Posted by mj on July 06, 2013 at 10:14:34 from (216.237.70.109):
I went looking in'09 - wanted something smaller and more able to fit in tight spots than any of my vintage tractors - looked at all of the compacts made in Jaypan (Kubota, John Deere, M-F, etc.) - I decided that they (especially JD & Kubota) were really charging a premium for the color and one of the sales guys told me that Kioti was a lot like the early Kubotas in that they were 'overbuilt' to gain a good reputation so I went and looked, compared the features, weight, size of components and price and decided that I would rather buy a product from a country that has never bad-mouthed us at the U.N. or (to my recollection) on any other 'world venue'. I got the CK20HST with Kioti's b'hoe and FEL. The 3-cyl. S. Korean diesel is rated at 22 hp; about the same as the VA Cases that I've been using all these years so I figured that I don't need any more than that, especially with the 4wd and hydrostat. It's only 4' wide and will crawl right thru my stall doors. I am not running down any of the other 3; they've been around long enough to prove themselves. If re-sale was in my future I would have gone with JD but, at my age, it is not a concern - in my situation this little Kioti 'Power Brute' fits just right but then I'm a bit of an oddball anyway, like collecting Case and driving MoPar. :roll: Well -'Different strokes for different folks' as they say :lol:
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