kioti dealer

heehaw · Mar 6, 2002

not sure what happened, but the only kioti dealer in this area just went out of business?? i had bought quite a few parts from them in the past, but had noticed their prices had started creeping up to the point i could get parts from the jd dealer for the same price.
heehaw

Ob1Kioti · Mar 6, 2002

It may be a slight hassle but other dealers can drop ship you parts right straight from Kioti. I'm sorry to hear about your dealer. What model do you have?

Thomas · Mar 6, 2002

That also happen last year w/Kioti dealer near Plymouth,NH..one day he also was gone but he did sell some tractor..word is now he sell Power King tractors.

Miklos · Mar 6, 2002

Up until about a year and a half ago, Kioti's were imported under the Lely umbrella. Then, Deadong decided to import directly themselves, eliminating Lely from the picture. Many Kioti dealers could not financially afford to go direct with Deadong. These dealers are just selling off existing inventory and then switching brands or going out of business. That is how I got such a smokin deal on my LK3504. I bought it from AG West in Rickreall, Oregon. They still have several Kioti's there that can be purchased cheaply. When they are gone from this dealer, there gone.

Edited 3/7/02- incorrectly stated AGCO rather than Lely

Anonymous Poster · Mar 6, 2002

<font color=blue>...Kioti's were imported under the AGCO umbrella...</font color=blue>

Rohne...

Can you expand on the statement...? I'd never heard of AGCO importing anything without the AGCO logo...

If they did... it was a well kept secret.../w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

heehaw · Mar 6, 2002

the dealer here had been a used tractor and new equipment sales for 15+ years. i had bought JD parts from them during this time, then in the last year or 2 they started going up on their prices for parts, and started selling kioti tractors; then all of a sudden they are gone. i still have my old JD, but we lost what was at one time a very good place to buy misc. parts for about any brand of tractor.
heehaw

Ob1Kioti · Mar 7, 2002

Kioti's were distributed by Lely up until a year or so ago. Lely is how they got in trouble. Lely wouldn't stand behind the tractors, take care of warranty items, if you had enough cash to buy 2 tractors you were a dealer, etc, etc. Finally Kioti got tired of all the crap and went dealer direct. Now dealers HAVE to stock a certain amount of parts, have so many tractors on the lot, etc. Now they can move forward.

I've never heard of the AGCO thing. Not that I doubt you I would just like to have more info.

Ob1

Miklos · Mar 7, 2002

Oops- Ob1kioti got it right. It was Lely that was the importer, not agco. Memory served me incorrectly.

Woodbeef · Mar 8, 2002

ahhh....John....

For awhile they did it with Landini,and Same. Neither under the Agco name,but imported,and distributed by Agco all the same.

Anonymous Poster · Mar 8, 2002

Re: ahhh....John....

Hi Woodbeef...

You're correct... but it wasn't any "secret" and some dealer literature indicated "Distributed by AGCO"... and also posted on their website, and etc. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Landini all these years had made all the orchard/vineyard Masseys and quite a difference in price for the "Red paint job"... /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

The original Kioti distributor/reps in the US worked their butts off and got the Kioti dealer network put together... after it was set up with enough dealers in place to sustain operations... "DaeDong Korea Mother Company" came in and took over... effectively ending all dist/rep commissions/fees... /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif