Buying Advice Kioti vs McCormick

[ajd187]

If I ever buy another tractor. There's 1 thing for sure. It won't be a contract built tractor. When the contract ends with 1 builder will parts still be available ? Why buy a McCormick or any contract tractor when, you can buy a tractor from the people that build the contract tractors ?

Generally agree with this but also I don't see the big deal. You have to figure that the "parent" tractor will have parts available, and if you know what the equivilant model is, you can still get parts.

 

[dfkrug]

I think the red looks better too. There's a dollar amount that I personally would
pay to have the red over the orange (if everything else was the same), but that might just be me.

You can include me in that group, TSO. Probably about $500 here.

I got my best new tractor deal on a Bobcat CT230, but the 3 Kiotis were close behind. If I coulda
chosen paint color, I woulda chose Red first, and Blue second. White, dead last of any color out
there.

Too bad about DaeDong: excellent value, but still a weak dealer network in the US. Good thing
I did not care about dealers in my purchases. Most buyers do care.

Now, where can I buy a bright red Kubota Grand L 40 HST+ for a Kioti price......

 

[TSO]

You can include me in that group, TSO. Probably about $500 here.

I got my best new tractor deal on a Bobcat CT230, but the 3 Kiotis were close behind. If I coulda
chosen paint color, I woulda chose Red first, and Blue second. White, dead last of any color out
there.

Too bad about DaeDong: excellent value, but still a weak dealer network in the US. Good thing
I did not care about dealers in my purchases. Most buyers do care.

Now, where can I buy a bright red Kubota Grand L 40 HST+ for a Kioti price......

But blue still looks the best

 

[kenmac]

+1 Exactly- just take a look at what happened recently to the Bobcat line of Daedong tractors. Bobcat stopped selling them. Kioti is the tractor in the group you're interested in, Daedong built tractors. Daedong will continue to make and sell them here in the U.S.

You can also add Montana , farmtrac , and probably a few others (that I can't think of at the moment)to the group

 

[TSO]

You can also add Montana , farmtrac , and probably a few others (that I can't think of at the moment)to the group

I think LS still makes FarmTrac ... maybe just foreign markets now?

 

[IndyIan]

Depending on your usage, the loader specs may be the difference. The Kioti loader lifts a bit higher compared to some, the LS for example. 3 high pyramid stacks of 4' round bales are easy and I think with the right bale fork I think you could do 3 high of 5' bales. I like a red tractor too, but the orange grew on me.

 

[TomSeller]

If I ever buy another tractor. There's 1 thing for sure. It won't be a contract built tractor. When the contract ends with 1 builder will parts still be available ? Why buy a McCormick or any contract tractor when, you can buy a tractor from the people that build the contract tractors ?

Right. The musical chair nature of some brands would make me very nervous years down the road. Support or even cross references are not going to be as available as with a more in-house or consistent sourcing manufacturer. ie Kubota or Deere/Yanmar.

 

[Coyote machine]

Right. The musical chair nature of some brands would make me very nervous years down the road. Support or even cross references are not going to be as available as with a more in-house or consistent sourcing manufacturer. ie Kubota or Deere/Yanmar.

Support or even cross references are not going to be as available as with a more in-house or consistent sourcing manufacturer. ie Kubota or Deere/Yanmar.

Back up this supposition with actual facts, if any exist.:confused2:

ALL tractor manufacturers buy from multiple sources which can and often do rotate depending on what is available at what price. And they will change suppliers if they run into defective/substandard parts too.
Kubota and Deere don't hold a monopoly on sourcing from 'consistent' manufacturers. Companies like Daedong make their own parts for their brands, including sourcing some parts from others.

 

[Coyote machine]

You can include me in that group, TSO. Probably about $500 here.

I got my best new tractor deal on a Bobcat CT230, but the 3 Kiotis were close behind. If I coulda
chosen paint color, I woulda chose Red first, and Blue second. White, dead last of any color out
there.

Too bad about DaeDong: excellent value, but still a weak dealer network in the US. Good thing
I did not care about dealers in my purchases. Most buyers do care.

Now, where can I buy a bright red Kubota Grand L 40 HST+ for a Kioti price......

Are you saying Daedong has a weak dealer network in the US regarding Kioti or all their brands labels in the US market? Just curious what you mean by the statement...

 

[TomSeller]

Support or even cross references are not going to be as available as with a more in-house or consistent sourcing manufacturer. ie Kubota or Deere/Yanmar.

Back up this supposition with actual facts, if any exist.:confused2:
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I will not respond further to yet another demanding, aggressive post.