Re: Re: Re: Re: Yanmar, Mitsubishi, Kubota tractors

Posted by len on May 05, 2001 at 22:07:10 from (208.7.37.84):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Yanmar, Mitsubishi, Kubota tractors posted by Les in SC on April 29, 2001 at 18:07:32:

I'm not going to call any one anything. Most of the information contained here is from people that are not knowledgeable about used import tractors. A grey market tractor is a tractor that was not sold new in a particular country. I know of a large name brand dealer in the US that leases tractors & then ship them used to Australia, beacause there are duties on new tractors , but not used. They are grey market tractors. The loader that was mentioned is a quicktach Canadian made loader with down pressure( made by the company that bought the NH Genisis & Versatle). There are some models manufactured by Mitsubishi & Kubota that have backwards PTo's. Most have standard 540 pto shafts & run at 540 rpm plus 2 or 3 other speeds. As to the parts situation. I recommend buying from a reputable dealer that will support what they sell.I import mainly Yanmars, because of the good parts availability. I'm an authorized Yanmar parts & service dealer.They sold new tractors in the US till about 10 years ago. They have a parts depot in Illinois. I'd say parts availability for them is as good as for US tractors of the same age. I have a 1983 165 hp Ford tractor that I can't get a new block for from Ford. I can get blocks for the Yanmars. I also handle Mitsubishi & Iseke parts. I have parts sources in the US & Japan for them. What I've found in this business is that the purchaser is usually a price shopper. They aren't willing to consider quality or service ,just price. I'll agree that there are unreputable dealers (many I wouldn't consider dealers, they're individuals that make a few bucks on a tractor, but have no intention of servicing or supplying parts),but I can think of a couple US used dealers that I wouldn't trust to far either. I've been selling these tractors for 4 years & buy the best ones I can get. About the only parts I''ve sold to my customers are filters & light bulbs.
There is a group that is buying poor quality tractors in Japan, repainting , chroming the bolts , & putting new tires on them in Viet Nam & calling them reconditioned. I'd stay away from them.

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