Is new equipment really that hard to come by?

[bullbreaker]

Called Kentucky one month ago to inquire to attempt purchase a Kato CL 45 or maybe a 35 compact track loader . There the old IHI equipment line , now called " Kato " . Good solid no frills , no nonsense equipment . We have bought there units in the past .

The CTL 's come with Yanmar and some w/ Bota engines I believe . Anyhow the salesman said they were out of CTL's and excavators and don't expect any in till almost a year .

For those not aware Kioti is suppose to have on there dealer lots by very late 2022 there new CTL's . I have seen them in pic's and advertisement vid's but the way things going in this world won't believe it till I see them . The new Kioti CTL's price points should be interesting considering they have to compete and get there foot in the door with the already established CTL' manufactorers such as Bota / Takeuchi / CAT / Deere / Case new holland / Gehl / Bobcat and a couple others .

Congrats ! Lineman North Fla imo you did great $ on your purchase , way down here in Collier County , Fl prices much higher than what you have paid . Play hard / play safe !

 

[cathy liebchen]

Our new Brown rotary cutter was a 20 week wait. They held to the January price. It’s an unbelievably heavy duty thing

 

[WM75Guy]

Prices are stupid HIGH.I was looking for a new 2022 1/2 ton truck in April went to chevy, ford and ram dealers.Most truck dealers wanted MSRP with no employee discount and they kept the rebates.I went to the ram dealer that I had previously ordered from in the past and dealt the owner and he gave me all discounts.My new 2022 Ram is arriving in about 2-3 weeks.Needless to say he will be getting ALL of my future business..

I stopped at a GMC dealer in Tyler, Texas last week. All pickups were $7,000 over MSRP sticker price. They had a 2022 GMC 3500HD SLT Crew Cab 4X4 demo with 5,500 miles for $80,000. I laughed and walked out.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Here I was thinking Lineman North Florida played football and was a lineman.

Nope just an old electric lineman, shoot I wouldn't know what to do if I made as much money as them jokers.

 

[trentk]

I just got the call from the Kubota dealer that my SVL-97 would be in later this week. Ordered it in April so not to bad.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I just got the call from the Kubota dealer that my SVL-97 would be in later this week. Ordered it in April so not to bad.

No that's quicker than mine , I ordered mine on February 10 and it came in the first week of June. How are the prices in Texas?

 

[cathy liebchen]

Our Brown 416 took 20 weeks to be delivered. The delivery guy had never seen one

 

[YanmarFever]

We are remodeling a patio and ordered a 23' patio door w/windows last July, we just had it delivered 2 weeks ago.
Glass is hard to come by these days.

One poster said, buy what you need now, that's good advice!
What's next, food?

 

[JethroB]

I called my Kubota salesman yesterday about a cabbed L5460 to replace my identical open station. After four years of trimming limbs I hope a cab will finally be safe. He has a L6060 on the lot. Will see how the numbers crunch. Hot down here.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Not to derail the thread but this skid steer with this MTL brush mower is an impressive unit, this is a picture of a chinese tallow tree that I cut down with ease yesterday.