Nathan_OR
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- Jun 23, 2003
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Hi folks,
I'm a real tractor newbie. I've been renting a Ford 8N for pasture mowing and a little blade work, and I'm ready to buy a tractor for field mowing, garden tilling, a little excavating (landscaping), post holes, and digging out stumps/rocks. I want a CUT with Hydro so my wife can use the loader to move llama beans.
I'm thinking I ought to go Deere because all five of my neighbors drive John Deere, so I'm hoping that they can help me out with mechanical problems. I can do light engine work, but hydraulics and drivetrain I have no experience with, so I'm thinking I might need to rely on them for help. Does this seem like a good reason to go John Deere?
The local John Deere dealer has a pretty decent sales staff as far as knowledge, although I did have to ask all the questions. My concern is that I bought a JE-75 walk-behind mower from them in the past and their service department had it in seven times without figuring out why it kept dying. Not only that but they weren't willing to take it back on a John Deere Promise return. They did sell it for me on consignment without taking any of the price for themselves though. I'm not sure whether to rate this as a "bad experience"... would an experience like this make you folks leery about buying a CUT from the same JD Dealer?
I also don't know where to begin on price. With cars, it's easy: I start at invoice plus a little depending on demand for the car, and work up. Right now I'm looking at the following quotes (all Hydro):
JD 4110 w/ 410 FEL: $15,450, -$600 manuf. rebate
JD 4115 w/ 410 FEL: $17,400, -$800 manuf. rebate
JD 4210 w/ 420 FEL: $18,895, -$1000 manuf. rebate
Do these seem reasonable to those of you who know the Oregon market?
These quotes are for a CUT equipped with R4 tires. I was mainly going for R4 because I have a lot of thistles in my pasture and didn't want to deal with constant flat tires. Plus the landscaping work might give me headaches if I can't get enough traction to dig with turf tires. But I read a post on this forum that suggested that R4 tires are for dumb "yuppies" (like me) who don't know that they slip just as easily as turf tires do! I would definitely go for turf tires if they get the same traction for digging with my loader that R4s would, because I will be driving across my lawn often to get from one pasture to the other. Just want to hear some opinions on this one; I'm sure there will be different ones /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Finally, a technical question: I can't figure out which tractors are equipped with eHydro. Is it a separate option from Hydro, or do some tractors automatically get eHydro if you specify Hydro?
Thanks in advance for all the advice.
Nathan
I'm a real tractor newbie. I've been renting a Ford 8N for pasture mowing and a little blade work, and I'm ready to buy a tractor for field mowing, garden tilling, a little excavating (landscaping), post holes, and digging out stumps/rocks. I want a CUT with Hydro so my wife can use the loader to move llama beans.
I'm thinking I ought to go Deere because all five of my neighbors drive John Deere, so I'm hoping that they can help me out with mechanical problems. I can do light engine work, but hydraulics and drivetrain I have no experience with, so I'm thinking I might need to rely on them for help. Does this seem like a good reason to go John Deere?
The local John Deere dealer has a pretty decent sales staff as far as knowledge, although I did have to ask all the questions. My concern is that I bought a JE-75 walk-behind mower from them in the past and their service department had it in seven times without figuring out why it kept dying. Not only that but they weren't willing to take it back on a John Deere Promise return. They did sell it for me on consignment without taking any of the price for themselves though. I'm not sure whether to rate this as a "bad experience"... would an experience like this make you folks leery about buying a CUT from the same JD Dealer?
I also don't know where to begin on price. With cars, it's easy: I start at invoice plus a little depending on demand for the car, and work up. Right now I'm looking at the following quotes (all Hydro):
JD 4110 w/ 410 FEL: $15,450, -$600 manuf. rebate
JD 4115 w/ 410 FEL: $17,400, -$800 manuf. rebate
JD 4210 w/ 420 FEL: $18,895, -$1000 manuf. rebate
Do these seem reasonable to those of you who know the Oregon market?
These quotes are for a CUT equipped with R4 tires. I was mainly going for R4 because I have a lot of thistles in my pasture and didn't want to deal with constant flat tires. Plus the landscaping work might give me headaches if I can't get enough traction to dig with turf tires. But I read a post on this forum that suggested that R4 tires are for dumb "yuppies" (like me) who don't know that they slip just as easily as turf tires do! I would definitely go for turf tires if they get the same traction for digging with my loader that R4s would, because I will be driving across my lawn often to get from one pasture to the other. Just want to hear some opinions on this one; I'm sure there will be different ones /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Finally, a technical question: I can't figure out which tractors are equipped with eHydro. Is it a separate option from Hydro, or do some tractors automatically get eHydro if you specify Hydro?
Thanks in advance for all the advice.
Nathan