Different breed of tractor....You bet...I have been on all the machines in the tri cities tn. in the last two weeks excluding deere, mahindra and branson. And what i have found for myself is pound for price and weight to price it' going to be hard to beat a new holland workmaster utility or kubota m5660suhd utility. The steel is just so much heavier in the new holland...and kubota frames that you really don't notice it til you look at a lot of tractors. Now that being said, Price for features.....that's where the kioti shines but, I keep thinking is the NX series big enough?...... Heavy enough?... even with the loader and loaded tires?.... Is the cab worth the brand name trade off? resale value? is it too far to the nearest dealer Sneedville tn.? all these questions to answer.
By the way you are correct on the beet juice the one tire store i know of is in Bluff City and thats the only one. the rest just use the methanol blend.