Oleozz
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- Joined
- Jan 14, 2006
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- Location
- Pa.
- Tractor
- International 1066 with Year Round Cab, Kioti DK 45S with Cab, 451 Loader
We have, within six miles of our house, a MF dealer, A JD dealer, and a Case dealer. Every now and then I take a drive and stop and look at the compacts. My first stop was at the MF dealership, they had a cab 1547 sitting on the lot. The door was open so I took a look and I liked what I saw. Lots of front window space so you could view the loader, the controls seemed to be laid out in a practical way and the seat wasn't great but not bad. It did have two sets of rear remotes, I think probably dealer installed but that's a nice feature. All in all a well thought out tractor.
I then proceeded to the JD dealer, they had a 4720 cab, it was open so I crawled in. It was a luxury interior in my estimation, not as much front window space as the MF but everything seemed to fit perfectly and well constructed. I didn't see any rear view mirrors, that must be an option or rear wiper. The seat was great. On both the MF and JD it looked like the door opposite the drivers side would be tough to exit. The price for the JD was listed as being on sale at $31,000, that being with no loader. There was no price on the MF. Nobody came out at either shop and I didn't expect them to, they see me often enough to know that I was just looking.
I then drove out to the Case dealer but they didn't have any compacts on the lot.
When I got home I went out to my implement shed and compared the Kioti 45 to what I had just seen and was pleased with what Kioti has done. I'm not taking about performance because I didn't use the other two, I'm just talking about cosmetics. I would be tickled to own any of them. One thing I would like to see is some type of heating unit on the floor in the cab. The designers of these cab tractors must think that your feet don't get cold. All the heating units in all the tractos that I looked at yesterday seemed to have the vents up around your head. I was surprised at how much bigger the Kioti seemed than the JD or MF, I'm not saying that in a positive or negative way, because lots of weight is not always the answer for a compact.
Next week I am going past the Kubota dealer and I will stop and windowshop there also and wish I had one of every color sitting in my shed.
I then proceeded to the JD dealer, they had a 4720 cab, it was open so I crawled in. It was a luxury interior in my estimation, not as much front window space as the MF but everything seemed to fit perfectly and well constructed. I didn't see any rear view mirrors, that must be an option or rear wiper. The seat was great. On both the MF and JD it looked like the door opposite the drivers side would be tough to exit. The price for the JD was listed as being on sale at $31,000, that being with no loader. There was no price on the MF. Nobody came out at either shop and I didn't expect them to, they see me often enough to know that I was just looking.
I then drove out to the Case dealer but they didn't have any compacts on the lot.
When I got home I went out to my implement shed and compared the Kioti 45 to what I had just seen and was pleased with what Kioti has done. I'm not taking about performance because I didn't use the other two, I'm just talking about cosmetics. I would be tickled to own any of them. One thing I would like to see is some type of heating unit on the floor in the cab. The designers of these cab tractors must think that your feet don't get cold. All the heating units in all the tractos that I looked at yesterday seemed to have the vents up around your head. I was surprised at how much bigger the Kioti seemed than the JD or MF, I'm not saying that in a positive or negative way, because lots of weight is not always the answer for a compact.
Next week I am going past the Kubota dealer and I will stop and windowshop there also and wish I had one of every color sitting in my shed.