Korean tractor dilemma

[4x4moses]

I really can't speak to the dependability of anything other than Ford, Landini, John Deere, and Kioti. Ford is long gone, Landini no longer sells in the US, and John Deere is way overpriced for most utility tractor owners. I've had my Kioti DK4510 for six years, and it has been problem-free. My brother-in-law has a Kioti RX7320, and has had issues with the electrical system almost from the beginning - and Kioti USA has abysmal parts availability. For me, I'm satisfied with my Kioti; but for parts availability and resale value it's hard to beat John Deere (NOT 3E series) and Kubota.

 

[tacticalturnip]

LS is building the Massey compact now in many cases. Iseki builds the subcompact, or used to.

Not sure if it is still Iseki now.

Negative; the I believe the GC and 18E are made by AGCO in Indonesia. If I recall the 18M are made by Iseki still. I have no knowledge on the 2M/E machines.

LS builds NH and Case IH sub compacts and compacts.

 

[Yander]

Negative; the I believe the GC and 18E are made by AGCO in Indonesia. If I recall the 18M are made by Iseki still. I have no knowledge on the 2M/E machines.

LS builds NH and Case IH sub compacts and compacts.

I'm sorry, I meant LS is building them for Case IH, not Massey. My mistake. The new Farmall 40C has an LS Mtron engine in it, built by LS. I just sold a 2012 Case IH Farmall 40B and had a placard on it that said made by LS.

 

[paulsharvey]

I didnt read much, first handful, and last two or three replies, so.

It's called Infant Mortality or repair bell curve. You will have a high initial likely hood of problems, break in, miss manufactured, material defects, ect; once past those; you will have increasing reliability to a point, were parts start failing from age/use/wear, at maybe 2500 hours to 4000 hours.

My point; I would get the LS fixed and keep using it worry free.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I'm sorry, I meant LS is building them for Case IH, not Massey. My mistake. The new Farmall 40C has an LS Mtron engine in it, built by LS. I just sold a 2012 Case IH Farmall 40B and had a placard on it that said made by LS.

I figured that's where your mind was.

 

[Yander]

I didnt read much, first handful, and last two or three replies, so.

It's called Infant Mortality or repair bell curve. You will have a high initial likely hood of problems, break in, miss manufactured, material defects, ect; once part those; you will have increasing reliability to a point, were parts start failing from age/use/wear.

My point; I would get the LS fixed and keep using it worry free.View attachment 1169444

I agree with keeping it. I think LS makes a good tractor. You will lose your shirt to try and trade/sell it and you could be trading into more problems.

 

[paulsharvey]

I'm happy with my Kioti, but on your list you have the MF1825E. Might be worth looking at the MF 1835M, it's a more premium machine, and priced like one, but was some pretty nice features compared to the 18E series.

Also; 3 months for an HST repair, I assume under warranty? That seems like a Very long time for the repair.

 

[caleb90]

I didnt read much, first handful, and last two or three replies, so.

It's called Infant Mortality or repair bell curve. You will have a high initial likely hood of problems, break in, miss manufactured, material defects, ect; once past those; you will have increasing reliability to a point, were parts start failing from age/use/wear, at maybe 2500 hours to 4000 hours.

My point; I would get the LS fixed and keep using it worry free.View attachment 1169444

Depends on how it looks when i get it back.

 

[caleb90]

I'm happy with my Kioti, but on your list you have the MF1825E. Might be worth looking at the MF 1835M, it's a more premium machine, and priced like one, but was some pretty nice features compared to the 18E series.

Also; 3 months for an HST repair, I assume under warranty? That seems like a Very long time for the repair.

Im guessing on the worst. The worst being there isnt one in stock at the warehouse

 

[D&D]

I really can't speak to the dependability of anything other than Ford, Landini, John Deere, and Kioti. Ford is long gone, Landini no longer sells in the US, and John Deere is way overpriced for most utility tractor owners. I've had my Kioti DK4510 for six years, and it has been problem-free. My brother-in-law has a Kioti RX7320, and has had issues with the electrical system almost from the beginning - and Kioti USA has abysmal parts availability. For me, I'm satisfied with my Kioti; but for parts availability and resale value it's hard to beat John Deere (NOT 3E series) and Kubota.

I’ve got a JD 5205 that wished parts availability was that good. Another JD 3032 that needed some no longer available electrical parts.
Lemons exist everywhere across all brands and all brands have short comings (more so after 2019).
Turn the clock back a few years and you might see that some parts were more universal and there was a bunch of people that knew how to McGiver stuff. Now that most of those guys are gone and things have become more complex, we become somewhat forced to bite the bitter pill called planned obsolescence.