Jerry/MT
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- Joined
- Feb 2, 2008
- Messages
- 3,135
- Location
- North Idaho-The Palouse
- Tractor
- New Holland TD95D, Ford 4610 & Kubota M4500
any thoughts on the dealer in Missoula? i dunno much about these tractors, but drive by them very often and see a nice lineup, can imagine they are less than the nearby kubota
I really don't know much about the dealer in Missoula(Yellowstone Tractor). There out of the Bozeman/Belgrade area. They have a relatively small operation in Missoula and I wonder about their long term committment to the area. He does have several TYM 603's and I believe a T700 on his lot as well as some of the compact machines.
There is another dealer up is Kalispel( Snow Creek Tractors) that handles both Montana and TYM as well as other implements and equipment and it appears to me that he has made a committment to be around for some time because of the range of products that he sells. He also has a store in Bonner's Ferry, ID. I have never been to his stores. He is a contributor to this forum with the handle of "Maka".
You just never know about dealers, their financial strength, and their commitment to stay the course. That's especially true at this time of financial uncertainty.
New Holland has just recently returned to Western Montana and I wonder how long they are committed to this market. It's my understanding they left once and have now come back.
TYM has an industry leading 5 year warranty and I, for one, would want to know that the dealership was going to be there to support that warranty after I made the committment to buy the tractor and to suport the tractor with parts and service for many more years. That's the risk we take when we buy one of these new brands of machinery. This web site is full of comments about people buying from a dealer was gone a year later when they needed warranty or parts support.
We can read the specs and decide the tractor is right but there is no way I know of to determine the dealers committment. That's why it's so hard for these new brands to compete with the existing green, blue, and red dealers who have been around for 50 years. It's the question I'm wrestling with right now.