Barnett Tractors??

Kays Supply · Sep 22, 2007

Has anyone dealt with Bill Barnett lately? I am trying to get in touch and his home page is down and not returning Email.

1danny · Sep 22, 2007

Kays Supply said:
Has anyone dealt with Bill Barnett lately? I am trying to get in touch and his home page is down and not returning Email.

256-379-3700
256-379-4330

I don't know if these are still good, It has been a while.

Danny

Kays Supply · Sep 22, 2007

Thanks, I called him. He is having a hard time getting tractors. It seems the VC rebuilders are buying them up in bulk.

kenmac · Sep 22, 2007

Kays Supply said:
Thanks, I called him. He is having a hard time getting tractors. It seems the VC rebuilders are buying them up in bulk.

I thought Bill bought the good tractors not the junk that V. C. rebuilders buy.

Are the V.C. rebuilders buying the good tractors now ??

California · Sep 22, 2007

kenmac said:
Are the V.C. rebuilders buying the good tractors now ??

Let's make that VN.

Surprisingly, some of them may be. Some of the firms are adapting to changing times.

The "VN Rebuilt" place where I got hard parts to restore my Yanmar (battery holddown, fuel filter assembly, knob tips, etc) folded and disappeared. I think they were related to the big VN rebuild outfits. A previous manager once told me they turned up to 200 tractors per month, nearly all wholesaled to the infamous roadside dealers. Everybody in the place was recently-arrived Vietnamese.

Then that firm's last manager reappeared running a much smaller shop that performs similar appearance renovation here on site in Northern California. Their input tractors look pretty decent, about like my US-version Yanmar (see my sig photos) that honestly show their 20-30 years use but could probably be put in service right off the boat. If anyone wants to know where they are PM me. They have been wholesale-only until recently but I think sales are down and they may finally be starting to sell direct to customers.

These gorgeous appearance-renovated tractors are still old tractors. You need to plan on doing all your own work like if you bought it at a roadside dealer. I've done fine on my Yanmar with no local support, they really are that simple.

Added: They now say in their small ad:

"This tractor is imported directly from Japan and repainted in America.
AND is NOT reconditioned tractor from Viet Nam. "

LMTC · Sep 22, 2007

They now say in their small ad: Quote:
"This tractor is imported directly from Japan and repainted in America.
AND is NOT reconditioned tractor from Viet Nam. "

They may NOW say that....we have ALWAYS said that.

gary1611 · Sep 23, 2007

LMTC said:
They may NOW say that....we have ALWAYS said that.

If You want to promote your businesses buy a add as hoye has done. And stop trying to take there sales when someone recommends them by saying you have it cheaper ex. theres 130 yours 120 In another post you made and other's in this forum. hoye pays the bills not you. Without hoye and the other sponsors There would be no forum. Stop your underhanded tactics And sponsor the gray market. or stop trying to cheat hoye out of sells.

mark777 · Sep 23, 2007

gary1611 said:
If You want to promote your businesses buy a add as hoye has done..... hoye pays the bills not you. Without hoye and the other sponsors There would be no forum.... .

I do NOT understand the point of your post??

LMTC, EFC, Danny Parker, Dave's Tractor and countless others don't advertise on TBN. Yet they all, from time to time, offer advice, opinions, technical assistance and years of experience. And they do so freely.

I have personally purchased many parts from Aaron (Hoye) and I also know that if he doesn't have what I need and another dealers does, I am saved from hours of phone calls, can confidently rely on their expertise with the correct or matched parts, and fix my, or someone else's tractor.

Mark

Tractors4u · Sep 23, 2007

gary1611 said:
If You want to promote your businesses buy a add as hoye has done. And stop trying to take there sales when someone recommends them by saying you have it cheaper ex. theres 130 yours 120 In another post you made and other's in this forum. hoye pays the bills not you. Without hoye and the other sponsors There would be no forum. Stop your underhanded tactics And sponsor the gray market. or stop trying to cheat hoye out of sells.

Get your facts straight. He was referring to the Vietnamese dealers. Last I checked, Hoye was Texan.

LMTC · Sep 23, 2007

gary1611 said:
If You want to promote your businesses buy a add as hoye has done. And stop trying to take there sales when someone recommends them by saying you have it cheaper ex. theres 130 yours 120 In another post you made and other's in this forum. hoye pays the bills not you. Without hoye and the other sponsors There would be no forum. Stop your underhanded tactics And sponsor the gray market. or stop trying to cheat hoye out of sells.

I've got news for you....first off my response was regarding the vn reseller referenced above. Second....no one....and I mean NO ONE has been any more active in promoting the positive aspects of the grey market Yanmars than we have.

Buy the ad? This forum's success is due almost entirely to the early ongoing presence and advice of dealers who do NOT have ads here.....dealers who may not do enought parts volume to justify an ad, but who's presence and expertise drew readers and posters here. Most of us sell tractors as a primary source of income, and tractor sales tend to be limited to your local area (I said "tend"). That makes us interested in the quality of the product in the market. Parts allow for a much larger market area. If we only sold parts, it might actually be in our interest for the overall quality in the market product to be lower. No, I am not pointing any fingers, but I am making a point; we have interests that parts only dealers do not. Now before you go and run with that, I will qualify it by saying I intend absolutely no disrespect to the parts seller you mention.....their market interests DO differ from ours, but they are a business of integrity.

You think someone from Hoye is going to address evey post and request made here? They might like to, but they haven't got the time. I would like to see what would happen to this forum if ALL the non-advertising dealers and sellers pulled out. I am certain had we all done that 5 years ago this forum would have folded. Now it might float based on volume, but there would still be (and still is) a fair amount of misinformation floating around.

I've been ripped by better than you, but it does get awfully tiring. A couple times in the past I have pulled out of this forum for several months. I'll watch this thread for the next few days. Here's your oppportunity....if more regular posters agree with you than support me, I'll walk.....for at least 4 months. Maybe more if I find I enjoy not getting dumped on. This online stuff allows too many irresponsible individuals the opportunity to strut their dysfunctional nonsense publicly with little or no consequence. Our history in this market goes back to early 1994. How much did you know about Yanmar in 1994? In 1999?