snymat68
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I helped out your town a little while back too!
I helped out your town a little while back too!
So after reading this forum, doing my own research, and visiting different dealerships I bought a RK 24 yesterday. There were many factors that influenced my decision. Some being unbiased and of course some biased.
Unbiased:
I obviously really like the price point. I couldn稚 get the same value with comparable models and attachments from JD and Kabota. (I bought the RK24 with FEL and 60 belly mower).
Location of the rural king dealership is 2 miles from my home. Closest JD is 40 miles and and Kabota is about 15 miles. It痴 just to easy for me to transport 2 miles if needed.
I have friends that work at RK that I trust their honest opinion.
Now to the biased:
I知 actually a big JD fan and my family has never owned anything else for the past 30-40 years, but I値l explain a little more of my decision.
I live in a little town of 4,500 people. That town happens to be Waverly, Ohio. We are small and have struggled economically for decades. We use to have a large factory �� in town but years ago they closed up shop. We happen to be very fortunate that Rural King stepped in and decided to invest in our community! They now have a large store here (2nd largest in their company I believe), a distribution center here, and they also assemble the tractors �� here. I知 very proud that I bought a tractor here in my own town knowing that I知 helping our struggling community. As I said though this is my biased reason for making the switch from JD.
The end result though is I strongly believe I would have bought the same tractor regardless of where I live based on my personal visits to check each tractor out in person and the spec sheets.
I値l definitely have to give a review of it after putting it through its paces as I have 65 acres that needs work done.
Is there a list of all the RK tractor locations and service areas?This is an interesting topic and one that requires some clarification. We cannot stop anyone from buying one of our tractors whether they live next door or a thousand miles away. This is America, and there are free commerce laws in play. However, we strongly discourage anyone from doing so if they do not live within a reasonable distance from an RK Tractors location. Some customers decide not to, some move forward with the understanding that they need to bring the tractor to the closest RK Tractor location for any warranty service. A lot depends upon how experienced the buyer is, and that can go both ways. The first time buyer sometimes doesn’t understand the implications until the first time something happens, or they take the advice and decide not to purchase the tractor. Experienced buyers can go either way too. If someone does go ahead and buy, we make sure they understand the warranty guidelines, and that they have a means to transport. Now, without getting into confidential business areas, this issue will occur less often in the future.
I grew up in Beaver county myself.Looks great! Your also near my area, I am in Beaver County... hill country.