rootytoot
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- Joined
- Jul 16, 2008
- Messages
- 49
- Location
- Western Oregon
- Tractor
- Ford/NH Model 1920, Allis Chalmers Model G
OK, so I have a Ford/NH model 1920 tractor now (for those who saw my posting over in the NH threads I passed on the NH 1715 and went for the bigger tractor). I've decided that I have a lot of projects that make a backhoe worth buying, so I set out calling dealers to talk about New Holland and Woods backhoes.
I called dealer A in the local big city and got a quick quote of $7k for the BH70-X and $8k for BH80-X, with sub-frame but no pump kit (shouldn't need it, I would think). Dealer A is a NH dealer but I wasn't too interested in the NH offerings at the time or didn't have much time on my lunch hour, so all we talk about is the Woods backhoes.
A couple days later I call dealer B, the small town New Holland dealer closest to me. We spend a fair bit of time on the phone, and I learn that NH still sells the 756C for $$7.5k which fits my older tractor, but not the 758C or 759C. NH sells a 920 or something like that, but he isn't sure that he can mount it on my tractor. The 756C is only a six footer, so I tell dealer B I'm not too interested. What else are you looking at, he asks? I say, well I'm leaning toward the BH80. I'm not a Woods dealer, but let me see what I can do, he says. He calls me back later, and says I definitely can't fit a bigger NH on your rig, but I can do a little horse trading and put a BH80-X on your tractor for the same price as the 756C - $7500. The catch is, have you been talking to anyone else? Why yes, I say, I got a price from dealer A. Well, that's unfortunate, because that's who I was going to trade with, but if you're talking to them already you'll have to get it through them. Bummer.
So, I go to dealer A's showroom. We look over the units, we talk installation, delivery, we talk price. I'm thinking that perhaps there is some wiggle room on price here, but no go: he wants $8095 firm, which I think is list price. I don't tell him about dealer B, though perhaps he knows about that situation. I leave without making a commitment.
So, now what? Do I wait two weeks, then go back to dealer A a second time, and say, look dealer B was willing to sell me this for $7500, surely you have got some room to negotiate here? Is $8095 a good, typical price? Do some dealers negotiate price from list, or is that unusual? Frankly, at this point I'm almost tempted to just go to the John Deere dealer down the road (who also carries Woods equipment), and just deal with him because at least I've bought an attachment from him previously.
Thanks for whatever advice you care to offer on this...
I called dealer A in the local big city and got a quick quote of $7k for the BH70-X and $8k for BH80-X, with sub-frame but no pump kit (shouldn't need it, I would think). Dealer A is a NH dealer but I wasn't too interested in the NH offerings at the time or didn't have much time on my lunch hour, so all we talk about is the Woods backhoes.
A couple days later I call dealer B, the small town New Holland dealer closest to me. We spend a fair bit of time on the phone, and I learn that NH still sells the 756C for $$7.5k which fits my older tractor, but not the 758C or 759C. NH sells a 920 or something like that, but he isn't sure that he can mount it on my tractor. The 756C is only a six footer, so I tell dealer B I'm not too interested. What else are you looking at, he asks? I say, well I'm leaning toward the BH80. I'm not a Woods dealer, but let me see what I can do, he says. He calls me back later, and says I definitely can't fit a bigger NH on your rig, but I can do a little horse trading and put a BH80-X on your tractor for the same price as the 756C - $7500. The catch is, have you been talking to anyone else? Why yes, I say, I got a price from dealer A. Well, that's unfortunate, because that's who I was going to trade with, but if you're talking to them already you'll have to get it through them. Bummer.
So, I go to dealer A's showroom. We look over the units, we talk installation, delivery, we talk price. I'm thinking that perhaps there is some wiggle room on price here, but no go: he wants $8095 firm, which I think is list price. I don't tell him about dealer B, though perhaps he knows about that situation. I leave without making a commitment.
So, now what? Do I wait two weeks, then go back to dealer A a second time, and say, look dealer B was willing to sell me this for $7500, surely you have got some room to negotiate here? Is $8095 a good, typical price? Do some dealers negotiate price from list, or is that unusual? Frankly, at this point I'm almost tempted to just go to the John Deere dealer down the road (who also carries Woods equipment), and just deal with him because at least I've bought an attachment from him previously.
Thanks for whatever advice you care to offer on this...
