Rear Blade Rear Blades

sambota · Jan 17, 2011

Looking to replace and old Wood's RB6 with either a new Wood's or a RB made by 'Sundown'. Anyone out there with Sundown experience?

bp fick · Jan 17, 2011

I looked on their website. It would appear to be a distributor's name for their line. What I don't know and could find no assistance in is finding who's the manufacturer? KK? TarterGate? Made in China?

Good questions for which I have no helpful answers.

nspec · Jan 17, 2011

I have a Sundown mechanical thumb on my bh 75 backhoe. It is unbelievably heavy duty and well made. Very simple, and in my opinion, leaps and bounds better than any other that I have seen. Made out of T-1 high strength steel and weighs 56 lbs. If it is any indication of the quality of the rest of their products, I wouldn't bat an eye at buying from them.

I don't think they're a distributer. My literature from them states that the Sundown line is distributed by J.S. Woodhouse.

bp fick · Jan 17, 2011

nspec said:
I have a Sundown mechanical thumb on my bh 75 backhoe. It is unbelievably heavy duty and well made. Very simple, and in my opinion, leaps and bounds better than any other that I have seen. Made out of T-1 high strength steel and weighs 56 lbs. If it is any indication of the quality of the rest of their products, I wouldn't bat an eye at buying from them.

I don't think they're a distributer. My literature from them states that the Sundown line is distributed by J.S. Woodhouse.

Good to know. I frankly have just never seen anything by them. thanks for filling us in a bit.

nspec · Jan 17, 2011

You know, I just went to the J.S. Woodhouse site and was looking through all of the Sundown equipment - it sure looks an awful lot like the King Kutter stuff. In fact, I opened up two windows side by side and compared the pics of a King Kutter tiller with the Sundown tiller and they appear to be identical with the exception of some sheet metal in the hitch area. Same with a lot of the other equipment. It sure looks like the same line. Why the name change? I think I'm going to e-mail King Kutter. They've been very helpful answering question in the past.

I'll keep you informed.

bp fick · Jan 17, 2011

Take a look at their Rear Finish Mowers. Ditto. Either a dead clone of KK or made by KK. Curiouser and Curiouser.

Baby Grand · Jan 18, 2011

I just picked up a used set of Sundown FEL pin-on mount pallet forks from CL. Nicely made - can't wait to fit them up to my loader.
-Jim

nspec · Jan 18, 2011

Well the word is that indeed, King Kutter makes products for Sundown. So now we know - mystery solved.

I just don't get why?

So, King Kutter makes the product for Sundown who distributes it through yet a third distributer? Doesn't make much sense to me.

bp fick · Jan 18, 2011

It's an interesting world these days. Half the stuff at TSC used to be KK and others had TSCs County Line stickers.

We have re-branded, re-decal tractors, why not? This is as old as Kenmore and Whirlpool.

More likely the distributor wants to sell a line, buys their products from whoever, in this case KK, but wants their own, unique name, so Sundown is born. Marketing.