Places to buy a compact tractors in Japan

apkforum · Sep 27, 2017

Hello, tell me good places to buy a used compact tractors in Japan?
Such as

Thanks!

PILOON · Sep 27, 2017

I would not suggest doing that.
Environmental regulations will come to bite you as most used tractors would not meet current requirements.
Let somebody else do it for you.
Also to maximize you would need to buy a full container of tractors otherwise the shipping could equal the urchase cost.
Another thing is most of those offshore units have rice tires installed with some not able to be retrofitted with our needs without changing rims.

apkforum · Sep 28, 2017

PILOON said:
Environmental regulations will come to bite you as most used tractors would not meet current requirements.
Also to maximize you would need to buy a full container of tractors otherwise the shipping could equal the urchase cost.

PILOON, thanks, I understand you, but I'm looking for a good place

Does anyone have experience with a place?
Such as

California · Sep 28, 2017

Where would these be shipped to?

It's no longer reasonable to ship from Japan to US after the Yen/Dollar exchange rate became unfavorable.

Also I see this is in the Kubota forum. Used Kubotas cannot be imported here. Kubota-USA got an order for Customs to refuse entry, forcing re-ship at the customer's expense to some other country.

In the past, importers went to Japan and picked out specific tractors to bring over. Even then, quality was unpredictable. Buying from a broker without inspecting the unit yourself would be a huge gamble.

Summary - US importers tried this several years ago. Today I don't think anyone is buying from the salvage yards in Japan to import to the US, it isn't profitable.

If you are in Vladivostok or some place close to Japan it might be reasonable.