Ranch Hand

[EFC]

Kenmac, I have stopped by his dealership while out delivering tractors. The engine is not Yanmar, the drive train is not Korean and there is nothing on it made in Italy. It is Chinese end to end including tires. The guy is just full of crap but is trying to sell in a very rural old school area of Washington State.

This is the thing though; he does sell tractors because his BS is what people want to hear.

Buck

P.S. Nice to know that since I am a VFW I can say anything I like as long as it helps me sell tractors. All that stupid truth getting in the way and all.

 

[kenmac]

Buck, Did I mention that he says his tractors are truly unique ? Their 45 hp tractors weight a ton more than a 48 hp J.D. ? Did I mention that they have had a waiting list for their tractors for 3 yrs now ?? Did I mention that to purchase one of their tractors that you must make a down payment & wait for the tractor to be built ?? '' Everytime we sell a tractor we make a friend''
He said in the e- mail that ;;WE build the tractors using U.S. labor to change out shafts, bearings , etc, .............If they build the tractors . Why do they need to change out any parts ?? ''they aren't fotons which no longer exist"

'' we all need to pull together & help support one another in our efforts to put the U.S.A. back to work ''

 

[Bob Rooks]

When I get a chance I'm gioing to pay this gentleman a visit.............with my camcorder and a witness or two. I hate this kind of crap!!

 

[Affordable]

Good deal Bob,tell him you want to tour his shop and see some of this work first hand

Tommy
Affordable Tractor Sales

 

[bluechip]

Well he probably dosn't actually do the work here...you see... he pays his employees to comute to China,,, yeah, that's it.... and install all the american components and labor there... Yeah... thats the ticket!.....

Unbelieveable! no wonder so many people trust tractor salesmen so strongly!

The sad part is that people actually believe his fantasy. Not everyone is on Al's Web yet I guess....

 

[KrumpsBrother]

Strait outta China....

KB

 

[TruChaos]

I was at the TSC in Winchester VA over the weekend and there was a Minot tractor out front with an, assembled in the USA, sticker on it.

That seems a bit more above board than what this other guy is doing.


"Not everyone is on Al's Web yet I guess...."

Al's web?

 

[greg_g]

Al's web?

Al Gore, self-proclaimed inventor of the Internet

//greg//

 

[bluechip]

I wondered if anyone would catch what I meant by "Al's Web". Greg got it!

 

[SPIKER]

while I been reading the post I have (up until now stayed out of the mix)

I'm disabled vet too only 40% for now but soon MAY be more as I'm going in to try & get them to FIX my 2 blown out disks in my back this fall. (HATE working with VA for my medical needs but can't afford the doc prices with what my insurance would probably say is ELECTIVE surgery) BUT I wouldn't try & make a note of it in any business dealings...

I was reading the web site this gent has up and noticed that he only mentions the COST or two tractor types with a bunch of add ons and that on those MENTIONED/LISTED tractors all optioned up that the $ percents are that 65/70% was going to USA and mentions "American Parts" (aka loader/backhoes ect) "American shipping" (aka shipping costs that more than likely included shipping from china as well as state side shipping costs for loaders grapples backhoes ect) and "American Labor," (his costs putting the china tractor together adding the FEL Hoe misc installed cleaning painting touch up ect.)

SO if "ON PAPER" he sells his tractor at or near it's china cost but charges a ton for all the options then he could easily put those references on his web site and CLAIM to have 65~70% of the tractors cost coming from state side costs...

GRANTED that it is a " ADVERTISING PLOY" but he probably is well within his rights to do so but when ya start saying things like that it does tend to make them seem not so up and up. I don't know for a fact that this guy IS doing tis this way but it could be easy to manipulate numbers to make it LOOK as if the costs were broken down that way...

oh I don't know them or have ever bought form them...

mark M