[ChuckinNH]

I spent a lot of time looking at tractors both times that I purchased. Some dealers let me play in the dirt, and some didn't. Most let me run it around the yard, raise, and lower the loader, etc. I will say that one reason I ended up with a Kubota instead of the JD I was also looking at was that the dealer just didn't seem to want to get a 2000 series on his lot with a loader. I had read here about slow hydraulics on some of their models, and didn't want to buy one without at least being able to raise, and lower the bucket a couple of times. I see that now they do have a representative model so equiped on their lot. I've been in there for other things, and did tell them in a nice way that not being able to try one did influence my purchase decision.