Having tradtor hauled.

[Rustyiron]

Import dealers? Were do you think Kubota comes from and the newer JDs are made?

You're missing my point. It's not the tractor, it's the (sometime) wanna be dealer, and the aparent lack of commitment required by the manufacturer to become a "dealer". I'm not flaming any tractor at all, and I know that they are all built… where ever around the globe, no matter the color.
And yes, JD picked up (and returned) my tractor for warranty work, and Kub. sent a mechanic.

 

[alafarm]

This dealer is no fly by night. He has sold over 1,000,000 import tractors. He also has a dealership for stihl, badboy mowers, artic cat, several boats, and I can't remember what else. This place is almost like going to a bass pro shop. He is also one of the largest Mahindra dealers in the country. He has a service shop separate from the sales that covers several acres. This is one reason I went with Mahindra. He has a larger selection of tractors than JD, Kubota, LS, kioti,Massey, or New Holland. I talked to the sales man that sold me mine last month and he said in January they sold more mahindra's than any of the other tractor dealers in the area.

 

[Rustyiron]

Sound's like you have a good, comitted dealer. That means a lot esp. "down the road" when you start neding them more.:thumbsup:
I don't know the full story, but it seems that ALL the big manuf. (in tractors, new car's, motor cycles, etc.) require the dealer to spend HUGE money giving their dealership a major "facelift" every so often. I've seen this with JD forcing a lot of smaller shops to sell out to the big multi store location outfit's that can afford it. 2 perfectly fine looking auto dealership's near me did a big makeover to their facilities to make them look like "the rest of them".
It has to be frustrating and very expensive from a dealers standpoint and in the end, expensive to us, the buyer. Generally a fancy facade will turn me around and head me to another dealer.:thumbsup:

 

[alafarm]

I know what you are saying. We have had 2, JD dealers go out of business in the last few years, and the kabota and Case merged. The sales on Massy, McCormick, Argo are so low that dealer picked up LS. The Kioti dealer is one like you were speaking of, with just a few tractors as a sideline business. From what I have seen and been told, the Mahindra and LS are slamming sales on all the rest in this area. Most of JD sales around here are the larger tractors.

 

[rubicon79]

I'm sorry but I don't see the problem. It's clearly understood that if you have warranty work you're required to bring the tractor to the dealership. There is even a sticker on my Mahindra stating that. I bought the tractor full well knowing that so to expect otherwise seems unreasonable.

 

[alafarm]

I know that also, even though under warranty alot of dealers haul at no charge. What caught me off guard was the amount they charged. I was told by salesman a couple a months ago that it was about a dollar a mile. I had inquired when I was trying to decide if I was going to trade trailers. Turns out it was twice that. The dollar a mile sounded reasonable to me, since about 3 years ago I had one hauled and it was a little under a $1.00 a mile.

 

[rubicon79]

I don't know what other dealers do and that quite frankly has no bearing on what happens with me. I didn't buy my tractor there so I don't see how that matters.

Ok my truck gets 10 mpg loaded. If I go 200 miles it costs me $60. They have to pay somebody $15 an hour on the absolute low end 3 hours each trip so say 6 hours total. That's $90 plus the $60 is $150. That only leaves $50 to maintain a truck and trailer and they are a business and businesses have to make money. Again I just don't see the problem.

 

[aginn]

I like the idea of a sunny day and a cup of coffee. Showing off my tractor as I take a jaunt to the dealership riding on the "beast".

 

[alafarm]

Rubicon79, Don't know where you got 200 miles, or 3 hours each trip?

 

[Deere Dude]

I like the idea of a sunny day and a cup of coffee. Showing off my tractor as I take a jaunt to the dealership riding on the "beast".

X2 Get on the tractor and have it there in an hour and a half. The first trip seems long but after that it is a piece of cake. I had to take mine 12 miles on a state highway and was a little nervous at first but I figured farmers take their tractors field to field all the time, so what is the difference other than the length.

Consider that the dealer might say it is fixed and then you get it home and there is something they missed, then you have to take it back; another $200 down the drain.