Is this a new tractor?

[Diggin It]

I know of one situation where production dates matters, even if not model year.

On earlier 125s, it's necessary to remove one rear wheel to install or remove the three point hitch assembly. On later models, they incorporated a change to make that unnecessary. I don't know for sure where the break is, but mine has the old system.

 

[MaineGuy1]

Some tractor manufacturers are putting model years on the tractor. My Massey has a model year and it is also clearly written in the paperwork as model year 2019. I looked at Kioti and LS, they all had model years. Kubota did not have a model year that I could see. I understand that in the past the model year was the year the tractor was sold new. Some OEM's are going away from that, it still may be new, but the model year will be listed as say "2018".

 

[MHarryE]

Go to tractor data.com. Select your tractor. If there is a year record, you will find it on the general page, lower right. For example I selected international 806 and it gave the starting serial number for each year. I selected Kubota L5740 and it said serial numbers unknown. Manufacturers will have production dates in their system but may not publish it. When I purchased a Kubota L3710 the dealer wrote on the invoice a year but when I traded it in the next dealer said it had to be a year earlier because that’s when they stopped building them. To the dealer trading nothing made a difference in this tractor other than model and hours. On my next tractor, the L5740, there was a major update in the middle of production. I believe it was designated on the serial number plate as HDTC-3 with the -3 at the end being important. Different hydro, different PTO engagement, etc. So in general there is not a big difference, but sometimes that’s not at all true. Negative thinkers should always go in thinking I’m going to get screwed because that’s life.

 

[oosik]

I bought my M6040 in July, 2009. The date of manufacture was September, 2008. The warrantee began the day of purchase. None of my paperwork, which I still have, show a model year - just the model.

BFD....... My Rhino 950 rear blade was purchased in 2017 - assembled in 2015. Obviously stored under cover - no rust anywhere.

 

[Diggin It]

Massey Ferguson | Tractors

 

[chevy]

I have been told by salesman that the year that a new tractor was built, does not matter at the time of purchase.

I have found that the year a tractor was built seems to matter a lot to a salesman when you trade that tractor in.

 

[Professor Marvel]

when i bought my NH about 8 years ago from a private seller he wrote 2003 on the receipt. i was only concerned about the serial number. i assumed something in the serial number was code for the year but can't find any cross reference even in the NH shop manual.
messicks has 3 different year ranges in their parts section when looking for parts. i use 2003 and have always gotten the part that works. i always wonder though if the next part i order will work. i don't care what the year is apart from this reason.
from reading this thread i now realize i am not the only one that is unsure of their tractor year.

 

[metalbender]

chevy's post hit it right on the head.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

So, say you walked in today and bought a tractor. You tell the salesman you want a new xxxx model, front end loader, mid mount mower, however you want it set up. You go back and forth on numbers and eventually come to terms. You write him a check, sign the loan documents, however you pay for it. He says, we'll deliver it in 5 days.
Guy brings it out, unloads it, and looking at the numbers on the tractor and the paperwork, the tractor is a 2018 model.
It only has .8 hours, it's never been bought before, but it's last years model. It's new, i guess, but seems like a ****** thing to do. I think the dealer should have told the guy it would be a 2018 model, even though the 2018 and 2019 didn't change. This happened to a friend of a friend, i don't know him. My buddy told me about it. He was upset, but i guess didn't raise much ****, because he kept tractor.

Or, is this no big deal?

Just found this out myself on my new Kubota 1140 rtv. Some dealers were quoting around $700 less than others. Turns out those were 18's and not 19's. I went for the 19 still in the crate . No one said anything till I questioned the price difference... I agree, not really kosher...

 

[tradosaurus]

I randomly chose a Kubota dealership and they do advertise the year model.
New Kubota L Series Models For Sale Pittsburg Tractor, Inc.

When I bought my L3301 in February of this year the tractor had been sitting on the lot since Oct of 2018. The salesman told me this when I asked.

My bill of sale does not show a model year for the tractor I bought. The ONLY reason it would matter is if the tractor I bought new had been sitting out on the lot over a year.

Messicks has a video explaining why year model doesn't matter like cars do.

Do tractor model years matter?? - TMT - YouTube