Sunday, 12 October 2014

Understanding your Warranty

One of the things that occasionally causes some confusion with agricultural equipment is that of the warranty.

Okay, probably none of us really enjoys sitting down and reading through the details of such documents but it’s important to do so because it might make a big difference in terms of how deep into your pockets you have to dig if something goes wrong.

Here, we’re not speaking exclusively about the warranties available on Kubota tractors. This is a quick ‘general terms’ overview of the principles that will usually apply to many different types of farmers’ equipment. 





The first thing to note is that your warranty typically exists in order to protect you against the costs arising for repair should your piece of equipment breakdown for what might be termed quality control reasons. There will be a long list of things that really shouldn’t go wrong in the initial period of ownership and therefore, as a sign of confidence in their quality, the manufacturer will often agree to pay for any repairs there should problems arise.