AKfish
Super Member
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2004
- Messages
- 5,417
- Location
- Alaska
- Tractor
- JD 5115M; JD 110 TLB; JD 4720; Ford 9N; JD X300R
I'm a new poster on TBN and have been trying to absorb the collective wisdom of the many folk's who contribute to this site for enough months now that my wife is complaining about "tractor obsession". Nonetheless, I'd like to thank everyone for the kind of knowledge that is usually only available from a handful of neighbor's and/or the school of "hard knocks". Recently, I sallied forth with a folder of estimates from the Deere configurator and a fistfull of posts from TBN to my local dealer to see what kind of deal he might offer on either a 4120 or a 5105. I requested a FEL and a hoe for both models. Since I'm in Alaska, the dealer would only offer a flat 10% on the 4120 and 8% on the 5105. Ok, this is Alaska and it would cost me $2500 to saddle up my Duramax and tow a package home. So the flat rate wasn't great but I could almost abide with that position. The kicker to this was when the salesman tacked on more than a $1,000 to each model for freight ($1,170 for the 5105 and $1,014 for the 4120) and parts. Then he got me with the other foot for $1,200 for setup and delivery (I live 14 miles from the dealer)! Needless to say, I'm pretty convinced that I'm wasting my time with those folk's and I'm REAL interested in the poster who indicated that he got a bid in Washington state for a new 4120 with FEL for 24,800. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Thanks again for all the good news on this site and my chance to vent a bit. AKfish
Thanks again for all the good news on this site and my chance to vent a bit. AKfish