rural king jinma 254

[jbdillon]

i just reurned from my local rk . i was looking at the 254 25hp. they had one partially assem. there was alot of scratches in the paint and the battery seemed either too small for the tractor or it was dead, cuz it wouldnt start. the tractor had 5.5 hrs on it. the edges of the fiberglass body parts were rough. canopy had a lot of scratches. are these things normal? tractor was priced at 5999 with 10% off if you apply for their credit card, is this a good deal?
cool site!!!
joe

 

[dancce]

Hey Joe,
I should probably know this---since I was born and raised in nearby Coshocton county, and still visit relatives there a couple of times a year----but,--- is Rural King the name of a store?? Or the name of the tractor----or both??

dancce

 

[jbdillon]

yes rk= rural king and the tractor is a farm king 254 4x4 3 cyl. i live in northern licking county.

joe

 

[AndyM]

When did Rural King work its way over the border into Ohio?
I checked out their locations about a year ago, and didn't see any in Ohio. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
When are they getting over to the eastern side of the state?
While I'm asking questions, when are we going to get a Northern Tool retail store too?

 

[Inspector507]

Andy there is a Rural King in Wooster........too far for me to go check out.

 

[MarkNHow]

There are reviews at John's tractor site of some of the Jinma dealers. The address is johnstractor.com

Mark H

 

[SPIKER]

hey PR:

no rural king down in wooster unless it is a NEW store that I don't know of. I haven't been that way in months but used to work in wooster. it is but 10 min from my farm house...

if you have heard of one maybe send the address and I'll drop by there and take a look see for ya.

MarkM /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Inspector507]

3541 E Lincoln Way
330-264-5475
According to their website

 

[SPIKER]

hey inspector:
I should have read the paper I HAD before posting, I got an AD in the paper for RK down there. It must be a pretty NEW store as I was through there about a month back and didn't see the RK dealership/store. I think it took over the old Q Farm & Fleet store which was empty, (the building that is) when I went through that way.

I'll stop down there some time maybe wensday fornoon, or thursday. I'll post back the info. the add was in the Ashland gazette but there may be one in the daily record too? (wayne county paper)

MarkM

 

[Inspector507]

Dunno........I was looking at their website and pulled up the locations.....it included Wooster when I saw it.

 

[dancce]

OK, you fellers got my curiousity up-----where is the headquarters of Rural King----and I am wondering where their Jinma tractors come from----are they importing directly from China, or do they buy from another importer like Homiers???

Geez,---After I posted, my brain kicked in and told me , they probably have a web site---low-and-behold, I found their headquarters in Illinios along with all their store locations.
(It's been a long day!!)

dancce

 

[greg_g]

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Fit and finish has never been Jinma's long suit, but when you think about it - it's built into the price. Plus, RK assembles them with unskilled labor. Jinma engines are almost impossible to cold start without glow plugs. They may not have been wired up yet (or correctly). Unless you force the issue, they'll try and stick a small pickup battery in the tray. A glow plug diesel shouldn't be sold without a bare minimum 750CCA battery. I insisted on 1000.

//greg//