Newbie: 1st tractor

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bthom70

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Location
Southbury, CT
Tractor
Bobcat CT2025
I'm in CT and have Kioti, Bobcat and Kubota closest to me. Started pricing Kioti CK2610 and Bobcat CT2025. Bobcat was swinging my vote until I started reading about the FL7 loader issues and less lift # compared to Kioti. Bobcat has a better dealer network and more staff vs. Kioti. This Kioti dealer is primarily power equipment and also sells tractors for 25+yrs but only has 1 dedicated tractor employee.
Kioti CK2610 is about $1,000 more than Bobcat CT2025 both with 3rd function. I did get pricing from a Kioti dealer in Katonah NY, only 10-15min further travel and he was $2,000 less than CT. I need to call Bobcat and have them quote a CT2035 next. I'm going to Katonah this weekend to work out more numbers for CK2610 and CK3510. This dealer is 1/2 tractor, 1/2 power equipment and has more tractor employees.
 
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It is not acceptable to double post a single thread.
 
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It is not acceptable to double post a single thread.
1 post in Kioti and 1 in Bobcat. Not everyone reads every thread in other forums of tractors. And I added additional Kioti specific data to this thread.
 
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Not much to add but in my past job I used to deal with the dealer in Katonah. I worked a mile away. They weren't a Kioti dealer then but were a good dealer to deal with. I also emailed (what I assume is the same western CT dealer) a few Kioti parts questions. They were answered quickly and he seamed very knowledgeable on the phone.
 
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Not much to add but in my past job I used to deal with the dealer in Katonah. I worked a mile away. They weren't a Kioti dealer then but were a good dealer to deal with. I also emailed (what I assume is the same western CT dealer) a few Kioti parts questions. They were answered quickly and he seamed very knowledgeable on the phone.
I went to the Katonah Kioti dealr and had a great conversation and more pricing.
He told me they used to be a Kubota dealer for 35+ years and then Kubota pulled thier franchise, they want dealers to have 3+ locations. He showed me his shop and it was full of Kubota, Kioti and other older models, speaks volumes exsiiting customers care more for his service than the previous brand.
 
 
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