Half your luck, it takes $1.14 of our Australian dollars to $1.00 US so a CK35 at $15999 there should be $18310 here in Australia,so why are they $26395 for the manual and $27495 for the HST and that's a special sale price, then add a further $1600 dealers fee and we only get a 2 year warranty total where I believe US get 2 years bumper to bumper and another 2 years engine/trans so imagine the sick feeling us Ozzies get when we make the decision

I haven't as yet but the KL30 at $21995 [plus $1600 dealers fee] is about the best deal around in my budget range. I'd like a backhoe as well but they start at $7500 for the Chinese imports and around $10 000 for the better made Korean ones. I think a holiday to the USA with a shipping container as a suitcase is needed, let's see, a CK 35 or maybe even a 45, Backhoe, stickrake, boxscraper, postdriver, yep that should do it,

hmmmm maybe I'd better travel with 2 shipping containers just in case I see something else like your $6500 honda ATV's that are $12000 here,
Arr yes Australia the land of the ripped off