RK Tractor Guy
Manufacturer
RK Tractors Forum Participants,
We get a lot of questions about who makes RK Tractors, so we thought that it would be helpful to share that info in this forum so current and prospective RK Tractors owners had the straight scoop.
All under 60HP sub-compact and compact tractors of every brand sold in the U.S. have their design and manufacturing origin outside of the U.S. Each brand performs some level of assembly here in the U.S. to prepare the tractors for sale to dealers in the case of all other brands, and directly for tractor users in the case of RK Tractors. While we know the country of origin and level of stateside assembly for each of our competitors, we choose to focus on letting our current RK Tractors customers and prospective customers know our sources and our level of assembly. Here it is, in the most transparent way we can state it.
Our tractors are designed and manufactured to our specifications in Korea by TYM, which happens to be the second largest manufacturer of under 60HP tractors sold in the U.S. Few are aware that they hold that position, now readers of this forum know it too. The engines for our RK19 to RK55 are made in Japan by Yanmar, the 74HP engines are made by Deutz in Germany. Tires and wheels are made in Des Moines IA and Quincy IL by Titan International. Every tractor is fully assembled in Korea using assembly-use only tire & wheel sets, and is fully tested on a dynamometer before they undergo a partial knockdown (PKD) for shipping purposes. The PKD involves taking things off the open station tractors so they can be crated, but the cab tractors are actually driven in and out of shipping containers on small, steel wheels that allow the tractor to fit through the container doorway. Once the tractors arrive, we bolt on things like steps, seat, steering wheels, fenders, lights, etc. that were removed for shipping. We mount the tire & wheel assemblies, fill the rear tires of every 37, 55, and 74HP tractor paired with a loader with RimGuard, and install the loaders, backhoes and mid-mount-mowers based upon the stock or customer order. We then ship the fully assembled tractors to our stores using our own fleet of trucks. That's how we do it. We do not claim that our tractors are made in the U.S. because they are not, but as all other brands, we perform final assembly here, using our Tractor Assembly Centers (TAC) located in Waverly OH and Williston FL. We will add to those two locations as we grow our tractor brand.
Hope this information is helpful. We are trying to be a different kind of tractor company. We are proud of our tractors, we are happy to offer them at the lowest possible prices and we like to be open about where we buy our tractors.
We get a lot of questions about who makes RK Tractors, so we thought that it would be helpful to share that info in this forum so current and prospective RK Tractors owners had the straight scoop.
All under 60HP sub-compact and compact tractors of every brand sold in the U.S. have their design and manufacturing origin outside of the U.S. Each brand performs some level of assembly here in the U.S. to prepare the tractors for sale to dealers in the case of all other brands, and directly for tractor users in the case of RK Tractors. While we know the country of origin and level of stateside assembly for each of our competitors, we choose to focus on letting our current RK Tractors customers and prospective customers know our sources and our level of assembly. Here it is, in the most transparent way we can state it.
Our tractors are designed and manufactured to our specifications in Korea by TYM, which happens to be the second largest manufacturer of under 60HP tractors sold in the U.S. Few are aware that they hold that position, now readers of this forum know it too. The engines for our RK19 to RK55 are made in Japan by Yanmar, the 74HP engines are made by Deutz in Germany. Tires and wheels are made in Des Moines IA and Quincy IL by Titan International. Every tractor is fully assembled in Korea using assembly-use only tire & wheel sets, and is fully tested on a dynamometer before they undergo a partial knockdown (PKD) for shipping purposes. The PKD involves taking things off the open station tractors so they can be crated, but the cab tractors are actually driven in and out of shipping containers on small, steel wheels that allow the tractor to fit through the container doorway. Once the tractors arrive, we bolt on things like steps, seat, steering wheels, fenders, lights, etc. that were removed for shipping. We mount the tire & wheel assemblies, fill the rear tires of every 37, 55, and 74HP tractor paired with a loader with RimGuard, and install the loaders, backhoes and mid-mount-mowers based upon the stock or customer order. We then ship the fully assembled tractors to our stores using our own fleet of trucks. That's how we do it. We do not claim that our tractors are made in the U.S. because they are not, but as all other brands, we perform final assembly here, using our Tractor Assembly Centers (TAC) located in Waverly OH and Williston FL. We will add to those two locations as we grow our tractor brand.
Hope this information is helpful. We are trying to be a different kind of tractor company. We are proud of our tractors, we are happy to offer them at the lowest possible prices and we like to be open about where we buy our tractors.
