200 miles from home, I was ready to write a check for a 4x4E with detachable hoe, three point hitch, and extend a hoe. The seller didn't trust my check, I was a stranger. I proposed we go across the street to his bank, and work it out. My bank could wire money to him. He insisted I had to go home to get cash. Ultimately, I decided I didn't want to do business with him at all. His was European. A friend has a G his is a close match to the E. I later bought two (one at a time) 580K. The K is USA built, and is utterly different from the similar E, and G. The European models are largely fabricated steel. The K has lots of cast or ductile parts, Where fabricated, pieces are hydro formed, then Sub Arc welded by machine. I presume a more expensive process.
The G I mentioned was bought new by another friend. He tells me he had a choice of G or K new from dealer. K was much more expensive, and had less ground clearance. In his pit, pumpkins roll off the bank all the time. 2" more clearance he saw as an advantage. 20 years old, he traded it in. He admitted he was curious the dealer didn't want to take physical possession of it. That evening the salesman picked it up, drove it 1/10 mile, and sold it to his next door neighbor. Turns out the neighbor had told the salesman; "if you ever get one of those in trade, I want it."
Willie