What is up and coming brand in your area?

[TomSeller]

As far as the volume goes my local dealers move, it goes in this order.

Deere, Massey, Case, Kubota, NH.

Primarily large ags outnumbering cuts 3 or 4 to 1.

 

[TSO]

I think market saturation has a more direct correlation to dealer availability. The closest dealer to me is a large Kubota dealership, selling only Kubota and misc used equip. So, most folks around here push Kubota orange. Deere & Yanmar/Cub are next, but I probably see 1 JD Green to every 10 Kub orange around me. Kioti seems to do well here, as the Kioti/Massey dealer is the only game in the "next-town-over" type setting. He sells 5-to-1 Kioti to Massey, because the Massey's are typically priced higher than comparable Kioti's. There's old Ford's around here, and a small handful of NH Blue. I think I'm the only LS in my little local community, but they're growing. My LS dealer is about 30 miles away, the next closest is 45 miles. They're the #1 & #2 LS sellers in the state (there's currently 10)... but if this forum is any indication, I would say LS might be the fastest growing. Kioti had seemed to be before, but LS might be now.

 

[Monster5601]

Everybody I know are turning in their current make of tractor and buying Kioti's.

Everyone of this side of Oakland country are keeping their John Deeres and Kubotas.

 

[dave1949]

Nobody is "up and coming" around here against Deere and Kubota.

This is pretty thin tractor territory. The only new tractor I've seen nearby in the past two years is Deere 5065E.

 

[chim]

Up and coming:

There's a Montana dealer near Gettysburg......Oh wait, they're gone now.

Then there's that Bobcat dealer who started selling CUT's over there near Brownstown............Oh, they quit the tractors.

There's a new Foton dealer just outside Mount Joy. Wonder if they'll be there in another year.

Up and coming? Hard to say. If we have any they're keeping a low profile. Right now I'd have to say Kioti. This isn't a new brand, but I'm only noticing them around here in recent years.

When shopping two years ago I seriously considered Bobcat, Kioti, Kubota and Mahindra. Those were the ones that had both established dealerships and equipment I felt confident in locally.

When I was shopping for my first new tractor 12 years ago the VP of our company - a guy who knows equipment - told me to look around at what brands were being trailered around by all the landscape contractors and see what real users depended on. In this area that's mostly Kubota and Deere. Deere was way too proud of theirs to be competitive.

 

[PHPaul]

In terms of popularity for CUTs around here, it's Kubota, Deere and Massey in that order, with NH a distant fourth and a smattering of Chinese copies.

There's a Deere dealer much closer than the Kubota dealer, but his sales approach is "take it or leave it" and a lot of folks leave it. I bought my Deere from his predecessor who was a lot more willing to sharpen his pencil. Virtually ALL of my attachments have come from the AGCO/Kubota place as the new Deere guy is so inflexible.

 

[deerseeker001]

Mahindra and kubota have just came to area last fall.

 

[batwing]

By us are a john Deere/Kubota, Massey, TYM, LS, Bronson.

 

[batwing]

Mahindra and kubota have just came to area last fall.

TYM and LS, All the rest have been here for a long time, when I went to look at Kioti the place that sold them sells Massey know.

 

[MESSMAKER]

TYM and LS, All the rest have been here for a long time, when I went to look at Kioti the place that sold them sells Massey know.

I guess LS is filling the void left by Bobcat. I thought someone would bring in Kioti, but not seeing it.