Re: Re: Re: Chinese Tractor Prices

Posted by Steve - IN on May 29, 2002 at 09:51:45 from (12.222.1.20):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Chinese Tractor Prices posted by Ameya Shrestha on May 29, 2002 at 00:18:01:

Ameya,

You're welcome. Hope it helped somewhat.

There's a general lack of experience with the Asian tractors you're asking about here in the US. For example, I own three John Deere tractors -- the dealer is 4 miles away, and the factor is 300 miles away. I imagine most of the people you'll reach on the old tractor board also own American made tractors that are at least 20 to 30 years old.

You might try on the "today's tractors" board, there are a few discussions of Chinese and Indian tractors going on there. This url is one.
http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/today/viewit.cgi?bd=ttforum&th=4255

My general opinion is that I'd trust a brand made in a demand economy more than I would one made in a command economy. That is, India over China. Second - the Mahindra is based on a US International Harvester design that has been around for a long time. I have no idea where the Chinese designs come from. My guess would be they're copies of Japanese tractors.

There is a Mahindra dealer 15 miles away from my place. They have only sold them for a few years, as Mahindra has only sold tractors in the USA for a few years. Not much time for a lot of information. They do offer a two year warranty on the machines here... which probably means something good. There is no one close to here selling Chinese tractors, and the warranties are not two years long.

My experience in dealing with Oriental makers -- Japanese and Taiwanese -- is that they don't like to supply spare parts. The Honda Accord car has been the most stolen car in the USA for a number of years. Reason is: it is very difficult to get body parts for them. I'd guess you'd have similar problems with the Chinese tractors.

Also, you're talking to mostly flat land guys here. The only US people who would have experience with tractors in terrain like Nepal are some guys in the Rockies and along the Pacific coast. I know that you probably need a 4 wheel drive machine that's fairly close to the ground -- but beyond that... I have no real knowledge.

I know this is an important investment for you. So the best advice I can give is to gather all the information you can before you make a decision.

Good luck

Steve

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