Very sadly, my dad lost his courageous battle with cancer recently. He fought hard, but what a terrible, terrible, relentless disease that he could not battle any longer. While dad was fighting and in the hospital, mom and dad purchased his dream machine, a brand new L5740 with all the goodies. We had taken delivery of it last summer and posted pictures of it at the hospital to help motivate him to get better and get home to some tractor therapy!
Luckily, dad was able to get home after 5 months in various hospitals and play a little with his new toy, but sadly not very long. This fine machine only has 11.2 hrs on it I beleive. Mom is a little bit intimidated by its size and power, and would rather have something smaller to use.
She plans to stay on the farm, although won't be doing much serious farm work. Just taking care of the 3 acre yard and driveways. She likes to mow with her GR2110 and haul stuff with the RTV800. Dad also bought a big Kubota commercial ZTR that he was able to mow with a bit this last summer. Not sure what she plans to do with that either.....yeah, they like Kubotas!
The L was optioned with the factory cab, a/c, heat, CD stereo, wipers, de-fogger, loader, quick attach bucket, pallet forks, rear aux hyd, and a Bison hyd angle rear blade.
I suggested to mom the B3030, becuase of its compact size and the mandatoy for her factory cab with a/c heat and stereo, etc. She would also get the loader and a backblade. this would allow her to plow the snow in a warm cab when needed and have the super useful loader for summer chores around the acreage. Perhaps she would even go with a belly mower to speed up the lawn mowing. We still do have some large IH tractors for the heavy stuff.
Any suggestions, comments, or advice? She has 0% interest on the L and a hefty monthly payment....I beleive the tractor was around $48,000 delivered, but I can't remember for sure....They traded in an IH 856 on it, so I think the loan is around $35,000. I think the B3030 would be about $15,000 less then the L5740 list, but not sure how the dealer will feel about taking the 11 hr machine in on trade.....heck, he could sell it at as a demo I guess. i hope he considers the situation and treats her well.....I think mom and dad bought over $80,000 worth of orange machines in the last two years from him.
Mom is not willing to get beat up too bad on the trade in, so she would either keep or sell it privately if the trade was not right.
Any other machines to consider? Thanks in advance for the suggestions, it is much appreciated.
Luckily, dad was able to get home after 5 months in various hospitals and play a little with his new toy, but sadly not very long. This fine machine only has 11.2 hrs on it I beleive. Mom is a little bit intimidated by its size and power, and would rather have something smaller to use.
She plans to stay on the farm, although won't be doing much serious farm work. Just taking care of the 3 acre yard and driveways. She likes to mow with her GR2110 and haul stuff with the RTV800. Dad also bought a big Kubota commercial ZTR that he was able to mow with a bit this last summer. Not sure what she plans to do with that either.....yeah, they like Kubotas!
The L was optioned with the factory cab, a/c, heat, CD stereo, wipers, de-fogger, loader, quick attach bucket, pallet forks, rear aux hyd, and a Bison hyd angle rear blade.
I suggested to mom the B3030, becuase of its compact size and the mandatoy for her factory cab with a/c heat and stereo, etc. She would also get the loader and a backblade. this would allow her to plow the snow in a warm cab when needed and have the super useful loader for summer chores around the acreage. Perhaps she would even go with a belly mower to speed up the lawn mowing. We still do have some large IH tractors for the heavy stuff.
Any suggestions, comments, or advice? She has 0% interest on the L and a hefty monthly payment....I beleive the tractor was around $48,000 delivered, but I can't remember for sure....They traded in an IH 856 on it, so I think the loan is around $35,000. I think the B3030 would be about $15,000 less then the L5740 list, but not sure how the dealer will feel about taking the 11 hr machine in on trade.....heck, he could sell it at as a demo I guess. i hope he considers the situation and treats her well.....I think mom and dad bought over $80,000 worth of orange machines in the last two years from him.
Mom is not willing to get beat up too bad on the trade in, so she would either keep or sell it privately if the trade was not right.
Any other machines to consider? Thanks in advance for the suggestions, it is much appreciated.