Bladehauler
Gold Member
Gonna remove mine when I get home.I love my little tractor , now somebody help me get untangled an off this thing !
Maybe they are testing the waters to see which one sell the best so they can cancel the worst seller. But likely they will stay with whoever gives them the best price, DOLLARS TALK.Such an easy fix...seems stupid that they even bothered to put it there. Although I think that the gas-tank line is in a terrible spot too (right behind your right arm next to/behind the seat) ! Seems like an easy thing to snag if you've got ***** there.
Gary, I have a feeling that the tabs are not on your tractor, looks like an entirely different seat. Side note, interesting thing I heard today from a NH Dealer I know... from what he understands, NH's contract thru LS is supposed to go to 2016. I find it odd that they currently sell nearly identical size tractors, the LS Boomers 40,45,50 and the Shibaura Boomers, 3240,45,50. Both with their anemic 250tl loaders. Anyhow, thought it was interesting.
I cant see them (that is any brand not currently building their own) going back into production as long as they can get a machine fabricated by someone else and to the quality they expect. It would cost them too much to do it AND the market share isn't there for everyone to make their own. All the small tractor makers have more capacity than they can sell under their own brand so they farm our the excess capacity to the other guys and just buy some different color paint. To be competitive, the factory would have to be someplace where labor is cheap so the obvious locations would be something like the Shibaura, LS, Yanmar, Mahindra etc are located which wouldn't gain them anything and maybe cause the prices to be much higher than they can currently sell them for which in turn would give the Shibaura, LS, Yanmar, Mahindra guys an even bigger share of the market without them having to invest any money.My connection says that New Holland is talking about trying to make their tractors from the ground up in the near future (likely they'll still buy an engine) so that'll be interesting. Maybe the LS & Shibaura contract is just a stop-gap until they get up and running.