Going its own way: Cummins takes a different route to emissions
It wasn't a joke, Dmace, although it was a touch outside the ten ring. From the article linked above:
"Around the middle of the year its parent company, Ingersoll Rand, confirmed what had appeared to be unthinkable--that it would accept offers for the purchase of Bobcat, one of the iconic companies of the industry that did a lot toward making compact equipment such as skid-steer loaders and mini excavators major parts of the equipment landscape in North America. For a brief period, speculation ran wild over who would end up with the North Dakota operation, with all the usual suspects trotted out. But when the dust settled the winning suitor was somewhat surprising. South Korea's Doosan Infracore acquired Bobcat as well as IR's Utility Equipment and Attachments business units for a cool $4.9 billion.
Interestingly enough, at nearly the same time that acquisition was announced, Bobcat also signed a long-term strategic agreement with another Korean heavyweight. Daedong Industrial Co. Ltd. will produce a line of Bobcat-branded compact utility tractors that is intended to complement Bobcat's compact equipment lineup. "
I looked at the Kioti DK's last week. Nice tractors! BIG compared to the
L3540.
Dollar for dollar you generally seem to get "more" tractor with Kioti. I think that if price is limits you from buying your ideal size in a Kubota, Kioti is something to look at.
If size is your limiting factor, as it is for me, and Kubota, Kioti, NH, Deere et al, all fall within your chosen spending cap, Kioti still does ok. I didn't think the DK35SE was quite as refined as the Kubota, and I didn't like the ergonomic as much. But that stuff is personal. If I were going to be pulling a plow with it, I'd take the Kioti Dk40 or 45. . .
