cadblaster
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I live in a Maryland suburb of Washington DC. We're hoping to move in to our new house within 3 months.
I'll have 2.25 acres and a long pipestem drive (about 650'). I share about half of the driveway with my neighbor.
My neighbor has a JD garden tractor (Model?) with a front blade.
My choice for a tractor has been a BX2200. I have also been looking hard at the new JD 2210. Very similar, but slightly better specs. To some degree these may be more tractor than I need, but can you really have too much tractor /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif? I was really pushing the limits of my Cub Cadet 2130 lawn tractor at my last house with slightly less than an acre.
My choice is primarily based on the mowing capacity, and FEL options on these tractors. The usefulness of an FEL is unquestionable.
(hang on, I'm getting to the jist of all of this)
Since I live in a major metropoitan area, my choice of local dealers are somewhat limited. I've did a little pricing locally, and went to talk to the dealers. In general, I'm not very impressed. It's just a feeling that I get about them. I think they've gotten too urbanized, for lack of a better term. They're not all that up on their products, and they're not all that enthusiastic about dealing on a tractor, or even demonstrating one. I get the feeling that they think they're "all that" and then some, to borrow a phrase from a (slightly) younger generation.
I had a co-worker call up his local JD dealer. He lives up in an area that is still predominantly rural, and he does some cattle raising and farming.
His dealer knew what he was talking about and had the 2210/210 loader/62"mmm packaged up with a price right away and they were in-stock for about $1k less than my local dealer.
In contrast my local dealer had to fumble around with price sheets, ask a co-worker, only had one, and thought that it was sold. My local dealer was a guy (business) that has been around a long time.
Likewise my local Kubota Dealer I've also never been very impressed with. They were also my Cub Cadet dealer, and New Holland/Ford, so we have a bit of a history with them. Nothing really outstanding about them either.
I've got a few other rural dealers to check out and I will do so as time permits over the coming months. I assume that warrenties have to be honored at all dealerships, whether purchased there or not. None of my locals offer anything like free pick up or delivery for service, warrentee, or not.
So the way I see it, none of the locals offer any incentive, to them you're just another customer.
Are there any other real issues with buying from "distant" dealership.
Bill
I'll have 2.25 acres and a long pipestem drive (about 650'). I share about half of the driveway with my neighbor.
My neighbor has a JD garden tractor (Model?) with a front blade.
My choice for a tractor has been a BX2200. I have also been looking hard at the new JD 2210. Very similar, but slightly better specs. To some degree these may be more tractor than I need, but can you really have too much tractor /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif? I was really pushing the limits of my Cub Cadet 2130 lawn tractor at my last house with slightly less than an acre.
My choice is primarily based on the mowing capacity, and FEL options on these tractors. The usefulness of an FEL is unquestionable.
(hang on, I'm getting to the jist of all of this)
Since I live in a major metropoitan area, my choice of local dealers are somewhat limited. I've did a little pricing locally, and went to talk to the dealers. In general, I'm not very impressed. It's just a feeling that I get about them. I think they've gotten too urbanized, for lack of a better term. They're not all that up on their products, and they're not all that enthusiastic about dealing on a tractor, or even demonstrating one. I get the feeling that they think they're "all that" and then some, to borrow a phrase from a (slightly) younger generation.
I had a co-worker call up his local JD dealer. He lives up in an area that is still predominantly rural, and he does some cattle raising and farming.
His dealer knew what he was talking about and had the 2210/210 loader/62"mmm packaged up with a price right away and they were in-stock for about $1k less than my local dealer.
In contrast my local dealer had to fumble around with price sheets, ask a co-worker, only had one, and thought that it was sold. My local dealer was a guy (business) that has been around a long time.
Likewise my local Kubota Dealer I've also never been very impressed with. They were also my Cub Cadet dealer, and New Holland/Ford, so we have a bit of a history with them. Nothing really outstanding about them either.
I've got a few other rural dealers to check out and I will do so as time permits over the coming months. I assume that warrenties have to be honored at all dealerships, whether purchased there or not. None of my locals offer anything like free pick up or delivery for service, warrentee, or not.
So the way I see it, none of the locals offer any incentive, to them you're just another customer.
Are there any other real issues with buying from "distant" dealership.
Bill