pudding Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 found this in my travels through my computer this is from when they were first released here in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Interesting Puddy... I've never even heard of them... are they still being manufactured What are/were they like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Cant comment on them as i havent used onew, they seam to be getting popular over here Here is all the info from the nz dealer Power Farming http://www.powerfarming.co.nz/manufacturer.asp?id=54 That has all the current machines on offer in Nz currently Hope that sheds some light on this marky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudding Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 hey marky..... daedong is marketed as kioti in america, the largest ones sold in the US is about 60hp now, they are huge sellers over there the DK daedong sold here is a perkins engine, and a trans and axles build influenced by iseki engineers i was told (if this is true the front axle should be pretty damn good) you here lots of people who think they were a pile of crap...........but 90% of that was because most tractors this size get loaders on them.........and apparently the daedong loader wasn't built for NZ farmers either..........rather soft anyway........some people like em, they are nice, nice cab, they have a fridge in them for your lunch, dry clutch is a bone of contention for most people........ they have sold well........they are priced accordingly.........and you only get what you pay for, i think they offer a wet clutch on the larger ones and have taken the time to improve them, and in the compacts they offer hydros, etc and they also still offer a bare bones 4wd compact with a crash box, one of daedongs first tractor builds........as a cheap entry level machine.......and they are actually pretty good you want a tractor up to 90hp, don't want a loader, reckon you will do 600-800hours a year, these will do it, ,,,,,,,and powerfarming NZ is a well established franchise, definitly gives customers the confidence to buy them.......they stand behind them, and carry parts..........one of my customers uses one to pull gang mowers on turf tires round parks, seems to work alright, just no speed demon on the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Thanks for the information lads.. Sounds like your version of a Zetor over here then really \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 found this in my travels through my computer this is from when they were first released here in NZ yea there real value for nothing there as usless as a tractor with out a steering wheel from what i have heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudding Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 they built small ones too.........i wouldn't say they was a zetor, the asians seem to built them better then that.......zetor may out pull one thou the asians built there tractors for diff markets to mr Zetor, it showed in the final product....cross plys vs radials, only 30km/h road speed available, hyd mid mount plumbing, mid pto (some machines), tractors built to be lighter then norm, and compact, often not great pullers ISEKI and kubota survive also (those two japanese brands are the silent heros), also LG build tractors, i have a customer with a DK75 with a turbo bolted on it, basically makes it a DK90, basically all it does is loader work and feeding out........he likes it, www.kioti.com is one of the sites in the US, admitatly the lifestyler market is different to the farmer market, the machine demands are a lot less...........i do know of a guy in michigan way who uses a basic spec small one with a logging winch, and loader to feed his portable saw mill you will see they now offer the dk90 in america with powerfarming here strong sellers of landini and mcCormick, i haven't seen a new daedong in a while round here either........but the landini vision 90 has been a big seller, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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