First post, deciding on a new machine

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Newred you are right on that, I have been thinking the same thing. My Kubota,NH dealer has been really good to me over the years and service there is second to none. They even replaced the transmission in one of my mowers last year under "warrenty" even though the machine was 2 years and 500 hours over the coverage. I guess even if the Kioti does look better on paper what is a couple of thousand dollars saved now if it ends up costing me 5x's that much in the long run.