king kutter colors!

[mjhoover]

hello all,
i went to tsc today and looked at rotary cutters that were
yellow. then went to another place that sells kk and that
dealer had blue ones! the place that had the blue ones said they were the same except the color and i am
wondering if they are different models/or duty ratings.the yellow were 599.00 and the blue were 549.00.i quess i should have checked model#s but never thought about it till they were closed. i think they looked the same but i can forget alot in a short amount of time!
any ideas?
thanks

 

[crown]

I wonder the same thing the only place I have seen KK yellow is at TSC. It probably has something to do with manufacturing them for sale at TSC.

 

[JohnS]

Their website shows all implements in KK yellow. http://www.kingkutter.com/index.asp
I would guess that is their "standard" color, but can be ordered in others.

 

[mjhoover]

i thought about that also but the only kk attachment that was blue was the rotary cutter everything else was yellow

 

[JohnS]

There was some posting here at TBN, awhile ago, about the KK implements being made specificlly for TSC, and were of slightly less quality compared to their standard line. Without any side by side, or taking a micrometer to measure gauge thickness, I could not find that to be true. All labels and manuals say KK, not TSC. If KK was making them specific for TSC, they would have a TSC label. I think if they were making them to lesser standards, per a TSC contract, wouldn't want to use their name.

TSC sells the 40HP gear box model of the cutter, which is the smallest they make. If the blue one was a 60HP or had a slip clutch, I would expect a higher price than $550. Outside of any old/new model issues, I suspect the cutters are the same. If looking for lowest price only, TSC does have 10% off with a flyer or credit card application, which brings it to about $530. If the dealer with the blue cutter assembles it, and lubes it, and has provided you with good service in the past, it is easily worth the additional $20.

 

[skipperbrown]

Maybe yellow paint costs $50 more than blue paint?
mark

 

[RichZ]

I was at the Amsterdam, NY TSC on Saturday, and they had King Kutter implements. All were yellow, and the 5' rotary cutters they had were exactly like the one I bought last year at QFF. They had a good variety of King Kutter implemnts, and they all looked to be of very good quality.

 

[forestcreature]

my 4' kk mower is red [wearing the TSC label].

 

[JohnS]

The TSC Blue book lists Wallace Implements, which I have seen website pictures of, which are red. From reports from around NY state with new store openings, only KK is being carried, so far. I believe other TSC's carry both. Possibly a region decision? So, if you are in a TSC, and the Implements are red, don't assume they are KK. Likewise, if there not yellow, don't assume they are not KK.

 

[Mosey]

I ran into this issue last year when I was looking at bush hogs. I emailed KK and was told the yellow ones and the blue ones are exactly the same. It’s just dealer preference on the color. Quality always had the yellow ones and TSC has the yellow ones. There’s a place in my area called Big Blue (local to southern Indiana, northern Kentucky, and southern Illinois) and they have the blue ones. There’s another local independent tractor and implement dealer close to me (D&J Equipment in Nashville, Indiana) that also has the blue ones, which is where I bought mine. Prices range from $500 to $600. I got mine for $500 and it was fully assembled.

 

[MrP]

<font color=blue>"TSC does have 10% off with a flyer or credit card application"</font color=blue>

Do you have a link or more info? I called my local TSC and they told me that they didn't do that anymore. I would really like to get 10% of a single purchase. In fact, I would have/have spent 3K there in the past couple weeks.

 

[JohnS]

I received 10% off purchasing a 5' KK and 5' Rotary Cutter, plus other items, on the first purchase of a TSC credit card. This was only a couple a weeks ago. I had heard about it here at TBN, and was on the credit application at the Vestal NY store. Nothing on this brochure indicated or gave the impression it was for just the new stores. There is a minimum $300 purchase required. John Miller 3 and others mentioned flyers with 10% off as well. The flyer may only be local to the new stores. Someone did comment that they won't combine the two. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif See the "Rural Living" forum, the thread on QFF Bankruptcy. Its rather long, but most of the posts relating to this, are in the last few pages.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

John, I have a TSC 2002 Blue Book and there's no mention of Wallace implements in it. Everything there is King Kutter. I'm in Fort Wayne, IN. Maybe it is a regional thing. /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif In any event, I think I may have to give whatever I buy a coat of green with some bright yellow trim just to match things up. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[mjhoover]

tsc in carlisle pa. the process of closing out wallace
and getting kk. the new store in chambersburg only carries
kk. i dont know if this is going to happen at all tsc's.

 

[Bird]

Gary, it wouldn't surprise me if TSC has changed suppliers on a lot of things. I haven't picked up a 2002 Blue Book yet, but my 2001 Blue Book lists both King Kutter and Wallace on nearly all their 3-point implements with different item numbers for the different brands.

 

[JohnS]

Gary, just rechecked my hardcopy Blue Book and you are correct. Only KingKutter is listed. TSC use to have a PDF document on the implements that looked like it came out of the Blue Book. It is not on TSC's website nomore. Sounds like they are phasing out Wallace.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

same machine, blue, red, yellow, what ever color you like, the blue and red do fade quicker, check the shafts, some use cheapo spanish shafts, the Italian is better, Eurocardan