It's official, just ordered my RK 55 HC last night.

[Soundguy]

I'm officially on the waiting list now. Put money down last night. Ordered a SSQA bale spear as well. Hopefully within the next 5 weeks I will be able to pick it all up.

 

[jeff9366]

Quite an endorsement from you, whose opinions I have come to value over years of reading them.

 

[Jchonline]

Congrats. Are we painting it blue to match the Fords?

 

[cdb2]

I'm officially on the waiting list now. Put money down last night. Ordered a SSQA bale spear as well. Hopefully within the next 5 weeks I will be able to pick it all up.

Mine ended up being 10 days instead of 3-4 weeks. Here's hoping you also get a pleasant surprise!

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Congrats. Are we painting it blue to match the Fords?

This is not unheard of.

 

[fried1765]

I'm officially on the waiting list now. Put money down last night. Ordered a SSQA bale spear as well. Hopefully within the next 5 weeks I will be able to pick it all up.

I am concerned ......about me!
I am an old guy, with three old Fords.
I too have been thinking a LOT about a new RK, either 37 or 55.
I am too old to be thinking about a new tractor.
Is it something about also being a Ford lover that could be making me think like this?
Any idea just why this happened to you?

P.S. Congratulations !!!!

 

[Soundguy]

Quite an endorsement from you, whose opinions I have come to value over years of reading them.

Thanks. I've been on the lookout for a year now, checking out nh, jd, Kubota.

Value wise, I think they have the market cornered.

Price wise, nortrac beats them, but their lineup can't be directly compared due to upgrade features on the rk models..

I'm looking forward to it.

The balers here are all doing 5x5 &6' bales now, no 4x5's. Getting abusive on the 70 year old fords.

 

[paulsharvey]

I will be following. Honestly I'm interested in the 35 or 37 HP hydrostatic with a loader. The price is fantastic, and they appear to be good machines. I dont make a living with my tractor, but I'm starting to want something I just turn the key and do some work. It's fun to tinker on old machines, but there are times you just want to use it without working on 5 things first.

 

[Soundguy]

Yup, exactly...

 

[RK55guy]

congrats on the rk. i just bought the 55s open and so far i absolutely love it. it is really the first tractor that ive owned but i have used several different tractors and the rk has more that exceeded my expectations. hope it serves you well.

 

[Soundguy]

feels like decent hp in a small/medium form factor. I like that I can still use all my cat 1 implements with it.

 

[Soundguy]

Just got a call this morning that my tractor is built. I might be able to pick it up Wednesday if everything times up, otherwise this weekend hopefully.

SSQA Bale spear not in yet, but is on order, hopefully in soon.

 

[RTBee]

Is there enough room to add an RK55HC in your profile? :tractor::laughing:

 

[Soundguy]

Might have to add in my sig line ;-)

 

[Tennsawdust]

Might have to add in my sig line ;-)

You might have to shorten the Ford listings to "various and sundry". :-D

 

[Soundguy]

Just picked it up this evening.

Board apparently wont let me post pics from a Windows phone or surface tablet.

 

[RK55guy]

congrats

 

[Tennsawdust]

Congrats!

 

[Soundguy]

And now I'm working the next three days :\

 

[W8BYA]

Congrats. Are we painting it blue to match the Fords?

hmmmm........