King Kutter Paint???

[Agrantina]

Whats up with the bad paint jobs on king kutter equipment? I have seen several new pieces of equipment with paint coming off farely easy. Doesnt seem to be powered coated at all... Saw a brand new out of the box tiller the other day and it was sratched all up. I made a front bumper for my mule and had it powered coated and that paint job is WAY WAY tuffer than that KK pint job I saw... I know its only farm equipment but I cant get away from keeping things looking nice...

AndyG

 

[King Kutter Rep]

I see that your location is TN. Are you sure that it is King Kutter equipment? I only ask b/c King Kutter doesn't service TN for TSC anymore, and even though it looks like ours, if it has the County Line brand on it, it's probably not ours.

About the paint - we now use a two part epoxy paint that is very durable, however if a piece of equipment is scratched or scarred while in transit or being unloaded, it can come off. That is true with any paint.

Hope this answered your question.

 

[Haywire]

Just a side note. Powder coat is not paint.

Not a KK product, but I bought a box blade that looked like it was dipped and put in a crate wet. Saying it had a few runs is like saying the Mississippi has a little water in it.

 

[Skyco]

I own a KK equipment box blade, brush cutter and a subsoiler...and the paint has been fine.
They are a couple of years old, maybe something has changed, don't know.
Personally I hate powder coating, I've had way more problems with it than paint.

 

[Agrantina]

Thanks KK rep for the reply..It was a KK product and nothing from TSC.. Our local TSC dont cary any actual attachments at ALL... Just thought the paint looked like it was coming off pretty easy- at least to me.. But the KK tillers are well liked here on TBN..

AndyG

 

[mdunaway]

my 5 foot kk brush cutter looks as is someone only waved a paint can near it.2 yrs old,finish was poor from new.

 

[TripleR]

New King Kutter equipment may have good paint, but every KK we have owned in the last few years had poor paint. They have been good mechanically, but paint...

 

[LD1]

Dads 5' KK tiller was purchased at tsc new about 10 years ago. It is one that also has paint issues. It was peeling and blistering in just a few years.

I cant comment on the new ones because the local TSC hasnt carried KK in a few years. They only carry the country line brand

 

[Agrantina]

New King Kutter equipment may have good paint, but every KK we have owned in the last few years had poor paint. They have been good mechanically, but paint...

If you go to the everything attachments website and look at the KK tillers and scroll over the pictures they have you see paint coming off on the tillers. There even runs in the paint on the top link brace bars?? Now you would think they would pick the BEST paint job to show on there site? When I purchase a tiller I bet I use it 3-4 times a year so that means it sits for 360 days..

AndyG

 

[Ford850]

I used to get upset over the KK paint, but after having several implements from them I learned to live with the poor paint to get the decent construction quality at a much lower price. When I started shopping for a tiller I thought I would get the new CountyLine branded tiller (Hawkline or Tarter) at TSC because it was powder coated. When I did a closer inspection I found it was not the same quality as a KK tiller (IMO) and the powder coating was very poor. They coated the easy areas but many seams and crevices were left bare metal which was covered with rust already. I went back to the KK as my choice now. On my current implements I have gradually cleaned, primed, and repainted most of them. Still a better choice for me rather than spending hundreds or thousands more for the other major brands.

 

[newt92]

Have had my KK tiller since March of 03. Got it brand new from TSC. The paint is still like it was when I got it. Now for me, my tiller has never gotten wet since I brought it home. It leads a sheltered life when its not working.

 

[Ford tractor]

To expect ground engaging implements to have pristine paint after use is, well, just a bit silly. The ground will wear off the metal, not just the paint! Yeah, KK could have better paint, but I guess they have to cut corners somewhere to keep competing with the china junk that costs less because they use prison labor, ignore all safety and environmental requirements. I'm just glad they are still manufactured here.

By the way, I've bought top shelf Gannon implements that had runs, skips and errors in the paint too. But those errors were nothing compared to the condition after a 12 hour shift actually USING them.

 

[pilot-werx]

The old saying of you get what you pay for is true and trying to compare powder coat is like comparing a Yugo to a Porsche...

 

[Sackett2]

Having a KK rep is good here.

I have a 2 year old KK 5' tiller. The paint started flaking off the first season; and now after 2 seasons it looks like it is 5 years old. Anywhere a stone has dented the metal, the paint has come off, as if there is no primer to bond it.
We love the tiller, but would appreciate a better paint on it. Here in Oregon, we pay 500-800 more for a KK tiller than those in the midwest, so I didnt feel like it was a cost saving feature

 

[bp fick]

Just one more voice to say that KK = tough mechanically and fairly priced, but the "paint" jobs are quite poor. Hey, it's an implement.
If it bothers me, I'll scrape and paint them one of these days. Notice I didn't say "re-paint". That would suggest they were painted in the first place.

 

[TripleR]

Pretty much everything we own is "just a piece of equipment", but I still don't think it is too much to ask to have a little paint on it.

 

[Delaware Devil]

I've got a KK rotary cutter. I have no idea how old it is because I bought it used. The fellow I bought it from had repainted it. One of the first things I did was take a wire brush (on an angle grinder) and clean it up. Coated what I could with navel Jelly, sanded a bit. and then painted it Kubota orange. Now it joins the family of an orange (Woods) back blade, an orange (Ford model 715) snow blower and an orange (Woods) box blade. Just say I like orange. And they all go behind an orange tractor.
Mark

 

[Katahdin]

I just bought a "new" KK 6 foot rotary cutter, yeah the paint wasn't a selling point. This one looked like it had said outside for a while, probably over a winter or two in a snow bank. Some paint looked like it had been chipped or rusted off and touched up with a brush. I got a good deal on the cutter because the dealer was moving so I'm not going to complain. One point I'd like to make is if the implement has a gear box, check the vent. On my cutter the vent was painted over and DOA. If the vent isn't clear of paint and dirt, it won't open properly and pressure could build up inside the gear box causing gear fluid to leak out the seals.