Bought a 1610 from RCO

[clemsonfor]

I think that post was from a few years ago maybe as much as five or more. I think RCO was scammed by rebuilds from Vietnam too. This guy got one of those. That's well know now and avoided. The process to get these tractors from Japan and deliver them to their shops is a much better process now and RCO has their own guy in Japan picking the units out. At least this is what they tell me. I understand there are stories about the Vietnam rebuilds and they still exist out in the market so be careful who you buy from, even RCO was careless in the distant pass and got some bad PR by selling some these. I think those days are gone for RCO.

HS

Yea i knew they use to sell VN rebuilds but this was only like a year and a half ago. He bought in like spring of 09. It was supossedly "rebuilt" in their shop, he got the dyno test and all. I think he said after 95 hours the head gasket blew, which he later found was from a warped head that was reinstalled after a rebuild. He called and complained about the quality of work from the rebuild and was blown off by them. I would put it through the runs in the warrenty period to make sure all the bugs are worked out before the time is out. Id try to get 150-200 hours on in that first year.

 

[HoyeTractor]

They are wet sleeves.

The 1610 does not have a sleeved engine. You can (and we have before) had the block machined and sleeves put in them but they do not have them from the factory.

 

[Car Doc]

Good luck I hope it is all they say it is for your sake. A 1610 is a real nice tractor it should do everything you say you need one for is it a 1610D 4wd?.

PM me if you like I will be happy to share a couple ideas I have for you! :thumbsup:

There is a guy on here who his mouth fly's open like a $2 suitcase when anyone talks bad about RCO so I wont put the board thru any more of that.

 

[clemsonfor]

Cardoc, you may get a PM saying "a post of yours has been removed. This usually happens if someone talks bad about another member, blah blah blah."

 

[rmully]

Too bad a guy can't tell it like it is without some problem. Be careful of what you are told in Austin. When I went shopping I was told one thing one day and something completely different another day by a salesman.... needless to say I did not buy my tractor there. I do not do well with flim flam and i got a lot there.

 

[brownbr]

So where then if not RCO for people in the Austin area? A drive to Alabama? Only reason I have not done the same and bought from RCO is a delay for my finances to come through. I was eager to get my cash, and then spint over there and buy one. Now I'm a little uneasy in light of this new info.

I push mowed over an acre today, some of which had not been mowed in years. I've never wanted a small tractor more.

 

[kenmac]

So where then if not RCO for people in the Austin area? A drive to Alabama? Only reason I have not done the same and bought from RCO is a delay for my finances to come through. I was eager to get my cash, and then spint over there and buy one. Now I'm a little uneasy in light of this new info.
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I guess Hoye cleared up the liner/sleeve issue

You don't have to drive any where. order over the phone.Wayne ,Ernie,Fredricks can ship what you want

 

[Kays Supply]

I sold Yanmars for several years. I have had them apart. If the engine is good, which 99% are , the OEM parts are much better than the aftermarket parts. A Yanmar with less than a 1000 hrs is good for more hours than you would put on in a lifetime mowing and putsing around. I bought from Fredricks many times, have dealt with Ernie, and bought parts from Hoye. All three are straight shooters. I would send my brother to any of the three to buy a tractor or parts. There is nothing in this post negative about RCO.

 

[clemsonfor]

This kind of goes on the back of what Kay.. and the last few guys have said.

Here we try to point out the good dealers and bad for obvious reasons (not pointing fingers at whose on either side of that yet in this post). By doing this those who were or felt burned will post, those that are happy will post. We all take note of this so that when a new person comes up we can give them facts and let them decide on thier own about a place.

That said in over a yr and a half i have never heard anything negative about Hoye, Ernie, Fredricks, or Spalding tractor. That says a lot as this is one of like 3 places to actually get good info on yanmars, and i have been to all three, we pretty much have the same folks on each one, there are certain ones who dont cross the lines much but your getting most folks if all you do is come here.

Saying all this any dealer can have a serious problem, bad unit or some bad experience with a customer. Its how they handle it wich makes them shine. For example, i hope any dealer will fix anything in warrenty period, but if your tractor is say 3 months or something out of warrenty period and they supposedly did a complete rebuild on it, my thoughts are that they should at least offer you a gasket set and someother parts to go with the head your removing due to their work.

 

[houstonscott]

You know you have to be realistic about buying a 30yr old tractor. I am a car guy so I am realistic about something that old having a hidden issue. It doesn't scare me. I hope there are none and if there are thy are small and crop up in the first years, or even the first few hours. I am very skeptical about tractor owners and what they report because a tractor as a machine that is probability the most abused piece of equipment you can find. I have seen people do things to tractors they were never designed to do and people buying to small and "doing it anyway" and loading machine until it bends or breaks seems to be common. Not taking care of tractor is common too in my opinion.

HS