Buying Advice Cabela's selling Compact Tractors

[IslandTractor]

Let's see they have mechanics fixing the boats they sell. They can easily either hire a tractor mechanic or send a boat mechanic to school for repair.

Diesel mechanics are not dime a dozen. Hydraulics are not routine either.

 

[GManBart]

I just wonder who at Cabelas is gonna fix them.... The teenage sales associates? Not.

You may have missed it posted here, but they have been advertising to hire experienced heavy equipment mechanics for quite some time. I still wouldn't buy one from them...higher price for the same machine, but they say they're trying to hire the right people to service them.

 

[GManBart]

Here is one of their ads for tractor mechanics:

Wisconsin Jobs - CABELA'S WHOLESALE INC Tractor Mechanic in GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, United States

 

[TSO]

Here is one of their ads for tractor mechanics:

Wisconsin Jobs - CABELA'S WHOLESALE INC Tractor Mechanic in GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, United States

I wonder what their "competitive salary" is ... ?

 

[GManBart]

I wonder what their "competitive salary" is ... ?

I couldn't begin to guess!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I wonder what their "competitive salary" is ... ?

Must be able to stand/walk. Well there goes half the techs I know, leaving the job to the kids.

 

[GManBart]

Must be able to stand/walk. Well there goes half the techs I know, leaving the job to the kids.

Don't forget hear well enough to communicate with customers!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Don't forget hear well enough to communicate with customers!

Starting about 15 years ago, cars and trucks began getting reliable enough to where half the techs I know were forced out of the business or make wages not worth the effort. That benefitted a whole host of other tech type jobs when line mechanics from the auto industry used to messing with computer controlled everything went into industries just getting computer controls.

I always liked independent shops where I could make more as a tech than at dealerships, but also because I could talk directly to my customers.

 

[Btown]

Diesel mechanics are not dime a dozen. Hydraulics are not routine either.

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Good ones maybe, but they are everywhere. Every Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Jeep, VW, Mercedes, BMW dealer. Almost Every tractor dealership, Bobcat dealerships, all big rigs dealerships etc... Diesel engines are everywhere and there are plenty of people to work on them. Diesel engines seem to need less work than gas engines.

 

[GreenCamo]

Re: Cabela's selling Compact Tractors Heck of a price till March 26, 2015

I wonder how well they would stand by warrantee if you put +500 hours per year on it?

Wounder what Freight and additional charges typically run?

Cabela's standard warranty is 3 years or 3,000 hours complete machine plus an additional 2 years (still 3K hr max) on the power train. So 500 hrs per year would only put you at 2500 before the powertrain warranty ran out. It is a full Parts & Labor warranty with no deductible ever - TYM themselves do not even have this warranty. Also, Pick-Up & Delivery or Mobile Field Service is included for any warrantable issue for the full five years.

Remember all dealers charge for freight and prep, but not all line item it out on the sales contract. Prep/Set-Up/PDI charges for tractor only $250.00 - same for tractor with loader/backhoe $450.00 - inbound freight $350.00 or $400.00 I think. So a tractor with loader and backhoe would be $800.00 to $850.00 while a base tractor only with say a brush cutter or rear blade, or post hole digger, etc) would be $600.00 or $650.00