"Yeah, we used to sell those".

[coobie]

One agco/massey ferguson dealers around here.There used to be three of them.Same with new holland/ford dealers.Kubota,john deere and kioti dealers are strong in my area.

 

[GManBart]

That's very cool Murph. In the little town I grew up in, Ridgeway, Missouri, we had one of the last Oliver dealers. Not sure when they started but it went clear thru two generations so probably sometime pre WWII. They converted to White but never took down the Oliver sign.

I've always loved the Oliver styling and colors....would LOVE to have a sign like that!

 

[k0ua]

My NH, Kioti dealer has been in business since 1938.

My NH/Kioti dealer in business since 1969. They didn't have all the locations they have now of course. I am not sure when they took on the Kioti line. But they still have both plus a lot of implements/machinery

 

[oldpilgrim]

My Mahindra dealer has been selling Mahindras for over 10 years. For the 40 or so years before that they sold JD, until a large dealer relocated into the area. The same family has been running it since the beginning, for 3 generations. Grandma, the wife of the original founder is still keeping the books.

 

[DavesTractor]

Dealer and brand stability is a good thing to consider. In our area, we have been selling Mahindra for 12 years and have seen 2 Kubota, 1 JD, 1 NH, 2 Kioti, 1 McCormick, 1 Montana, 1 Farmtrac and 1 Bobcat dealership come and go within 40 miles. Of course with the JD and Kubota brands, you are pretty much assured someone will quickly pick up the line. With a lesser known brand, sometime it does not get picked up right away, or in the case of some brands....they go away and never come back. I often tell people that Mahindra is #1 by unit volume in the world and #3 in the USA, I tell them this just to try to differentiate ourselves from the brands and dealers that come and go.

The financial downturn of 2008-2010 thinned out most of the weak brands and dealers. If we see an upturn in interest rates in 2016 or 2017 we may see dealers and brands tested again. But I'm no economist.

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

My dealer opened in 1949 and sells a full Agco line, NH and Kubota. They have a great service shop and were the main reason I bought my Massey over a Kioti that had a few more options and about $900 less. The Kioti dealer had only been in business for five years.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

our NH dealer picked up Kioti a few yrs ago. several on here have said their NH dealers also sell kioti, is this widespread?

 

[murphy1244]

That's very cool Murph. In the little town I grew up in, Ridgeway, Missouri, we had one of the last Oliver dealers. Not sure when they started but it went clear thru two generations so probably sometime pre WWII. They converted to White but never took down the Oliver sign. They finally gave it up in their elderly years a few years ago. I loved going in that old building. The smells and the old parts hanging on the walls of the parts room made me feel good.

We had a Oliver dealer in the next town that now sells Massey but still runs a junk yard parts sales for Oliver and IH.

 

[k0ua]

our NH dealer picked up Kioti a few yrs ago. several on here have said their NH dealers also sell kioti, is this widespread?

There does seem to be a trend here.

 

[JJZ 109]

The tractor market kinda reminds me of the snowmobile market in the 70's. How many little dealerships sprang up with dozens of brands. Now they've all faded except for 4 brands.