Bye, Bye Branson???

[ptsg]

I'd love to see a Branson in person, unfortunately they've not made many inroads here. couldn't find a dealer closer than about 130 miles. Bit far to drive on a lark.

While I'm at it I'd like a RK store within 100 miles, and a LS dealer too.

Yeah, that's not very doable. But I'm sure you would be surprised by how heavy they are built. The fit and finish is also very nice.

 

[Jchonline]

It would be nice to have at least 1 dealer in the state of CO. None at present. Hard to be a market leader with no dealers in multiple states. Let’s see some expansion!

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Well, there are 4 currently, according to the dealer locator on the Branson website. None are close to you though.

They are in Delta, Flagler, Trinidad and Cortez CO.

Dealer Locator - Branson Tractors

 

[MossRoad]

There are threads/comments like this all over the forums. The favorite speculation always seems to involve Branson going away. Must be a dozen of them in the last year. It gets tiresome. And it's always baseless speculation.

Well, can you blame people for speculating when they see a place selling new tractors, and then it closes, then another pops up, and it closes, and none of those places are actually tractor dealers, just some "place" like a lawn and garden shop, or an actual junk yard, or, as in my state, the closest Branson dealer is 90 miles away, called "Fix It Shop" and looks like this from the street? Any reasonable person would be skeptical.



I've seen this with several other brands of tractors as well. And we saw this at Rural King many years ago when they sold tractors, then stopped. Now that they're starting up again, people are justifiably skeptical that they'll stick around. It looks and sounds like they're going to stick with it and only time will tell.

 

[atsah]

That's a nice looking place, I don't think I would even drive in there to buy an oil filter for fear of getting nails in my tires..

 

[D2Cat]

I typed in "Kansas City" in their location link. Not a thing!

 

[MossRoad]

That's a nice looking place, I don't think I would even drive in there to buy an oil filter for fear of getting nails in my tires..

And it's why people are speculative, because places like this pop up and down all the time. Not just Branson, but several other brands as well.

 

[MossRoad]

I typed in "Kansas City" in their location link. Not a thing!

Manhattan, Wichita, and Joplin

 

[TheMadOne]

And it's why people are speculative, because places like this pop up and down all the time. Not just Branson, but several other brands as well.

It's really hard for new brands to get established. Either they have to partner with the local lawnmower repair place/atv store, that typically have no idea about tractors, or they have to finance their own dealer network, and that's expensive.

 

[3gunr]

Well, can you blame people for speculating when they see a place selling new tractors, and then it closes, then another pops up, and it closes, and none of those places are actually tractor dealers, just some "place" like a lawn and garden shop, or an actual junk yard, or, as in my state, the closest Branson dealer is 90 miles away, called "Fix It Shop" and looks like this from the street? Any reasonable person would be skeptical.

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I've seen this with several other brands of tractors as well. And we saw this at Rural King many years ago when they sold tractors, then stopped. Now that they're starting up again, people are justifiably skeptical that they'll stick around. It looks and sounds like they're going to stick with it and only time will tell.

how many power trac dealers are there out there , i have never seen one.