubota tractors. Again, smart marketing move. They just need to keep working and they may very well win over me and the tens of thousands of other buyers who stay with the big three manufacturers for the reasons I stated.
As far as trading tractors every couple of years. Do you know why? Because I can!! To move up a couple of years for a couple thousand dollars works just fine with me. I used to keep old tractors that I had to work on half of the time before I used them. Not any more. I have too many things to do and have no interest in working on something before I use it. If I bought one that lost over half of it's value in two years it would make it much more difficult to do. You seem to be stuck on that fact. I can trade for a new tractor every couple of years or so for a couple thousand dollars. When you can do that with your Kioti, drop me a note and I'll look at them again. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As far as trading tractors every couple of years. Do you know why? Because I can!! To move up a couple of years for a couple thousand dollars works just fine with me. I used to keep old tractors that I had to work on half of the time before I used them. Not any more. I have too many things to do and have no interest in working on something before I use it. If I bought one that lost over half of it's value in two years it would make it much more difficult to do. You seem to be stuck on that fact. I can trade for a new tractor every couple of years or so for a couple thousand dollars. When you can do that with your Kioti, drop me a note and I'll look at them again. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif