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[RK Tractor Guy]

Pics in posts #52 through #57 shows up as invalid

Thanks, others are seeing them ok, I'll monitor to see if anyone else has a problem. The pics were set to medium file size so they are not too large.

 

[RK Tractor Guy]

Try again, I uploaded again.

 

[majorwager]

The posting of photos has realigned this thread to the designed and desired focus. It is and should be ALL ABOUT RK TRACTORS,
Hopefully future business bashing will subside so new and perspective RK Owners may share their experience.

I have NOT seen any other manufacturer/dealer take the dedicated time to avail themselves directly to the consumers for Q and A dialog. Commendable and Admirable.

More importantly, the sacrifice to OUR COUNTRY by the RK Guy's MILITARY Family, deserves nothing less than a heartfelt salute, and enduring Thank-You. In this honor we are this reminded of the previous cost of freedom. Bless all that served.

 

[Rutman]

I’m impressed by how clean that place looks.

 

[RK Tractor Guy]

The posting of photos has realigned this thread to the designed and desired focus. It is and should be ALL ABOUT RK TRACTORS,
Hopefully future business bashing will subside so new and perspective RK Owners may share their experience.

I have NOT seen any other manufacturer/dealer take the dedicated time to avail themselves directly to the consumers for Q and A dialog. Commendable and Admirable.

More importantly, the sacrifice to OUR COUNTRY by the RK Guy's MILITARY Family, deserves nothing less than a heartfelt salute, and enduring Thank-You. In this honor we are this reminded of the previous cost of freedom. Bless all that served.

Thank you sir. I'm an Air Force veteran, never faced what my father or uncles faced. Was stationed on Okinawa for 4.5 years, had many temporary assignments to Korea while in theater. Had visited the memorial several times in the past, and even visited the place where my uncle died during a visit in 1988. My sons served as well.

 

[RK Tractor Guy]

I’m impressed by how clean that place looks.

Yes, it is a clean-floor environment, good observation.

 

[majorwager]

Employees all seem to adhere to a dress code, signifies they all work on the same team, easier to see quality and pride as the goal.

 

[Inspector507]

Try again, I uploaded again.

Yes I can see them now. Thanks
And thanks for you and your family for your service.

 

[chiefcook]

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War Memorial in Seoul. A special place for my family as my father lost a brother there during the Korea War on July 21 1950 after losing another brother at Iwo Jima during WWII. Both purple heart citations signed by Presidents Roosevelt and Truman hang in my home. My father also landed on Iwo as a Marine. The names of all U.S. KIA are listed by state inside the memorial. For whatever it is worth, the Koreans revere The U.S., for good reason of course, but to see the South today vs the North is one of the best examples of the difference between freedom and totalitarianism.View attachment 571003View attachment 571004

I have been there. Very impressive. Hollowed ground.

 

[prof fate]

TSC = dog food bags with holes in them.. LOL I went three times to buy some Blue Wilderness for my pup, they had 20 30 pound bags and I couldn't fine ONE without a hole in it, I find the staff to be incompetent, I don't waste my time there..

that describes the new RK here...TSC is better, but yes, their inventory management system lacks a little something.

 

[majorwager]

that describes the new RK here...TSC is better, but yes, their inventory management system lacks a little something.

No fatalist, subject is a competitor of RK. .Strange how no other member supports you criticisms. Lone voices just ring hollow.......

 

[atsah]

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As promised, here are some pics from my visit to TYM. This set is of the RK55 line, including an RK55 on the dyno. Note that tire & wheel (T&W) assemblies are just used for manufacturing , test and transport to shipping stations. All RK Tractors T&Ws are made in the USA by Titan.

Am I seeing things or are the tires mounted backwards on that RK55?

 

[aczlan]

Am I seeing things or are the tires mounted backwards on that RK55?

They are backwards from how a ag tire is normally mounted. In the use there when they're just being used to roll around the factory, it won't make any difference. In the mud, the reason that they run them that way is so that they squish the mud out from between the lugs of the tire and don't ball it up, that way you get better traction even in mud.

Aaron Z

 

[alextassos1]

Is the mmm removable on the rk 24?
Those rear tires look huge on that one in factory lol.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I would think Home Depot/Lowes would sell bigger tractors if there was a way to do it profitably. They sell deere now - why not a step up, something with a loader perhaps? Pto? 3pt hitch?

Same for tractor supply - they sell higher end mowers, 3pt equipment, tractor parts and supplies, are much bigger than RK..yet they've not seen fit to try their hand a true tractors.

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HD, Lowes only carry the low end JD mowers, they do not carry the better quality.

Tractor Supply did try to sell tractors a few yrs back. They failed because they offered no service.

 

[Tennsawdust]

Is the mmm removable on the rk 24?
Those rear tires look huge on that one in factory lol.

It is removable, although it is not a drive over design.

 

[Tennsawdust]

Thank you sir. I'm an Air Force veteran, never faced what my father or uncles faced. Was stationed on Okinawa for 4.5 years, had many temporary assignments to Korea while in theater. Had visited the memorial several times in the past, and even visited the place where my uncle died during a visit in 1988. My sons served as well.

Thanks for the pics. Looks like a well organized operation.

I had two great-uncles that fought at Iwo. One went ashore in the second wave. He came home from the Pacific with a chest full of medals, but unfortunately not his sanity. The other was trained as an aircraft mechanic. He landed on Iwo expecting to support the airstrip, but was picked out as big enough to carry a flamethrower (a stocky 6'-3") and put to that duty until things settled down enough for them to start landing planes. He didn't like to talk about what he went through there, other than to say that a flamethrower was a horrible way to kill people. He went on to serve through the end of the Korean conflict, being stationed in both Korea and Japan. He always had a fondness for the Korean people. The last time I saw him he was in his late 80's and had his grandson holding a ladder for him while he was about 30 feet up painting the gable end of his house! He was something of a force to be reckoned with - as many in his generation were.