Decisions Decisions.

[Cpenn481]

If it was me, I would go for the TLB, but that is only me.

Any particular reason why? I ask because I know me and I can invent all kinds of justifications for something I want but can get by without.

 

[Cpenn481]

Btw Jeff you are right TBN is my friend. I looked up those threads on limited cat 1 and now have a good understanding. In the process I even learned something about Guage wheels I didn't know. Thanks for that tidbit.

 

[varmint]

Killing time here (I am supposed to be starting taxes...) so I looked up a new L2501 HST with SSQA HD loader, backhoe, R-4 tires with wheel spacers, so forth for a ready to go set up, and it was just over $30000 list. Not that you want just that, but beats doing taxes.

 

[Cpenn481]

Killing time here (I am supposed to be starting taxes...) so I looked up a new L2501 HST with SSQA HD loader, backhoe, R-4 tires with wheel spacers, so forth for a ready to go set up, and it was just over $30000 list. Not that you want just that, but beats doing taxes.

Not at all. That's very helpful. It tells me the price is out of reach on that model. Besides, I'm doing this instead of taking care of reports myself.

 

[jeff9366]

Installation of new trees, digging up and repairing as well as installing new water lines to various out buildings.

For trenching you can use a Rip & Dig bucket attachment, which can also be used to plant trees, although a Bucket Spade is a little better. (You cannot trench with a Bucket Spade.)

VIDEO: Rip and Dig 212 product video.wmv - YouTube

T-B-N Archive: Rip and Dig site:tractorbynet.com - Google Search



Many would recommend a Three Point Hitch SUBSOILER as the most efficient implement for installing water lines, electrical wire and wire conduits.

VIDEO: subsoiler laying pipe - YouTube

T-B-N Archive: Subsoiler laying pipe:tractorbynet.com - Google Search


Put the $6,000 toward the tractor and implements.

 

[dickfoster]

Maybe you should think about just hiring the work done for you and maybe look into getting you own tractor later on.
When I moved in a couple of years ago my five acres were very overgrown. You couldn't see though it must less walk through it. It was also a fire just waiting to happen as we were in the midst of a drought and there were fires all around us then. I hired a land clearing outfit that came in with a hand crew and a couple of masticators on track loaders. They had all of it ship shape and looking like a park in just a couple of days. With all the mulch left from grinding the understory into the forest floor my trees are in much better shape now.
I took delivery of my own tractor a few days ago to help keep it up along with other chores. It would have taken me forever to get it all cleaned up on my own along with a much larger investment in the equipment to do the job, probably not as well as they did. Just a thought. Yeah it wasn't cheap but neither is the equipment to do it all on your own. As far as time element, that depends on the individual but I have all the time I need and I still think it was the way to go.

 

[jeff9366]

Here is a LINK to the Kubota web site.

It offers a new L2501 tractor-loader with HST and 4-WD for $21,676 MSRP. // NO BACKHOE //

Dealer discounts are regularly 5% to 8% less than MSRP, so a real world price would be: $20,592 @ 5% to $19,942 @ 8%.


LINK: Kubota Tractor Corporation - Build My Kubota - L2501

 

[murphy1244]

Here is a LINK to the Kubota web site.

It offers a new L2501 tractor-loader with HST and 4-WD for $21,676 MSRP. // NO BACKHOE //

Dealer discounts are regularly 5% to 8% less than MSRP, so a real world price would be: $20,592 @ 5% to $19,942 @ 8%.


LINK: Kubota Tractor Corporation - Build My Kubota - L2501

If you are only getting 5% better shop somewhere else as I hear people getting 10 to 20% off MSRP.

 

[jeff9366]

Post a LINK to someone who actually received 10% or greater discount on an L2501.

 

[murphy1244]

Post a LINK to someone who actually received 10% or greater discount on an L2501.

You telling me you have not seen these posts?

 

[jeff9366]

Plenty of "I heard" no first person posts. Hearsay is not admissible in court. Hearsay should not be admissible on T-B-N.

Post a first person link claiming a 10% or greater discount on a new L2501. No hearsay.

 

[murphy1244]

Here you go Jeff. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...333667-kubota-dealer-discount-vs-rebates.html

These are off all machines.

 

[varmint]

Seems like it mostly comes down to whatever the potential buyer can negotiate with the potential dealer... but a good guess might be 10% or so, not much more on new models that aren't gathering rust on a dealer's lot. My only experience is buying used Kubotas, and there wasn't much negotiating to be done there... some, but in one case, only about 5% less, if I recall. But then, the price seemed very fair to me, so I didn't whine too much. When I sell tractors, I price them for what I need to get, and I think I communicate that to potential buyers...

 

[brasco426]

I know with what we got for a package, it was around 25% off the website. With the deal I got at the dealer, and incentives I think we did ok. I've seen people get better deals than what I paid. Another factor, atleast what I found is your geographic location. For some reason in New England we pay more for a lot of stuff. Maybe I would have done better buying from a dealer from the South, but I chose to support a local dealer. We did fine and are happy with what we got.

 

[brasco426]

One more thing lol, ours was still on a tractor trailer being shipped from the factory. He just didn't have the tractor optioned the way I wanted it but had the exact one on order. Time of year helps a bit too I found, rebates and incentives are pretty aggressive Jan. and Feb. atleast while we were looking. I even looked during the Fair Season, that's not a bad time to buy either around here.

 

[murphy1244]

One more thing lol, ours was still on a tractor trailer being shipped from the factory. He just didn't have the tractor optioned the way I wanted it but had the exact one on order. Time of year helps a bit too I found, rebates and incentives are pretty aggressive Jan. and Feb. atleast while we were looking. I even looked during the Fair Season, that's not a bad time to buy either around here.

I bought mine Dec. 30th in the afternoon.

 

[s219]

My Kubota discounts have all been in the 12% range from the same dealer.

 

[Cpenn481]

For trenching you can use a Rip & Dig bucket attachment, which can also be used to plant trees, although a Bucket Spade is a little better. (You cannot trench with a Bucket Spade.)

VIDEO: Rip and Dig 212 product video.wmv - YouTube

T-B-N Archive: Rip and Dig site:tractorbynet.com - Google Search



Many would recommend a Three Point Hitch SUBSOILER as the most efficient implement for installing water lines, electrical wire and wire conduits.

VIDEO: subsoiler laying pipe - YouTube

T-B-N Archive: Subsoiler laying pipe:tractorbynet.com - Google Search


Put the $6,000 toward the tractor and implements.

After reading this I took your advice and researched these items. The hoe is now officially off the table. Which in turn rules out the little Used JD I had my eye on as well. Only reason it was in the hunt was for the hoe. It's size is most likely adequate but I really wanted something a little bigger and heavier. Thanks for the advise. The soil where I live is not a lot different from where you are so these items will do nicely. And what's better is I can get that stuff as needed and not include it in the initial investment and use that money to buy more tractor.

 

[Cpenn481]

I know with what we got for a package, it was around 25% off the website. With the deal I got at the dealer, and incentives I think we did ok. I've seen people get better deals than what I paid. Another factor, atleast what I found is your geographic location. For some reason in New England we pay more for a lot of stuff. Maybe I would have done better buying from a dealer from the South, but I chose to support a local dealer. We did fine and are happy with what we got.

I doubt you could have done that much better down south. The price may have been better but the shipping is astronomical. I know because I'm one of the guys Kubota, JD and New Holland calls to ship new tractors and it cost big money for me to come up there. Personally I don't go north of Baltimore for less than 3 grand. Doesn't matter if only one unit or as many as will fit it cost a minimum of that for me to cross that line. I do go North for less but not North east. Couple that with higher property cost and taxes and I can easily see why NE dealers have to get more for what they sale.

 

[Cpenn481]

So another day of research has come and gone. I have ruled out the 1025r and any other SCUT as well. I called Barlow 3 times and left messages each time. Calls where never returned. Not even a sorry I missed your call, call. They will have to give me one sweet deal for me to buy from them now. Not real thrilled about Kubota anyway. I haul new ones out of the Georgia factory fairly regular and when I deliver there are always nuts and bolts laying on the trailer and usually at least one puddle of hydraulic fluid. If I see where it came from I always point it out to the dealer but they seldom seem to care. I also haul for JD. They have a huge plant about 20 miles from my home where the build mostly compacts. I never have stuff on the trailer from them. A few weeks ago I stopped at a dealer in Texas that had pretty red tractors just to see what they were all about. Had never heard of them. The tractors looked very well built but I wasn't familiar with the name Branson. I checked out info on them and found Ga only had 4 dealers but finally assembly and distribution center are located in Rome Ga. I wrote them off any way partly due to familiarality and partly cause of lack of a close by dealer. For some reason that red kept calling my name today so I starting reading up on them on here. That lead to a call to the dealer in Rome Ga. There are 2 closer to me but I called them due to proximity to the brands home base for the US. This dealer was extremely attentive to my concerns. He assured me that most any part I might need he could have at my door step in 24 hours. He further went to to say most consumable items were readily available at Napa. Another Ga based company. Air filters seem to be the exception but he wasn't positive Napa didn't have it just said most people order that through him. He further gave me a rough quote on several models in the 30hp range that I thought were very good. I put the Branson's back on the table for consideration.