Why are TYM and Branson so much less??

[atsah]

My "used" Branson's power steering unit failed a month out of warranty and there paying half the cost of the New upgraded unit AND for installation [2.5 hours labor]. My new backhoe bucket cracked [new model hoe/ new model bucket]and they gave me a new one [rep drove it over the next day 6 hours] [I got to choose a diff size AND let me keep the old one!] BRAVO BRANSON! That's service. Welded the 16" and have a new 13" bucket. Two buckets. Also they redesigned the steering cylinder as they will the bucket I'm sure. Branson's pretty quick on stuff. Just some of my experience. I'm also a huge Cummins fan from towing 14k to 20k loads weekly. I bought my 4720h Used with 45 hours over on Camano island in Washington then moved to a town where a Branson dealer just recently opened. I got lucky on the tractor and even luckier on the new dealer.

That's pretty impressive.. Hard to find that kind of customer service these days..

 

[prof fate]

We finance Branson tractors nearly every day of the year. Branson dealers have several options, many of us use DLL (agri-credit), some use Well's Fargo. Both have agreements with Branson. Rates are whatever the going market rate is for equipment finance. We offer 0%, but at minimum you give up the free loader if you go that route.

Branson is not large enough to have their own finance arm like JD and Kubota, or even Mahindra.

my kioti is finance through DLL

 

[lowriderb]

The tractor impresses me the most, The heat and dust here are almost unbearable where we live. Not to mention the winters.The fact I bought a Branson used and get good service helps me know when I push this thing very hard in some pretty harsh conditions, there's some people ready to help if/when things fail. Things will fail with all brands in my experience. Red runs hard.105/ 107 here the last few days as were in a hurry digging 1400' of 3' ditch with the new bh250 backhoe.

 

[stev703]

Please show us a John Deere, under 60hp compact tractor, that痴 Made in USA.

Well, my JD 4310 was made in Augusta, Georgia. (if that is part of the USA?)

 

[DavesTractor]

Well, my JD 4310 was made in Augusta, Georgia. (if that is part of the USA?)

I like the 4310 JD, nice machine. And a bonus that it is made in the USA.

 

[Granthol]

At least it was assembled there. The Yanmar engine is 100% Japan.

 

[atsah]

The dedicated work force in Japan make some of the best quality, most reliable engines that are available for our equipment. I would rather have a Japanese engine than any other make anywhere in the world.. Most of these tractor manufactures put there trust in Japanese engines to power there tractors for good reason..

 

[lowriderb]

If I bought new yanmar would be at the top of my list. There mini excavators are top notch. Eyeballing a new one now. Tachuchi also that uses a yanmar engine. Cummins would be second. LOL

 

[DavesTractor]

If I bought new yanmar would be at the top of my list. There mini excavators are top notch. Eyeballing a new one now. Tachuchi also that uses a yanmar engine. Cummins would be second. LOL

I have a Yanmar Vio55 excavator. I really like it. One of the best features is the pin-grabber style quick coupler. I can change buckets from the seat in less than a minute. I've had Takeuchi as well and like them. My track loader at the house is a Takeuchi with the Yanmar engine. I did have a FIP failure on that Yanmar in my TL130 that set me back about $1300 in parts, but that seems like a rare failure.

 

[Tractorable]

Yanmar was founded in Japan in 1912 and developed the world’s first commercially viable small Diesel engine in 1933.

My next tractor will most likely be a Yanmar.