Any body know any thing about these tractors ????
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That pretty much leaves me out
I thought I read somewhere these were a joint venture with yanmar. I’ve heard mixed reviews on the rural king and other “off brand” tractors. For basic home owners they might be ok but for most people but if you are gonna work it hard it’s probably not good
Some of these off brands look appealing.
But you sure don't know what you might be getting yourself into..
To many seem to be here today and gone tomorrow.
I think that's a big thing with them when you need are where can it be gotten dealers seem to popup and disappear as fast
I have size 10.5 shoe/boot. There is not room enough to step on the left foot rest and get on then pivot my foot. Got to have my foot pointed in the direction I want for driving or it is a pain to get turned around. Definitely get on and off one several times before you lay down the $$. My Sotah is not to bad now that I figured out how it has to be done. Insulated winter boots is another issue.
I would never buy anything other than a long time name brand. My neighbor Perry's 38hp Mahindra has been in the shop 2 or 3 times (still in there now 3 weeks) in the short 3 or 4 months he's owned it. First the front wheel drive quit, then the AC had to be worked on. This time the undercarriage framework had 4 or so bolts that just broke off into the tractor, and the main problem was his RR axle was popping and jerking as he moved. I told him to bring trailer to it, then drive just enough to get on the trailer and get it to the dealer asap. Turns out the bearings on the diff carrier were all busted, and those parts are on backorder. He may get it back next week, or next year! I told him NOT to buy Mahindra, and told him not to buy a Chinese Rural King side by side, and what did he do....and neither are useable at this time! JD has about the best parts availability, but I don't care for their high priced pride! Kubota has a great parts network, maybe pricey too, but better than JD. Those oddball fly by night tractor companies are almost a guaranteed way of losing all your investment once a $10 part can't be found!
Solis is now owned by - - - - YANMAR.
Mahindra is now owned by Mitsubishi. The company is now called MAM.
And from the looks of things, MAM has acquired an interest in Kubota. In a few years, expect Kubota to be acquired 100%.
Mahindra back in 2019 became the worlds #1 tractor brand seller, just nudging out Deere.
You can’t base a whole brand of anything on one owner. That’s a lot to go wrong on one tractor. A lot of variables like anything mechanical can dictate it’s life, how it was used, was it maintained etc. If you look up any brand your going to find a problem child. Now days you have a lot of “White Products” where a third party is making the same tractor under different brands. I’m a firm believer now days that brands and colors have lost their reputation they once had.
I had no intentions of buying a JD because because of their attitude about helping the owners with repair information. Well I ended up with one and am now hearing that JD is going to be helping their customers when it comes to software issues and warning lights. I sure hope so.
JD was forced into that move by the court after a big law suit they lost. That's the way I understand it. Have to make the software available to repair shops as well as owners.
Not only JD. Couple years ago the neighbor was having issues with the PTO on his on Case IH tractor on a grain cart. Mechanic without the software could only tell it was in the power supplied to the PTO. Had Case IH tech come out. It was the alternator. 3 section unit, one section keeps the battery charged, another power the electronics and the third supply power to the various control units like auto traction, FWA, PTO, Ect. New alternator was $600, plus install labor and 2 service calls. They did give him a break on the one service call. Big deal huh. In the middle of harvesrt and needed that tractor so what do you do.