oldtoyboyd
Silver Member
You need to shop around.
I paid 19,700 out the door for my R4047 Shuttle
I paid 19,700 out the door for my R4047 Shuttle
Mangus..
A few things to consider..
Now this is all my opinion of course. I think you can do much better on price. I live in W. PA and paid $20,000 out the door / delivered for my machine. I have the R4041 with the EZ shift transmission. Sort of a cross between shuttle and hydro I guess.
Anyways, I think hes throwing in the free delivery and warranty delivery / pickup because; as you stated the dealer is only a couple miles away. Its safe to say that he would have less than an hours labor round trip to take the tractor back for any warranty work.
The loader does have a small "sweet" spot to curl and lift at the same time. When you do catch it, the loader hydraulics are a lot slower. You mentioned the shuttle lever being a little short. You will learn to appreciate that the first time you got to get off the tractor and hit the lever with your hip causing it to drive away on its own. I have trained myself to put the lever AND the trans gear selector in neutral when dismounting. That way, if you hit the shuttle lever, it wont take off on you.
Now again.. my opinion: I would, and did go with rimguard without the tubes. CCL is very caustic when exposed to air. At some point, a thorn or something will compromise the tube which will cause the CCL to leak into the void between the rim and tube. There is much discussion on CCL vs Rimguard on the boards. For me, Rimguard was the best choice because 1) CCL would kill my grass to the root if it leaked, 2) I will never have to worry about rims deteriorating from the inside out, and 3) I cant plug an inner tube. I have read good results on these boards of people filling rims themselves with RV antifreeze rather that CCL.
My last thought: If it were me.. and its not.. but if it was.. Knowing what I know now, I would tell him to forget all of the free delivery, fuel, wax and CCL and get a bigger machine for the same price as his deal on the 3039. I think an R4041 is within reach of your $19250 budget.
In the tractor world.. 99.9% of the time.. bigger IS better.
This may give you a little more perspective on the deal he is offering.. I came across this AFTER my initial post.
2012 LS Tractor R4041H with Front Loader
Rayjay, the way I see it is this....
I was originally looking at the G3033 - and decided I would prefer the beef of the R3039.
I think if my starting point had been the R3039, I would consider a jump up to the 4041, or 4047. The jump from the 39 to the 41 and 47 isnt that much. Its kind of like the jump from the G3033 to the R3039.
At the price of the R3039, I am already more than I really should spend. Honestly (dont tell the wife this) I should probably just go buy something used. It was just hard to justify spending $8-10k on a used Kubota that is smaller than the G3033 at $15.5k. Then I fell in love with the R3039..... and it was all down hill. I really cant go anymore than the 18-19k I am looking at now. I decided to make the jump to the R3039, since if I am going to buy something.... I should at least by HAPPY with what I get. The 3039 should do anything I ever need (and most likely more!)
Hope this helps some in your decisions....
I'm pretty sure tractors are like outbuildings/barns....no matter how big you get, you wish it was just a little bigger! Stretching to buy something a little bigger, and new will likely pay dividends down the road. I started out looking at used, and decided that I don't have time to mess with downtime if/when things break, and being able to call the dealer to send someone to fix it under warranty is a major plus.