beenthere,
Thanks for the welcome. I'm in the Des Moines, IA area. The fact that I'm unable to locate a dealer close to me doesn't mean that it's an inferior product. I feel that I've done adequate research to determine that Yanmar is a better than average product with the lowest price point on the market, (price, reliability, durability, longevity, etc.). That's a good buy in my book, no matter where the nearest dealer is. I'm handy and can fix just about anything, so as long as I can order parts, I'll be good to go if most anything were to break. A couple of years ago I was in the market for a compact car. I looked at all of the high-end makes available in my area, found what I liked and didn't like in them and then went out and bought a Kia Spectra5. It wasn't that I couldn't afford the others; it was because I'm a smart shopper. The Kia wasn't far off from any of the others at a fraction of the cost and don't care what people may think about me because of the products that I own. John Deere, Case, Kubota and others may make super tractors, (some with Yanmar components), but in the end, they're just tractors. If I can buy one that works nearly as or as good as them at a fraction of the cost, in the end, I've got a good tractor that I'm going to use as intended and money left over to boot. That's a Win/Win in my book, no matter where the nearest dealer may be located.
Kays Supply,
I sent an Email to Schaeffer痴 Sales Department yesterday and it bounced back due to a full mailbox. I fired it off again to the Parts Department and the Email provided on their Main Web Page and neither one of them bounced back. So, I hope to hear something back from them next week sometime. Thanks for the suggestion.
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