Korean tractor dilemma

   / Korean tractor dilemma #171  
Perfectly happy with my LS MT3, which I guess in everyone’s opinion is a POS with low lift height.
I too am happy with my LS. MT 7101. It’s a beast. Pull a new Holland 575 baler like nobody’s business with a thrower wagon uphills. Blows snow all winter long with an 8 foot blower. And I’m talking real snow. Upper peninsula Michigan. Zero problems in 400 hours. I can’t complain about the loader lift height. I can fill the bucket with Haybale‘s and lift them up to my hayloft when I don’t feel like dragging out the elevator., But a good dealer close by and $20,000 less than green or orange sold me , haven’t regretted the decision for a second. I bought a no till drill with the savings.
 
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#172  
Why would you need to contact the corporate offices of any OEM? Do you call Ford or Chevy when your car breaks down?

The dealer is your contact. If you have problems with the dealer, try another dealer and get the regional guy from the OEM.
Because most dealers for these korean tractors are fly by night dealers. Who are here today gone tomorrow. Cant compare what you are trying to compare
 
   / Korean tractor dilemma #173  
I thought about buying a Korean tractor, until I owned a Korean vehicle ..
 
   / Korean tractor dilemma #174  
I thought about buying a Korean tractor, until I owned a Korean vehicle ..
I did it the other way around.
I've had such great luck with my Korean tractor the past 23 years, we bought a Korean car 5 or 6 months ago.
 
   / Korean tractor dilemma #175  
I did it the other way around.
I've had such great luck with my Korean tractor the past 23 years, we bought a Korean car 5 or 6 months ago.
good luck. I bought and owned my one and only... Never again 1 quart of oil every 800 miles was just too much and they said that was considered normal ! LOL
 
   / Korean tractor dilemma #176  
Regarding John Deere. I have a customer that had purchased a new JD 5075e back in 2023 with all the goodies. Nothing but problems that were not resolved. The dealer gave him 100% credit towards a different tractor. So after a few months he traded the 5075e in for a 5090M.

The same thing, got it with all the goodies. The tractor was never right, lots of issues. Ended up replacing the tranny with a new unit from JD. This trans was even worse than the original one.:oops:

They wanted to split the tractor again and use parts from the removed transmission to fix the new replacement tranny. :oops: My customer said no and ended up going to JD corporate to get a 100% full refund in the neighborhood of $100K.

After he was able to convey to JD corporate all the issues that he had gone through, it was agreed to refund him all of his money. I believe that he received that payment in less than a month from the time that the refund agreement was made. (y) Moral of the story, even the "BEST" have issues. :(

The customer ended up with a Kubota M6-111, he appears to be happy with this machine and it has been without issue since delivery. :cool:
 
   / Korean tractor dilemma #177  
Because most dealers for these korean tractors are fly by night dealers. Who are here today gone tomorrow. Cant compare what you are trying to compare
Well, if your local korean brand dealer is good then it doesn't matter what the other ones are like? I found the big NH and JD dealers didn't inspire me with confidence that they cared about any tractor under $75k, and they have salesmen, parts guy, the useless nephew on the payroll, $10,000,000+ inventory to pay for, all useless overhead that the customer pays for....
The big MF dealer was actually pretty good, but they were stuck on price(maybe due to overhead?), and they don't make their CUT's, so who knows about the part availability 30 years from now, for some on their CUT models that end up with a short run of model years.
My 2 closest Kioti dealers are 2-3 man businesses with the owners also being very experienced mechanics who went to Wendell NC to see their operation before they decided to carry Kioti, as they didn't want to deal with the headaches of selling and servicing junk, and they found Kioti wasn't selling junk. The dealership owner I bought my tractor from goes every couple years to Wendell for training with his full time mechanic on service and repair of the new models, and their shop is always clean and organized. They even have a couple spare tractors to loan out if customer breaks down during a critical time. Anyways, I got lucky that what I thought was the best tractor for me, was also sold by the best dealer for me, so it was an easy purchase decision.
 
   / Korean tractor dilemma #179  
I thought about buying a Korean tractor, until I owned a Korean vehicle ..
Night and day different...especially with TYM or Daedong.

Hyundai owns Kia, so there's really only one Korean mfg in the US auto business.
 
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#180  
Night and day different...especially with TYM or Daedong.

Hyundai owns Kia, so there's really only one Korean mfg in the US auto business.
All the same sub par junk
 

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