Thanks for all the info guys, appreciate it. I've been digging around the internet and it's a convoluted mess lol. We don't have a lot of dealers around here so getting parts or getting it serviced without driving a couple hours one way is a concern. We do have a Kioti dealer local though and they have a good reputation. Our neighbor has two of them, a subcompact and a much larger one (I don't know off hand what model) that he is happy with, so we are going to check them out.