</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I started pulling some figurs out of a blue book to lay this out in a chart that will show the differences between the brands. According to the blue books that us tractor dealers use some models of Kioti machines (DK's) depricate as much as 20% faster than the equilivant models from the major lines. Some models are within 5-6% once you get out to several years. LK's really get hit hard.
Its going to take me some time to pull all this together, but once its done I'll post it online. I am pulling this together from a few different sources for every line of equipment to get somthing thats well balanced.)</font>
Bob, Neil did not ONCE state that he was doing a spreadsheet for his company. Did your brain just tell you that that's what he was doing, read into it what you wanted it to say, or did you simply state what you wanted it to say.
The fact remains that Neil has never shown any interest in doing this, even with, as you posted, the question has come up soooo many times in all the forums. Why should it surprise anyone that since I started this thread that now Neil wants to do a "study?"
I don't care one way or the other. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that prices on newer Kioties depreciate a little faster than brands that have been around for many many years and have a following. Common sense could answer that question without any studies.
I think all of us Kioti owners would concede that resale may be a little less, but as has been said many times, we paid less in most cases for our tractors, and therefore, the difference may not be as great as would appear in a comparision.
Try as you might, you got it wrong when you tried, unsuccessfully to say that Neil was only doing this for his company. He was only doing it, once again, to try to say that Kioti is a lesser brand. Well, wake up, we all know that. Kubota was a "lesser brand" also, and we all know that story!
I agree with MikePA, Neil shouldn't bother doing the comparison as we all know that Kioti resale is probably less than many major brands. That doesn't change the fact that they make a good tractor, and reasonable people who don't intend to sell their tractors right away can make up their own minds as to whether they are a good deal for them.
I think it obvious to anyone who reads these posts all the way through that non owners of Kioti tractors don't agree with us. No big whoop. This is a forum primarily for Kioti owners to discuss their tractors with others, and to state as honestly as they can the pros and cons of their tractors as they see them. A non-owner can only do what you and other non-owners usually do, state that Kioti has less resale value, or Kioti this and Kioti that. The fact remains that none of you own Kioti tractors, and therefore, all you really have to go on is what you read. That doesn't make any of you qualified to give good honest answers as to the pros and cons of a Kioti tractor.
I've admitted many times that I have made opinions on tractors simply on what I read. There were times when I was steered away from some brands only based on what I read. Not really fair to whatever tractor I rejected, but that's the way I handled my buying experience. Some I tried, and compared many in person. Some I simply didn't bother with because of what I read. Therefore, I am not qualifed to give a good and honest anwer on any brand that I don't own, but I am qualified to say what I think of MY tractor, and all the others I've used in my life.
John
