GL5030 V. DK55
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Bob_Skurka
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Gambel77, you took two tractors that are not a match. They are designed for different purposes for different uses, they are different classes. Please re-read my post on the bottom of page 4. Based on YOUR words, you would pick the Tractor King.
All of this goes to a point that I have made 100 times on TBN. Any dealer that simply compares tractors to other tractors is just not serving the customer properly. The real thing to do is to define the TASK. You fail to do that.
Rather than comparing TRACTOR MODELS on a head to head basis, is it not better to define the tasks the user has to accomplish, rank them by importance, and then find the tractor best suited for the TASK?
I have often recommended other brands over Kioti based on that exact logic and I have occasionally recommended Kioti over other brands based on the same logic. Trying to compare MODEL X TO MODEL Y gets into arugements every time. No way around it. Simply because it does not factor in the tasks that need to be accomplished.
Lets face it, if you want to drill holes with a post hole digger you'd want high PTO horsepower and lots of manuverability. That would probably lead me to a Power Trac tractor.
If you want to mow the lawn then you want light weight and high PTO horsepower. That would probably lead me to a "B" series Kubota.
If you want to box blade your roadway, you need the traction that extra weight provides, so a Kioti would be an excellent choice.
It strikes me that a good dealer (I deal with 2 of those) spends as much time asking questions as he does answering them. He does his best to fit the tractor model to the buyer's task . . . just like a good shoe salesman would fit the shoe to the foot, but not sell a tennis shoe for jogging or a jogging shoe for golf. But for a dealer to engage in head-to-head comparisions seems to miss the point, and if the customer is doing that, then the dealer should do his best to educate the customer by reviewing what is actually needed to accomplish tasks, rather than what the customer thinks he needs, or what the customer wants to compare.
You go ahead and make silly comparisons.
Me, I choose to fit the tractor to the task at hand. In doing that, I would never compare a DK55 to a 5030, but I sure would compare it to a Tractor King. Because both would do similar tasks, but the Tractor King would do it for less money, in year round comfort, and have greater specs.
Again, you are the one who wrote you would choose the tractor with the greater standard features and greater specs. The tractor that costs less but offers more is the Tractor King tractor.
All of this goes to a point that I have made 100 times on TBN. Any dealer that simply compares tractors to other tractors is just not serving the customer properly. The real thing to do is to define the TASK. You fail to do that.
Rather than comparing TRACTOR MODELS on a head to head basis, is it not better to define the tasks the user has to accomplish, rank them by importance, and then find the tractor best suited for the TASK?
I have often recommended other brands over Kioti based on that exact logic and I have occasionally recommended Kioti over other brands based on the same logic. Trying to compare MODEL X TO MODEL Y gets into arugements every time. No way around it. Simply because it does not factor in the tasks that need to be accomplished.
Lets face it, if you want to drill holes with a post hole digger you'd want high PTO horsepower and lots of manuverability. That would probably lead me to a Power Trac tractor.
If you want to mow the lawn then you want light weight and high PTO horsepower. That would probably lead me to a "B" series Kubota.
If you want to box blade your roadway, you need the traction that extra weight provides, so a Kioti would be an excellent choice.
It strikes me that a good dealer (I deal with 2 of those) spends as much time asking questions as he does answering them. He does his best to fit the tractor model to the buyer's task . . . just like a good shoe salesman would fit the shoe to the foot, but not sell a tennis shoe for jogging or a jogging shoe for golf. But for a dealer to engage in head-to-head comparisions seems to miss the point, and if the customer is doing that, then the dealer should do his best to educate the customer by reviewing what is actually needed to accomplish tasks, rather than what the customer thinks he needs, or what the customer wants to compare.
You go ahead and make silly comparisons.
Me, I choose to fit the tractor to the task at hand. In doing that, I would never compare a DK55 to a 5030, but I sure would compare it to a Tractor King. Because both would do similar tasks, but the Tractor King would do it for less money, in year round comfort, and have greater specs.
Again, you are the one who wrote you would choose the tractor with the greater standard features and greater specs. The tractor that costs less but offers more is the Tractor King tractor.
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Bob, what type of tractor would you suggest to shovel a load of "bull manure"? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Bob, what type of tractor would you suggest to shovel a load of "bull manure"? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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I'm no expert on that! Might want to check with Gambel77 on that one. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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I'm no expert on that! Might want to check with Gambel77 on that one. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Bob, I really hope you aren't getting mad about this whole situation, I find it somewhat amusing.
I made a comparison between two tractors with around 45pto hp and about the exact same price. I do not in any way, shape, or form believe a 82hp tractor is in the same league as a 55hp tractor...and I hope you don't either.
And your right Bob, I choose the tractor with the greater specs and features based on the criteria of hp and $$ based on sheer states. I never once said the DK55 would be the better tractor for job A or job B. I have never once argued the fact that these tractors are different classes. I even tried to compared the M5000 to the DK55.
I never once have defined the task because I have not needed to. I had an opportunity to take side by side pictures of a Kubota and a Kioti, something I rarely have to do. I posted the pictures and told everybody to take them for what they were. In my first post I never said anything about which was better than the other.
Bob surely you understand that I understand the difference between the two tractors. But I also understand at the same time that all too often these tractors are compared to eachother. I did not publish these pictures to impress anyone with the Kioti over the Kubota but rather to impress upon everyone the difference between the two machines.
I made a comparison between two tractors with around 45pto hp and about the exact same price. I do not in any way, shape, or form believe a 82hp tractor is in the same league as a 55hp tractor...and I hope you don't either.
And your right Bob, I choose the tractor with the greater specs and features based on the criteria of hp and $$ based on sheer states. I never once said the DK55 would be the better tractor for job A or job B. I have never once argued the fact that these tractors are different classes. I even tried to compared the M5000 to the DK55.
I never once have defined the task because I have not needed to. I had an opportunity to take side by side pictures of a Kubota and a Kioti, something I rarely have to do. I posted the pictures and told everybody to take them for what they were. In my first post I never said anything about which was better than the other.
Bob surely you understand that I understand the difference between the two tractors. But I also understand at the same time that all too often these tractors are compared to eachother. I did not publish these pictures to impress anyone with the Kioti over the Kubota but rather to impress upon everyone the difference between the two machines.
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Bottom line gentlemen is when customers, who know nothing about tractors, start to compare they look at two things first, hp and $$. )</font>
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( No my friend, I took two tractors in the same hp range and price range and compared them...I took two tractors people actually compare and compared them...you did not. )</font>
I think your customers may know more than what you think, and if these customers that don't know nothing about tractors make this type of mistake, then why would you make the same comparison.
Again constuctive criticism my friend, educate your customer. There would be nothing wrong with telling these customers that these two tractors are not a fair comparison, Kubota is a compact while the Kioti is a utility or vice versa.
And I sure wish everybody would get this weight issue out of their heads. Weight does not make a quality tractor. It has it's advantages and it has it's disadvantages. Again go back to what Bob is saying about the task.
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Bottom line gentlemen is when customers, who know nothing about tractors, start to compare they look at two things first, hp and $$. )</font>
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( No my friend, I took two tractors in the same hp range and price range and compared them...I took two tractors people actually compare and compared them...you did not. )</font>
I think your customers may know more than what you think, and if these customers that don't know nothing about tractors make this type of mistake, then why would you make the same comparison.
Again constuctive criticism my friend, educate your customer. There would be nothing wrong with telling these customers that these two tractors are not a fair comparison, Kubota is a compact while the Kioti is a utility or vice versa.
And I sure wish everybody would get this weight issue out of their heads. Weight does not make a quality tractor. It has it's advantages and it has it's disadvantages. Again go back to what Bob is saying about the task.
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Bob surely you understand that I understand the difference between the two tractors. But I also understand at the same time that all too often these tractors are compared to eachother. )</font>
And that is the KEY to my point, you know the difference but you fall into the trap. Comparing tractors is just a silly exercise no matter what tractors are compared.
One of the biggest reasons for dealing with the 2 tractor dealers I deal with is because they refuse to compare tractors in a senseless and trivial way. No way would either dealer ever doing anything this silly. If I was a dealer I would ask questions about what jobs the person wanted to do, what conditions were to be encountered, what capabilities were needed.
While I am not a tractor dealer, I can tell you that when I sell against my competition, I ask questions, and most often I talk customers out of their naive preconieved notions. My job is to give them the best 'fit' for their needs . . . that has absolutely nothing to do with what my customer thinks because he comes to be knowing that I know more than he does. I hope you know more than your customers. I hope you don't make the mistake of comparing tractors. Because if you do, then anyone of your competitors can simply 'play that game' and beat you at it, much like I proved the Tractor King is the better value here.
An educated professional salesman would find out the tasks, and then provide the best tool for the tasks, without degrading or even comparing any other brand.
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Bottom line gentlemen is when customers, who know nothing about tractors, start to compare they look at two things first, hp and $$)</font>
And just to reinforce my points, that is the wrong way to look at things, but if I was selling next door to you, I would surely show them an 82hp tractor with a Perkins engine, FEL and a Cab and then I would point across the parking lot at your 55hp tractor without a cab or Front Loader, and I would ask them why you overcharge for your tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Bob surely you understand that I understand the difference between the two tractors. But I also understand at the same time that all too often these tractors are compared to eachother. )</font>
And that is the KEY to my point, you know the difference but you fall into the trap. Comparing tractors is just a silly exercise no matter what tractors are compared.
One of the biggest reasons for dealing with the 2 tractor dealers I deal with is because they refuse to compare tractors in a senseless and trivial way. No way would either dealer ever doing anything this silly. If I was a dealer I would ask questions about what jobs the person wanted to do, what conditions were to be encountered, what capabilities were needed.
While I am not a tractor dealer, I can tell you that when I sell against my competition, I ask questions, and most often I talk customers out of their naive preconieved notions. My job is to give them the best 'fit' for their needs . . . that has absolutely nothing to do with what my customer thinks because he comes to be knowing that I know more than he does. I hope you know more than your customers. I hope you don't make the mistake of comparing tractors. Because if you do, then anyone of your competitors can simply 'play that game' and beat you at it, much like I proved the Tractor King is the better value here.
An educated professional salesman would find out the tasks, and then provide the best tool for the tasks, without degrading or even comparing any other brand.
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Bottom line gentlemen is when customers, who know nothing about tractors, start to compare they look at two things first, hp and $$)</font>
And just to reinforce my points, that is the wrong way to look at things, but if I was selling next door to you, I would surely show them an 82hp tractor with a Perkins engine, FEL and a Cab and then I would point across the parking lot at your 55hp tractor without a cab or Front Loader, and I would ask them why you overcharge for your tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( An educated professional salesman would find out the tasks, and then provide the best tool for the tasks, without degrading or even comparing any other brand. )</font>
Couldn't agree more. Which is why I think these pictures do a great job of showing the differences between these two tractors. The differences between the two might be good for the Kioti or the Kubota depending on uses.
Just last month I have a genleman buy a FarmTrac 360DTC from me because he needed the most capable 3000lbs tractor that he could find, and the FarmTrac was the best out of the one he looked at...in his case he couldn't have a tractor that weighed more than 3000lbs...
Again, not to impress just impress upon...
Couldn't agree more. Which is why I think these pictures do a great job of showing the differences between these two tractors. The differences between the two might be good for the Kioti or the Kubota depending on uses.
Just last month I have a genleman buy a FarmTrac 360DTC from me because he needed the most capable 3000lbs tractor that he could find, and the FarmTrac was the best out of the one he looked at...in his case he couldn't have a tractor that weighed more than 3000lbs...
Again, not to impress just impress upon...
Bob_Skurka
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You obviously miss the point. Utilizing the photos the way you do proves that. Have a nice day.
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This isn't meant at anyone specific person.
How many first time customers do you actually think knows the different between what is called a compact tractor or what is called a utility tractor? Doesn't everyone believe that most customers compare Hp, perhaps lift and then how comfortable the tractor is to them?
How many first time customers do you actually think knows the different between what is called a compact tractor or what is called a utility tractor? Doesn't everyone believe that most customers compare Hp, perhaps lift and then how comfortable the tractor is to them?
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