The New Rural King Tractors

[Diggin It]

Thank you very much for your interest in RK Tractors. With respect to the RK37 trade at our Parkersburg WV location, it is a trade, not a return. The customer had the hydro and decided that the shuttle was a better match to his land, which is hilly, but the trade had nothing to do with his concern about the tractor being tippy. He traded it for the same tractor, just a different transmission, and you can apply more power when needed in hilly operations. If he was concerned about it being tippy, he would not have done that.

I like those kind of replies. Shows the company is on top of things. I wish more brands had reps posting here.

 

[kkilli]

Thank you very much for your interest in RK Tractors. With respect to the RK37 trade at our Parkersburg WV location, it is a trade, not a return. The customer had the hydro and decided that the shuttle was a better match to his land, which is hilly, but the trade had nothing to do with his concern about the tractor being tippy. He traded it for the same tractor, just a different transmission, and you can apply more power when needed in hilly operations. If he was concerned about it being tippy, he would not have done that. As for the R1 Ag tires being wider, they have flip-center wheels, so they can be mounted conventionally or flipped to widen the stance. If you decide to purchase that RK37 that was traded in, we are happy to provide and mount the R1s for you. Hope this info is helpful, and again, thank you for your interest.

Is RK accepting trades now on a regular basis or was this a special case? I want a cab!

 

[WVfarmin]

NO it is very helpful, and I much appreciate it. And yes that is the tractor my husband looked at yesterday while I was at work. you ...know...everything....cue creepy music.....:laughing: Don't know where he got the stability concern from, but now that I see the tires can be moved out that makes me feel much better. I think if they had more examples of them with the ag tires and wider stance, esp around here, it would catch the eyes of even more people. I would imagine the industrial tires are a bit more forgiving of the ground and float better over it , but you can't have your cake and eat it too when you have hills, lol. We have one much smaller tractor, we found used many years ago. Its a massey, I can't remember the number offhand. It has a woods 7500 backhoe on it, but it is too small to put out our round bales safely-it only got away with the backhoe as that brand runs off its own hydraulic pressure, and we use the backhoe on it for burying animals, tree stumps, etc. (two old horses in three years...) but if you wanted to take it off it is the whole shebang, and that is a royal pain to do, and store. So it sets unused except when we need the backhoe. We want to sell it to help pay off one that can do hay also but be more agile, but hate to not have a backhoe. Mahindras come off too and leave the frame on, but the hoe with the 1526 is smaller than our woods now. so...wider tires, the hoe frame can stay on...yep. That's a huge plus. We both have mixed feelings about the need for/ getting a cab, but if the trade is still there by the time we get our act together it would be hard to pass on. Roughly how much ground clearance do you lose with the hoe frame rails on? Sorry I'm asking so many questions, but now that I know that puppy can come off easier and I saw how robust it looked if we could swing the money I think we'd get it.

 

[atsah]

I am guessing they do, this off RK website, is this the case as we speak?

RK Service

We perform service and maintenance at every Rural King store that offers RK Tractors. We have already been servicing small engine equipment in the shops located at every Rural King store. For RK Tractor stores, we致e added experienced tractor technicians and have provided all the tools needed to perform any repair. We stock a complete inventory of spare parts at our distribution centers, and if you need a part we don稚 have in stock at your RK Tractors store location, we can get it to our shops within a day.
Multi-layer Service Network

Not all tractor repairs are equal. Most can be handled without any special tools or equipment, others require that the tractor be lifted to gain access to the area being serviced. To ensure that we can handle any service need, we have deployed a multi-layer service network that includes each RK Tractor store location, our two Tractor Assembly Centers (TAC) and a team of mobile technicians that can go anywhere to perform almost any service.

Unanswered questions, that makes me nervous from the get go..

 

[RK Tractor Guy]

Is RK accepting trades now on a regular basis or was this a special case? I want a cab!

Thanks for the question. We are happy to accept trades but only on RK Tractors.

 

[RK Tractor Guy]

NO it is very helpful, and I much appreciate it. And yes that is the tractor my husband looked at yesterday while I was at work. you ...know...everything....cue creepy music.....:laughing: Don't know where he got the stability concern from, but now that I see the tires can be moved out that makes me feel much better. I think if they had more examples of them with the ag tires and wider stance, esp around here, it would catch the eyes of even more people. I would imagine the industrial tires are a bit more forgiving of the ground and float better over it , but you can't have your cake and eat it too when you have hills, lol. We have one much smaller tractor, we found used many years ago. Its a massey, I can't remember the number offhand. It has a woods 7500 backhoe on it, but it is too small to put out our round bales safely-it only got away with the backhoe as that brand runs off its own hydraulic pressure, and we use the backhoe on it for burying animals, tree stumps, etc. (two old horses in three years...) but if you wanted to take it off it is the whole shebang, and that is a royal pain to do, and store. So it sets unused except when we need the backhoe. We want to sell it to help pay off one that can do hay also but be more agile, but hate to not have a backhoe. Mahindras come off too and leave the frame on, but the hoe with the 1526 is smaller than our woods now. so...wider tires, the hoe frame can stay on...yep. That's a huge plus. We both have mixed feelings about the need for/ getting a cab, but if the trade is still there by the time we get our act together it would be hard to pass on. Roughly how much ground clearance do you lose with the hoe frame rails on? Sorry I'm asking so many questions, but now that I know that puppy can come off easier and I saw how robust it looked if we could swing the money I think we'd get it.

Thank you ma'm. The backhoe is very easy to take off and frees up the rear end for 3-pt work. No loss in ground clearance as the backhoe sub-frame connects to the loader sub-frame at the same level.

 

[WVfarmin]

Thank you ma'm. The backhoe is very easy to take off and frees up the rear end for 3-pt work. No loss in ground clearance as the backhoe sub-frame connects to the loader sub-frame at the same level.

Okay, ya sold me. That's awesome. Sounds like just what we need for the best price point we could hope for. I know back when we got the Mahindra lots of friends said we were taking a risk with a foreign tractor, etc, but now several of those people saw ours and were so impressed they changed their minds and want one. Something tells me the RK line will be the same case. I need to figure if we can swing it all at once or if I need to wait until we sell the massey to get the backhoe added later. But I now know which brand we will go for. This forum and those on it has been most helpful.

 

[atsah]

Rk Tractor Guy,

Can you tell me if my post "#64" is true or not? I talked to someone that frequents the Ocala store and he said they DO NOT service RK tractors there but they do sell them..

 

[RustyT]

Call 352-207-4495 ans ask them.

 

[atsah]

Call 352-207-4495 ans ask them.

My question was directed to the rep for a reason..