NC tractor dealers

CN76 · Aug 31, 2018

First off, this is not a tractor comparison question.
I'm in Randolph county and I'm in the market for my first tractor. One of the things that keeps coming up in threads is buy the dealer, buy the dealer, buy the dealer. Within 45 minutes of me I have Mahindra, MF, JD, New Holland, Kioti, LS, Kubota, and Branson dealers and if I drive a little further I can run into another dealer of a brand already listed. I want to know, from those of you in this area, if you are happy with your dealer. Not just price but if you have had warranty issues and how they dealt with it or parts availability. How is their service deptartment? I'll go ahead and say that I'm not going JD because they are really proud of their equipment or Branson because they don't have any other dealers around.
Thanks for any help you guys give me.

CN76 · Sep 2, 2018

If no one from central North Carolina on this website?

RickB · Sep 2, 2018

I work for a dealer in Newton.

dwomble1 · Sep 4, 2018

I am in Lee County NC and I am seriously looking at an RK37 I don't feel that a dealer is necessary to me. I have been to 12 different dealers sat on 20 plus tractors and none of them have come close to the same price as an RK. I don't plan on requiring a dealer to handle my service so it is not that important to me. I will take additional features on the tractor vs a dealer right down the road. There are Rural King stores in Morgonton NC and Martiansville VA that sell the tractors. The last thing I like is RK has the prices listed on their website so you know what you're getting and not some secret held by a dealer.

MitchellB · Sep 4, 2018

Bought my first very used 49 Ford 8N from Greensboro Tractor (New Holland/Kabota dealer) in the 1990s and occasionally parts to keep my current 58 Ford tractor running. I don't use them often as dealers mechanics and new tractors are beyond my budget, but I've never heard anything bad about them other than being proud of their stuff. They got a web site you can check out.

thekkfan · Sep 4, 2018

You need to go find the tractor for you, then match it to the dealer.

We went looking at diff mfr's, seating options, control ergonomics, etc. before settling on brand. No one wants to make payments on something you dislike.

Then I got three quotes- two local, one remote to see who's in and who's out. Finally settled on dealer I was most comfortable with who BTW was within $600 of the major equipment mover in the Northern Midwest.

Area we searched was from Graham to Lexington.

Hope this helps.

justinramani · Sep 4, 2018

dwomble1 said:
I am in Lee County NC and I am seriously looking at an RK37 I don't feel that a dealer is necessary to me. I have been to 12 different dealers sat on 20 plus tractors and none of them have come close to the same price as an RK. I don't plan on requiring a dealer to handle my service so it is not that important to me. I will take additional features on the tractor vs a dealer right down the road. There are Rural King stores in Morgonton NC and Martiansville VA that sell the tractors. The last thing I like is RK has the prices listed on their website so you know what you're getting and not some secret held by a dealer.

Where in Lee? Im over in Harnett County.

dwomble1 · Sep 4, 2018

Deep River by the Chatham County line

CMV · Sep 5, 2018

Reedy Creek Equipment, Inc. - Home If Kioti interesting to you.

Smaller shop, talk with Matthew - not whoever answers phone. Competitive on prices, very upfront and honest. At first glance appears to be a hole in the wall vs a large Kubota dealership - definitely not as fancy. But don't judge a book by cover type situation - fantastic to work with by any measure. I could go on for a full page on how great my buying experience was with them, but will sum it up with this to illustrate his character: Every conversation about "this vs that" absolutely 0 negative to say about any other brand or dealer. When someone can just highlight the benefits of his shop and line without running others down I think that really says a lot about them.

thekkfan · Sep 5, 2018

CMV said:
Reedy Creek Equipment, Inc. - Home If Kioti interesting to you.

Smaller shop, talk with Matthew - not whoever answers phone. Competitive on prices, very upfront and honest. At first glance appears to be a hole in the wall vs a large Kubota dealership - definitely not as fancy. But don't judge a book by cover type situation - fantastic to work with by any measure.

I can quote this word for word.... wait I just did. :thumbsup: Talk to Matt- you won't be disappointed.