A sign of things to come......

[Ohio RK24]

Mike,
I would like to thank you for your time spent working with the RK tractor's, after doing a fair amount of research of the brands available in my immediate area I bought a RK24 and am thrilled with the tractor ( not so much the dealership ).
Your videos were of help to me during the decision making process along with many more considerations, the main reason that I watch your videos was see what you were doing with your 24 compared to what I would be doing with mine thus getting a real world look at how the unit held up to the tasks that you set it to. I continued to watch because I enjoyed seeing what appeared to be a common guy working his land and helping out his neighbors.
It is difficult to find old-fashioned ( country ) morals and ethics in the times we live in and I appreciate your demonstration of these things in your videos.
The best of luck to you and yours in your future endeavors.
Keep the home fires burning and the hearth warm.

 

[HicksFarms]

Now that we can agree that OWTM isn稚 all that bad (they were a great influence on my purchase), has anyone actually received an acceptable repair/fix to their unlevel loader? This goes right back to the lack of service topic. I LOVE my 55 Shuttle and would still pick it if I were tractor shopping again today. However, I would be much happier if I could have this resolved. When the technician came out the second time on mine, I convinced him to bring an open station with him in hopes we could swap loaders and fix the issue. Low and behold, we pull the open station into my shop and I point out it has the same exact issue. Long story short, after we gave up on mine and he left with the recommendation of 都et the low side on a block and maybe it値l 礎alance out? the open station went right back to the lot to be sold, because it痴 still 創ew? right? Well, besides the unlevel loader.

 

[RoyJackson]

Mike, since the three RK tractors were loaners, are they being returned to RK, or are you going to keep them?
Just curious...

 

[ptsg]

Now that we can agree that OWTM isn稚 all that bad (they were a great influence on my purchase), has anyone actually received an acceptable repair/fix to their unlevel loader? This goes right back to the lack of service topic. I LOVE my 55 Shuttle and would still pick it if I were tractor shopping again today. However, I would be much happier if I could have this resolved. When the technician came out the second time on mine, I convinced him to bring an open station with him in hopes we could swap loaders and fix the issue. Low and behold, we pull the open station into my shop and I point out it has the same exact issue. Long story short, after we gave up on mine and he left with the recommendation of 都et the low side on a block and maybe it値l 礎alance out? the open station went right back to the lot to be sold, because it痴 still 創ew? right? Well, besides the unlevel loader.

Yes there is a solution. There is a thread somewhere in the RK forum with the solution.

 

[Citydude]

Mike, since the three RK tractors were loaners, are they being returned to RK, or are you going to keep them?
Just curious...

They left his property a day or so ago Roy. It will be interesting to see what he replaces them with.

 

[markie61]

It will be interesting to see what he replaces them with.

That sure looks like a New Holland logo laser cut into the grapple in the background in the last video...

 

[ovrszd]

Mike, you might want to edit your post #19. You described your work day but you forgot sleep.

 

[Citydude]

Mike, you might want to edit your post #19. You described your work day but you forgot sleep.

 

[RoyJackson]

They left his property a day or so ago Roy. It will be interesting to see what he replaces them with.

I'd have thought if he liked them so much, he'd have kept one of them...
No criticism to Mike or anyone else, but I would have thought a good tractor is worth keeping!

 

[LouNY]

I'd have thought if he liked them so much, he'd have kept one of them...
No criticism to Mike or anyone else, but I would have thought a good tractor is worth keeping!

Or he figures that most of them are actually fairly good and reliable, regardless of the paint color.