Korean tractor dilemma

[Mud2Money]

I’ve noticed the ls dealers here are all bad boy dealers. LS and bad boy seem to have a little something something. Bad boy makes the implements for a lot of the LS stuff just of course blue and few hundred $$ more for that sticker. Must be more that meets the eye to that one. But all the dealers also deal with other equipment and have shops.

As for TYM , I have seen United rentals etc sell them here in Michigan and a few other small places with no service center but a parking lot. That was what swayed me from TYM here.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

My TYM dealer has a full shop... But they also sell other large AG equipment. In fact, when I went to test drive the tractors, the sales lead was out of town for a large AG show, and I spoke with the head mechanic for over an hour. He got me the keys, let me drive the tractors, and was a wealth of information. He was also the guy who delivered my tractor.
When I needed filters, and they didn't have them in stock (right when TYM began selling the legacy Branson tractors), they had them drop shipped in three days.
They weren't the cheapest, but they were the most established and customer centered.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I’ve noticed the ls dealers here are all bad boy dealers. LS and bad boy seem to have a little something something. Bad boy makes the implements for a lot of the LS stuff just of course blue and few hundred $$ more for that sticker. Must be more that meets the eye to that one. But all the dealers also deal with other equipment and have shops.

As for TYM , I have seen United rentals etc sell them here in Michigan and a few other small places with no service center but a parking lot. That was what swayed me from TYM here.

All of our local LS dealers are moreso lawnmower shops/sales. That was one of several factors I took into consideration.

 

[rScotty]

"Also its being smart to shop for the best deal."

True, but when buying tools or tractors the "best deal" is unlikely to be the lowest cost deal.

rScotty

 

[kozal01]

Seems to me the root cause in this case was picking a bad dealer. As noted already, stuff breaks and dealer support is as important as brand in my opinion. I am lucky to have a great Kioti dealer close to me but if I didn't have one I would have gone with a different brand most likely.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Seems to me the root cause in this case was picking a bad dealer. As noted already, stuff breaks and dealer support is as important as brand in my opinion. I am lucky to have a great Kioti dealer close to me but if I didn't have one I would have gone with a different brand most likely.

The dealer is one of the biggest reasons I went with Kioti. My dealer has been exceptional, and I've gone on to purchase a few other items from them to include my chainsaw.

 

[Dftodd]

So, a company I used to work for, had a fleet of maybe 12-18 1/2t pickups, and 2 Dodge-5500 trucks with vacuum excavation bodies. Anyways, the head of the office vehicle pool had a habit of just dropping trucks off at dealer (or ring power for vac truck issues), and not even bothering to talk to them. Kinda trucks in the yard, keys in the box, fix it, approach. Always took forever; and I really think it's cause they assumed we weren't in a hurry, cause if it mattered, there would be a lot more rush. Bad part, those vac trucks cost us $3500/day in revenue everytime they were down.

The local Ford dealers anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks to get any of the larger super duties into the shop to even look at them.

They have the only lift (1) in the area that will handle a F450 or F550 chassis.

 

[caleb90]

Rep got ahold of the dealer today. Dealer told them the tractor had only been there for 2weeks and that it was on the board to go in this week.. i said thats funny i just spoke with the girl who runs the counter on friday, she said there so backed up that they dont know when they can get it in. Then i provided pictures with dates that show the day i took it in, and that it had indeed been there a month.. i cant stand liers

 

[paulsharvey]

Rep got ahold of the dealer today. Dealer told them the tractor had only been there for 2weeks and that it was on the board to go in this week.. i said thats funny i just spoke with the girl who runs the counter on friday, she said there so backed up that they dont know when they can get it in. Then i provided pictures with dates that show the day i took it in, and that it had indeed been there a month.. i cant stand liers

So we don't know yet if it's a whole pump, a seal, gasket, o-ring, loose bolt, or "within manufacters spec for leakage" yet?

 

[caleb90]

Nope