Kioti skid-steer line

L47TLBwannabe · Aug 17, 2020

Just heard it from the owner of the dealer ship I bought my tractor through that Kioti is going to be re-branding Bobcat brand skid-steers and I'm guessing CTL's. He doesn't know when but apparently its going to happen. I know Bobcat is owned by Doosan you don't have to lecture me on that. But considering Bobcat is rebranding Kioti tractors its entirely plausible.

Jonker87 · Aug 18, 2020

That’d be interesting. I know bobcat has bought rights to the tractors. It’ll be interesting to see what happens.

bullbreaker · Aug 20, 2020

L47TLBwannabe said:
Just heard it from the owner of the dealer ship I bought my tractor through that Kioti is going to be re-branding Bobcat brand skid-steers and I'm guessing CTL's. He doesn't know when but apparently its going to happen. I know Bobcat is owned by Doosan you don't have to lecture me on that. But considering Bobcat is rebranding Kioti tractors its entirely plausible.

I think that would be great . It would and will be interesting to see price points and as we are all aware competition and choice of brands etc is a good thing for the consumer .

Surprised this thread didn't get a little more hits . Any pics out there yet of the Kioti skid-steers ? I tried goggle images and cound'nt find anything . Also if its up and coming I'am sure pandemic stalled some plans .

4570Man · Aug 20, 2020

Why wouldn’t you just buy a bobcat version?

finn1 · Aug 20, 2020

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4570Man said:
Why wouldn’t you just buy a bobcat version?

Dealer location? Having a local dealer really simplifies ownership of any piece of equipment. The dealer I bought my CTL from is about 120 miles away. That’s a four hour round trip.

My Kioti dealer is more like five miles away, and I pass it every time I go to town for groceries or stop at the Post Office to get the mail.

L47TLBwannabe · Aug 20, 2020

I haven't seen any pictures but when I asked the owner of the dealership he said 'yes they will have skid-steers'. He was busy with a customer so I didn't have time to bug him if they will have mini-excavators or if he had pictures or a date when we will see any orange skid-steers. For me both the Bobcat dealer and the Kioti dealer are in the same town. There is also a New Holland Ag dealer, Kubota dealer, and a Deere John Dealer. Oh and a Mahindra/ Case Ag dealer.