HS stated:" My reading over every post in TBN of all the brands in deciding lead my to think the most problematic brand with reports in threads was Kioti. Internal broken shafts and flawed cast pieces with pictures scared me from Kioti. Much of their manufacturing parts supply was coming from China or just couldn't be tracked. So I took them off my list. It's owners reporting issues on TBN that pushed me away from seriously considering them. Personally I think they are a bit under engineered and cast and machined parts have quality issues. Metallurgy is suspect. They are built to price break. As for Mahindra, I simply wouldn't buy any major product like a tractor from India."
WOW! You read EVERY post in TBN, of ALL the brands!? You must have a ginormous brain to retain all that data!
And having done so, you were led to think Kioti was the most problematic brand? Sounds to me like you drew that conclusion all on your own. You are entitled to your own personal opinion, BUT that doesn't make it FACT!
HS Stated: Internal broken shafts and flawed cast pieces with pictures scared me from Kioti. Much of their manufacturing parts supply was coming from China or just couldn't be tracked. So I took them off my list. It's owners reporting issues on TBN that pushed me away from seriously considering them. Personally I think they are a bit under engineered and cast and machined parts have quality issues. Metallurgy is suspect. They are built to price break.
Where is a single piece of data to back up your above claims? Are you a mechanical engineer, and expert in casting technology or a machine parts quality control technician? Metallurgy expert? "built to price break'?! What are you even talking about- that comment makes NO sense.
I will concede more TBN members who own Kiotis seem to be a group of people not afraid to do work on their own tractors for various reasons; liking maintaining their own equipment, saving money, gaining knowledge through hands on experience, etc. This in no way makes their Kioti tractor choice any less valid, nor does it make their efforts to solve potential or actual problems with their tractors a rash of machines with 'suspect' anything. They are without a doubt a force to be reckoned with and a very well built and thought out line of tractors. I've owned two DK series since 2009 when I bought my first tractor from Kioti. I have not been let down in over 1050+ hrs of use to date. I've used other brands previous to owning my tractors, and it is clear to me that Kioti will stand the test of time against any of the other available brands being sold.
Now if you can provide some fact based evidence to support your claims I believe you would, but since you can't I suspect you won't.
