My son and I spent the day at Tazewell yesterday. It's a 6 hour drive, so we took advantage of their free overnite deal and were able to get an early start with Scott in the morning.
I knew that they were out of 425s, so my goal was to actually see one and decide whether to order one before the price increase. We spent a couple hours operating the demo 422 and 425 with all the implements. I could not tell any power difference between the two. I even asked Scott if we could set something up so I could tell, and in the end I could see no functional difference.
Thus I was faced with a dilemma: If the 422 would suit my needs, why spend the extra $$ for a 425? I could be taking the 422 home that day and avoid the wait for a 425. I was also concerned that the change to a Robins engine had some uncertainties to it and I could take home the known product right then.
Well, my son and I went off to lunch to ponder on the problem. We had promised my wife (who really wanted me to get a BX) that we would go to the nearby Kubota dealer to immediately "eyeball" a BX2230 for comparison. This was an insightful event because the salesman at the Kubota dealer was the salesmanager at Power-Trac for 14 years. He left when PT quit with dealers. He was very balanced in his views about things and didn't say anything bad about PT.
So with the "check in the block" for the wife and lunch in our bellies we went back to make the final decision on a 422 or 425. I defaulted to the "bird in the hand" and decided that if I could take it home that day, it was going to be a 422. This decision was made at 3 PM. Unfortunately I lacked a trailer (I was unprepared, thinking I was going to get a 425). So Scott called around found a trailer place 30 minutes away. Off we went. Their trailers were no good, and try as we might we couldn't solve the problem before PT would close.
In the meantime, I called the wife to tell her the "good news". She was not happy /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif Not about the Kubota, but the lack of a ROPS! My son also wanted the 425, his theory being bigger is always better (he would have left with a 1430 or 1445, since they were in stock). Thus my logic of taking it home that day was blown and with the family against the 422, I placed the order for a 425. Scott was very gracious about all my back and forth decision making /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
It was a long day, and the hard part is now just waiting for two months. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
I knew that they were out of 425s, so my goal was to actually see one and decide whether to order one before the price increase. We spent a couple hours operating the demo 422 and 425 with all the implements. I could not tell any power difference between the two. I even asked Scott if we could set something up so I could tell, and in the end I could see no functional difference.
Thus I was faced with a dilemma: If the 422 would suit my needs, why spend the extra $$ for a 425? I could be taking the 422 home that day and avoid the wait for a 425. I was also concerned that the change to a Robins engine had some uncertainties to it and I could take home the known product right then.
Well, my son and I went off to lunch to ponder on the problem. We had promised my wife (who really wanted me to get a BX) that we would go to the nearby Kubota dealer to immediately "eyeball" a BX2230 for comparison. This was an insightful event because the salesman at the Kubota dealer was the salesmanager at Power-Trac for 14 years. He left when PT quit with dealers. He was very balanced in his views about things and didn't say anything bad about PT.
So with the "check in the block" for the wife and lunch in our bellies we went back to make the final decision on a 422 or 425. I defaulted to the "bird in the hand" and decided that if I could take it home that day, it was going to be a 422. This decision was made at 3 PM. Unfortunately I lacked a trailer (I was unprepared, thinking I was going to get a 425). So Scott called around found a trailer place 30 minutes away. Off we went. Their trailers were no good, and try as we might we couldn't solve the problem before PT would close.
In the meantime, I called the wife to tell her the "good news". She was not happy /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif Not about the Kubota, but the lack of a ROPS! My son also wanted the 425, his theory being bigger is always better (he would have left with a 1430 or 1445, since they were in stock). Thus my logic of taking it home that day was blown and with the family against the 422, I placed the order for a 425. Scott was very gracious about all my back and forth decision making /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
It was a long day, and the hard part is now just waiting for two months. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
