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lakeyojoa
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2007-06-07          142775


Some friends and I are interested in buying compact Japanese tractors. We have been looking at websites advertizing grey market tractors sent from Japan. Does anyone have any experience in the reliability of these offers? Will we get what we pay for? Thanks for your help John



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2007-06-07          142776


If you will do a search here of gray market tractors you will see some of the concerns with reselling them. kt ....


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lsheaffer
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2007-06-08          142791


I have been importing them for 10 years & can have a load shipped direct to you. I have experience with several Japanese suppliers of varying qualities of tractors & sell parts all over the world for them, so I can recommend models to shy away from. I prefer "A" grade tractors & have sold very few parts for the tractors I have sold. ....


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2007-10-04          146516


Being interested in Japanese Tractors, I would like to know just what Models to steer away from. I plan on buying a 30 hp Japanese Compact soon.

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lsheaffer
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2007-10-05          146559


If you are buying a good quality tractor & not abusing it, I wouldn't shy away from any. If you are buying a poor quality or Viet rebuild, I would stay away from the 4wd Hinomotos. FWD parts are real hard to find used & many parts are not available new. ....


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