Comparison Fair to compare Woods & King Kutter?
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That's good to hear.
One more, showing the deck thickness.
One more, showing the deck thickness.
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Last one. It fit in the back of my F-150, fully assembled...like a glove 
buckeyefarmer
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Nice looking mower.
I still have to speak up for KK. I wouldn't run from them. I've had mine for around 12 yrs now. I've had to replace a few things, but KK is great at shipping parts, but normal things are on the shelf at TSC. When I bought my 6' RFM it was around $1200.
I still have to speak up for KK. I wouldn't run from them. I've had mine for around 12 yrs now. I've had to replace a few things, but KK is great at shipping parts, but normal things are on the shelf at TSC. When I bought my 6' RFM it was around $1200.
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Good looking mower, let us know how it does next spring.
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Hello all -
I want to address a couple issues in this thread which I beleive have been mis-represented.
1 - Unless something has changed recently the Woods machine also has a chinese gearbox. Woods, Land Pride, Bush Hog, Rhino, and King Kutter, all use gearboxes made in China.
2 - King Kutter has a failure rate of about 1 in 10,000 on gearboxes. I'm speaking of actual manufacturers defects here. So to whomever stated that the gearbox has been the weak spot of the King Kutter Finish Mowers, I'm sorry if you had an issue with one.
3 - To the Original Poster - Good luck on whatever you decide or decided to buy!
I want to address a couple issues in this thread which I beleive have been mis-represented.
1 - Unless something has changed recently the Woods machine also has a chinese gearbox. Woods, Land Pride, Bush Hog, Rhino, and King Kutter, all use gearboxes made in China.
2 - King Kutter has a failure rate of about 1 in 10,000 on gearboxes. I'm speaking of actual manufacturers defects here. So to whomever stated that the gearbox has been the weak spot of the King Kutter Finish Mowers, I'm sorry if you had an issue with one.
3 - To the Original Poster - Good luck on whatever you decide or decided to buy!
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Regarding 'made in China'...I think it's important to understand it's the manufacturer's specs that are given to the Chinese builder that matter. I've seen very high quality products with Made in China plastered on it and I've seen total junk too. We all have. It's usually pretty obvious what is junk though (not necessarily referring to tractor stuff...any product). Now, if the Chinese builder uses parts or materials that are NOT in spec, that's a problem. Say, lead in paint on toys for example. I doubt an American company spec'd out lead paint for the toys. See what I mean? In electronics...I've seen many very high quality products that have a made in China stickers. Again, it just depends on what the parent company tells the Chinese builder to use for materials. They can request cheap, total crap...or they can request the best available. I would rather see Made in America on more of things I buy, but this is 2010 and we have to face reality. It is what it is. Most of us would rather so many things not be made in China, but however it got this way, that's the reality.
Back to the subject of gearboxes. With regard to quality it doesn't matter where it's made as long as it's made RIGHT with the proper MATERIALS. U.S. manufacturers have been guilty of making crappy products - absolutely. I'm sure we can all think of some right now. Again, my point is it's all about what the head company is asking for and whether the actual people building it follow through and really build it that way. They can ask for a crappy product to be built crappy to try to maximize profit by selling as much as they can, cheap....or they can ask for the product to be built well using great materials. Hope you know what I mean. I tried to explain my thought as much as possible.
Back to the subject of gearboxes. With regard to quality it doesn't matter where it's made as long as it's made RIGHT with the proper MATERIALS. U.S. manufacturers have been guilty of making crappy products - absolutely. I'm sure we can all think of some right now. Again, my point is it's all about what the head company is asking for and whether the actual people building it follow through and really build it that way. They can ask for a crappy product to be built crappy to try to maximize profit by selling as much as they can, cheap....or they can ask for the product to be built well using great materials. Hope you know what I mean. I tried to explain my thought as much as possible.
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pz31g22, I understand what you have said and agree 100%. I have seen the exact same thing. Just because it came from China does not mean that it is junk. They can build good stuff too.
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MtnViewRanch said:
Ditto. They have put a man in earth orbit too.
Recall that until the mid 60's Made in Japan was considered second rate too.
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I worked for a company that moved a capacitor factory to Metamors Mexico and the factory could not hold acceptable quality standards even with the top company supervisors sent down for "in house" quality control. Finally shut it down and moved it back to Glasgow, Ky. I would assume the quality comes from the workforce and that takes generations to develop. A fellow that followed a oxen all his life and moves to the city for a better paying factory job, just can't understand the concept of quality production. Ken Sweet
