I think that depends on what kind of problems and what kind of support they are getting for those machines.
I'm not suggesting that THEPARTYHOUND start looking for another machine. I simply agree with his earlier post (about the POS tractor) and I'm not so brand loyal as to tell him the troubles he's having can't be Kioti's/dealer's fault. This would be super frustrating. When I bought my new RX7320 last year I bought new to a) avoid these problems in the first place or 2) have a warranty to lean on if they did in fact happen. I hope his dealer is supporting him.
I thought the consensus on running the machine with no coolant was that it would be very hard to be certain that no damage occurred. And that it may not show up from quite some time. That right there would give me pause. Based on the oil sample that he had done, things seem to be fine. That's encouraging, so now he's back to using his tractor but it won't start.
I think the RX7320 is a nice machine and a great value. I hope THEPARTYHOUND gets many years of trouble free service, hopefully starting today.
This is a quote of what you said on page 17: "I think I'd be reaching the point very quickly where I'd just want something different."
BTW, I did not say the block heater was the fault of the OP. What I did say was the stall was likely an OP error as a result of the tractor and new plow being completely new to him. I don't have enough detail about what happened when the tractor stalled, and even if I did, I don't blame it on the OP. I know zero about how to plow fields, but I guess something about the bucket dropping into a hole might have also triggered the 'auto' raising of the 3PH, which could have interfered with the 'auto raise/lower feature' of the 3PH and it's subsequent full abrupt stop. I do not know for sure.
I could reason If I chose to that the block heater and recent stall are tractor/dealer/Kioti issues.And yes w'e the general folks who have many hours on tractors similar to the OP's, were suggesting various concerns about coolant mixing with engine oil, UNTIL we sought a way to reasonably ascertain the bestover view of the engine's condition. It became clear that the best result and least effort would be to clock the engine's condition right away and over it's future use by closely spaced oil samples. The OP has and continues to do so. And while on the subject, I have no problem with the OP draining the current oil AND changing the oil filter BEFORE doing any more plowing. I suggest for your climate Shell Rotella DIESEL 5W-40. It is excellent oil. It's all I use in my diesels.
TO the OP - consider your own situation; you're new to this tractor and have paid a lot of $ for it. BUT you are a complete novice to the tractor and what it can and can't do. You're not likely to do it any damage so long as you take your time, read the manual, visit TBN with questions about the operation of this type of plow and them follow TBNers advice on what to do. You wisely moved to another forum and got experienced folks giving you useable answers. It's not an immediate get on the horse thing and ride away. It takes time, and maybe a lot of frustration to learn best practice use on any implement of a tractor. For instance if you decided to have a machine shop and set one up would it be realistic to think you could day one use a lathe with no prior experience? I highly doubt it. I'd suggest taking a break, go speak with your dealer's principal, and tell him what happened with the stall out and see what he says. Ask him about the bill for the block heater fix, and how they plan to deal with it if it blows out again?
BTW, did the dealer ever give an explanation for the reason, or was all that on us here on TBN? Tell him so far they have not conveyed confidence from where you stand, and ask if this is what you are to expect as their best work going forward.
Ask what oil the machine comes with from Daedong, or do they add the oil when the tractor is assembled at the dealer's?
And, as has been said ALL tractor's new or old experience issues at some point. I've seen huge $250K+ tractors split in half at various dealer's shops to replace an inexpensive part; it's usually the time that ratchets up the cost when off warranty. When you've wracked up a thousand+ hours on your new machine it will have treated you as well as you have treated it. Meantime look at it as being schooled in tractor operations. I can tell you I sucked royally at using my backhoe for too long to remember! I'm much better at it now after using it over the past 10 years.
Wooly, a request: Please stop using the '@' sign before one's user name. Thanks.
CM out
