Cranedaddy
Bronze Member
I stopped by my dealer today to get some filters for my 50 hour service. While I was there I noticed they only had 1 TYM tractor in stock and I asked them why since last time I was there the lot was full of them.
The guy said they sold all the other TYM as cheap as they could because they were having trouble moving them. He also said they are not going to be ordering any more TYMs for a while until TYM gets their reputation back up. Said salesman blames TYM reputation on a certain dealer in Texas that supposedly sold a lot of tractors all over the country while promising the customers things like free services, free trouble calls etc but the real problem is they were promising these things to the people that bought from them out of state and telling them that their local dealer in state would do all these free things for them. Also, when they got calls in requesting parts, they supposedly ignored the order, thus pissing off more people.
Everything I have seen and read shows me TYM will take care of the customers but there seems to have been a problem with TYM dealers not doing their part. I think TYM was letting anybody be a dealer and not vetting them as a trustworthy dealer.
I think my dealer is good to go. They haven't given me a reason to think otherwise and they say they are going to remain a TYM dealer but just not move TYM tractors for a little while. I hope things keep looking up for the brand and I think they will. I haven't seen or read anything bad about the brand within the last 2 years.
Also, word on the street is TYM may be buying the Branson tractor line. I guess Branson has been in bankruptcy the last 5 years I am told.
The guy said they sold all the other TYM as cheap as they could because they were having trouble moving them. He also said they are not going to be ordering any more TYMs for a while until TYM gets their reputation back up. Said salesman blames TYM reputation on a certain dealer in Texas that supposedly sold a lot of tractors all over the country while promising the customers things like free services, free trouble calls etc but the real problem is they were promising these things to the people that bought from them out of state and telling them that their local dealer in state would do all these free things for them. Also, when they got calls in requesting parts, they supposedly ignored the order, thus pissing off more people.
Everything I have seen and read shows me TYM will take care of the customers but there seems to have been a problem with TYM dealers not doing their part. I think TYM was letting anybody be a dealer and not vetting them as a trustworthy dealer.
I think my dealer is good to go. They haven't given me a reason to think otherwise and they say they are going to remain a TYM dealer but just not move TYM tractors for a little while. I hope things keep looking up for the brand and I think they will. I haven't seen or read anything bad about the brand within the last 2 years.
Also, word on the street is TYM may be buying the Branson tractor line. I guess Branson has been in bankruptcy the last 5 years I am told.