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I can give some info here. Our shipping logic is a lot more sophisticated than other people who sell parts online. We honor every price our shopping cart gives, while many others will call you back and ask for more money because they quote wrong. Shipping 5 gallon pails is obviously expensive...

There are diagnostics, but it's not normal CAN.

There is no CAN bus on that tractor.

You are 100% correct that there are too many brands on the market today. Back of the napkin says some of these new tractor companies are selling less than 1000\tractors a year in the US. The 2nd tier "successful" ones maybe 6000-8000. That's not enough to build a proper business on. Either some...

I have never heard this before. They are pioneer couplers. I wonder if some inexperienced tech had a hard time getting something to connect and drew their own conclusions.

I'd say lots are about about 70%. There are still area's where machines or implements are hard to find, but its decreasing all the time. The "sellers market" of the last two years is gone. Our vendors are ratcheting up promotions again.

Used priced are nuts. Used inventories are at the lowest level I've ever seen it. We are noticing auction values going over the price of new equipment. I'm a little scared to really put all our cards into that as we expect values to collapse once new inventory starts to normalize. We are...

and Yes, we are selling the old home store. Its currently under contract. pretty sad for many of us, my Grandfather built that location and my Dad and Uncle grew that location for nearly their entire careers. I worked there as a kid, helped with open houses, etc. Lots of memories. We had...

So I missed the start of this. What do you all what to know? :-) Few questions to what I saw so far. Yes.. we use a hub and spoke model. We have 5 stores, 1 Hub with 4 spokes (which is not a lot by todays standards) Yes, the new building was nutty expensive. We where super fortunate to lock...

Standard rate is 5-6-7% financing, not the 0% promotional rate. Its treated the same as cash when calculating tractor pricing.

Even an elementary look online and you'll find the claims experience is very different between these companies. You get what you pay for with insurance. there is a reason you'll find so many people champion Kubota KTAC. It actually pays for things, and the claims experience is unmatched.

Messick's has the tractor, loader and backhoe. I'd suspect we'd need to wait on a completing kit for the backhoe but could deliver the rest of the tractor. No real options there but to get in line and wait.

We have the LX-SU models in stock. It does seem like your the right candidate for one.

5075e is a cheap tractor made in India. Any Kubota, New Holland, etc is a notch above in quality.

If your asking me specifically, we have a secretary who's job it is to manage campaigns, recalls, etc and lining up all the work. Completing those things is part of our dealer standards requirements. If your not up to par it hurts your profitability in other areas so yes.. we do them all. We...

The frequency of campaigns in the last 2-3-4 years has gone way up. We're doing several hundred a year now. Much of it related to consumer protection law.

The one thing you need to watch when buying out of the area is campains and updates. the notifications for these go to your selling dealer and its their job to perform them. Its fair to expect the dealers selling way outside their area never do these updates. We put some boundaries on how far...

Most of the tractor markets are flat, or Up! people are at home working on their properties. Equipment sales have been very, very good. Little reason to see prices drop, if anything they may go up if we start seeing supply chain problems and healthy sales.

I like your ranking there, but you should add that the difference between "money is no object" and "buying the cheapest new tractor I can find" is usually 10%. This is not the difference between a AMG and a KIA.

Odds are what you are seeing is the result of the governments truth in lending rules. The states doc fee's, UCC's, finance charges, etc are all factored into the rate you see on the contact. None of the 0% loans, will say 0% on the contract.

If your in PA, we would be glad to help!

I was told july.

As a dealer, the one concern of going too far away is campaign or recall work. The notifications for these things go to the selling dealer. People who have bought machines from dealers hours away are likely unaware of the non-safety related updates to their machines. The dealerships who sold...

Its too early to tell what the fallout maybe. In another month we'll have a much better idea. At this point, little is changing.

E-PTO is kinda a silly feature. The idea was to save fuel, but a modern electronically controlled engine burns based on torque load.. and that does not change @ 540E. Agree with you that I don't know why you would turn off constant RPM.

LX's are spring shipments. The new 26hp LX-SU model will be the same price as todays B2650 (that has the mid-PTO). personally.. I'd buy the B2650 while they last.

way too much time is spent worrying about this stuff. Keep your throttle over 50% and go to work.

We sell all these systems, they all work about the same. I'd not consider it when making a purchase.

The HP loss from a modern hydro is not nearly as much today as it was years ago. Check PTO HP differences, there just is not that much to make up any more.

M5 is not dated, its the same style as the new M4D.

rear discharge decks don't cut as well, or clean out as well as side discharges. We've had several customers return them.

No problem, low range and chug along. Chains if its icy.

Kubota does not give good multi-unit discounts. One would think buying 3 machines should get you a good discount... but its 1%. Thats Kubota, not your dealer.

We pay tractor mechanics very well. Lawn and garden oriented shops pay poorly, but when you get into meaningful equipment you can do very well. We pay better than any automotive technicians in our area. I'd hire 10 young guys who want to become mechanics today if we could. Not enough of you...

Nothing is shipping yet.

It all depends on the program being used to operate the machine in rental fleet. For our own rental units, about 80% would be in this program that would still treat the machine as brand new when its sold, giving it a 2-year warranty.

when your in the line of work that Art and I are, you quickly see that all equipment is not created equal. Somehow that impression is being lost on the internet. Owners of mediocre products will defend its virtues so their personal thinking that they made the right choice stays intact (lots of...

I've been to the Kubota factory in George and saw the bucket building robot myself. Its an impressive place. Hard to know where every widget comes from, but they where building a heck of a lot more of the product there than i expected to see. I'd say the same thing for most of the factory tour...

I'd question the honesty of a dealership so brazen as to advertise that its customers commit tax evasion.

Curious myself, seems to have taken everyone by surprise.

'V' means a valve is part of the tractor, that's a normal model code. not new. All BX23's have alway had backhoes. There has never been a non-backhoe version. R is the tire that ships on the tractor.

it will be several months before this filters into retail prices, its also not on all models.

I had bumped that unit to the front of the setup queue so I could film it. It will be a few days though. I'm tied up in a meeting until the end of the week.

This is not correct. Its the same transmission. They did not remove $2500 of stuff, reality is probably that they are trying to close the gap on a cab MX or Std L that everyone has been wanting for years. This was the fastest \ easiest way to kinda get there.

DOC also runs a lot of EGR (exhaust gas recirc) that comes with an entirely different set of concerns and efficiency issues. That along with the higher required engine base heat to operate at all. There is no free lunch. Interesting footnote, Kubota makes DOC only engines but chooses not to use...

any tractors advertised with 'DPF free' engines are using a DOC. Its 90% the same as a DPF but rather than running though a cycle the DOC is always burning. Using emissions as a selling feature is kinda silly.

its nothing weird? just not that many are sold so you won't find much online.

April. It can be hauled on 10k with the right combination of trailer and weight transfer to the truck. They pushed the capability hard, and thus the weight too.

My thinking too. You should not be seeing a regen every 12 hours, that's for sure. To me that's an indicator of another problem. We had another customer in this same situation, all loader work and the guy refused to run the Rev's higher even though we kept telling him too. Although the spike \...

Your absolutely correct. All the policies we sell are replacement cost, the actual value policies have to be bought direct.

not going to bother correcting the points, but simply to say there is a lot of loud opinions in this thread that are wrong.

It covers implements the are on the contact. If they are not on the contact, they are not covered. It was asked if there are adjusters, there are not. Its complete loss coverage, not a deprecated amount. There is no need for an adjuster. If it's broke, we make you hole, if its a complete...

Ruined my weekend plans.

$10,300 for an RK is still a hefty price when you figure a Kubota is only about 10-15% more.

The PA farm show is AWFUL. The VASTLY better one is the Keystone farm show in York. It runs over the same dates. We'd be glad to help, we regularly sell and service within a 5-6 hour drive. Your well within our service area.

Yea, that's not even in the ballpark. Now on the manufacturers side... we'd all have our suspicions

You can probably get a greater than 10% discount any time you want if you buy the implement from the company that makes it. All the Frontier stuff is from other companies, painted green, and marked up an extra 30%.

If anyone is still looking for these, we have some cheap take-off's. Call our parts dept and ask for Nate Glessner.

Kubota has been working on that engine for awhile now, I'd guess its a year out. What Mahindra has is just marketing speak. Its a DOC only engine, many companies use them. Its 90% the same thing as a DPF, its just continuously burning rather than cycling. Kubota has made DOC only engines for...

Yea, go for it.

any new tractor brand would have export requirements forbidding dealers from selling overseas. now for used, its not an issue.

The Land Pride division of Kubota has a 3rd function make specifically for that tractor. Its nicer than the WR valve. The build and price tool is good, but its not perfect.

The emissions warranty is 5 years. It is in your best interest to operate the tractor as instructed. Tier 4 tractors need heat, and won't be happy if you put-put your tractor around especially if its wanting to go through a regen cycle. this gets thrown around a lot, it only applies to...

only 3pt kits are for the TLB series. BX, B26,L47,M62. That's it. It has to come though parts.

I'd continue to point out that it's not raw weight that's important, it's ballasting your machine properly for the applications you have. The industry has gotten over buying raw tonage, we're rarely talking about weight any more even with large field tractors. Comparing weight across brands is...

Believe me. we spend a TON of time on this. Most of the other dealers selling parts online don't even show their own stock and just pretend they have everything. No one makes any effort to show discontinued stuff (we do on some). Accurate availability is a real challenge.

Kubota had a 'tractor bra' at one point that helped heat the entire engine compartment. You may consider one of those.

our computer systems don't accurately show availability from all the various sources we can get parts from, so when something is not in stock we show a generic vendor ETA. A real person does all the checking to make sure a part is not available from obsolete warehouses, Kubota, other dealers...

industry is up about 15% actually. also will add, lots of guys talking a lot about emissions. I sell tractors with DPF and DOC based engines. Emissions is a terrible thing to use as a comparison feature in tractors. One is not any more trouble free than the other.

the funny thing is the discount $$$ are WAY bigger than the features removed. They are moving the model down market.

Seen it, can't believe they offer it. Because Lawyers.

Yes, the 70 blade fits the 80. You just need to remove the grill guard.

Unless your getting some weird kit, we'd have it all in stock.

not available because of the detune that occured at Tier 3 and tier 4i..

I sell about every variation of emissions system out there, beyond some slick branding no company really has anything truly unique. These systems are WAY beyond the R&D budget of most companies, so more often than not its another companies technologies. I would not say that any one system is...

better call the manufacturer of every payloader and let them know.

buy the MX.

end of this month. not anything huge this year.

Its EFI

Thanks guys :-)

I've been emailing with him. The parking brake is what it is, I don't care for it personally. The hydraulics are another matter. That's not normal, and I'm not sure he was getting good advice on resolving it.

that's totally normal for all equipment, thus why the first service interval is so short.

947 is the pivot pin.. which is a bogus marketing number because you don't lift there. If you had a load this heavy, you'd be sorely disappointed because the tractor would not lift it. It's usually about a 30% reduction to bucket center.. the more honest number that Kubota uses. I actually did a...

consolidation has been going on in our industry for a long time now. Its pushed by some manufacturers, but small dealers would also tell you its hard to turn a profit if your not moving a significant volume of equipment. The magic number had been dealer groups with at least 100 million in sales...

IMO.. I think you'll see RK flame out in 3-5 years (depending how long their contract with TYM is). This is not a new concept, and its flamed out every time its been tried.

Correct, if you have a DPF you don't need EGR (can't say there is not an exception out there somewhere). Yes, an MX5100 is tier 3 (current MX5200 is tier 4) Higher RPM would take more fuel.. I did not say that it would not. My point was though that its not as much as you would think given its...

All the talk about fuel here misses one important point. These tractors are all using electronic fuel injection, not mechanical. Fuel is delivered for the needed load, its not linear fuel delivery any more. It takes very little fuel just to spin the cylinders, so the higher engine RPM in and of...

It throws codes on the dash LCD most of the time. Any concerns about computers in tractors are about 1000x over blown. We have almost zero problems with the computer itself.

Kero today, and engines today are not the same as they where years ago. You can mess stuff up really fast using Kero.

Any worries about this are silly. No one should use emmissions as a buying factor. We sell every variation of emmissions and none are any better or more trouble free than any other. 90% of the issues with this stuff are operator induced.

The number your looking for is 19KW which is 25.5 HP if your scientific about it. All the models you listed are Tier 4 compliant, all tractors today have to be. However the requirements differ depending on the HP range, and under this magic number no DPF is required to scrub the soot from the...

I think your connection between weight and safety\stability is not valid at all.. or really even your hyper focus on weight as a significant buying factor. It's more about balance, proper ballast, etc. You need weighti n the right places, not just tonnage. Wheel spacers are known to make a HUGE...

They likely will be for decades, because its a very common tractor. Availability is mostly driven my machine populations. The business of parts is really a simple numbers game driven by computer algorithms.

If your buying parts on Amazon at this point, your likely paying more than buying from a dealer directly. (we sell some on there). Amazon adds about 14% in fee's. Same with eBay, but they are 10-12%.

did that with one of the kids fidget spinners. Blew apart in my hand. Ouch.

The reason parts are expensive is because its very labor intensive. Each item has to be sourced, ordered, counted, packaged by the manufacturer, then ordered, counted, binned, by the dealers stock people, then a technician needs to help you determine what you need, and retrieve it from the bin...

K U B O T A. BX-series is built here. Imported engine and trans, but the rest is done here. Been to the factory.

aftermarket places normally don't have much for Kubota, or really most modern equipment for that matter.

There is a very good reason your Kubota filters are more expensive! (Wix makes Napa filters)

At the end of the day, you'll be hard pressed to notice the difference in power between these choices, even a 20% jump from an L3301 to L3901 is not always super noticeable. When you're splitting hairs like this on transmission choices I think you kinda miss the point. Its best to buy what can...

As I understand the current engines should be compliant with Tier 5, whenever it comes.

73 seconds.

If you saw a $4000 difference, you where priced the wrong model. The Deere sits between the B2650 and L2501... less tractor than an L, about the same capacities as the B but the Deere is a tad larger. Competitively, the Deere 3E is one of their least competitive tractors against about any other...

call Kubota KTAC. They do other brands as well.

You know if you don't buy the Kubota, every time this happens you will be regretting not buying it.

Kubota is a humble company (almost to a fault in my opinion). They've rarely used their position in the market as a tool (recent BX ad is the only thing I can think of). They did not say anything... looks like what your referencing is an article from one of the industry papers. UCC data is...

Q? Why do you care so much? This is not new news. Kubota has had 50% of the small tractor business for probably nearly 10 years now. Using UCC data is very, very common. There is no reporting of sales to anyone but the AEM who keeps the data private. So analysts look at UCC registrations.

super secret. odds are you had an extra space or weird character in your email address. Easiest way to order is 877-260-3528.

Contact Bryan Knowles, the guy you ordered from. 877-260-3528.

Apologies for the surprise. Shipping fluids is expensive as the weight adds up fast. The charge was the regular price off the Fedex scale. Not sure what conversation you had with the parts tech, but if you tell them your not in a hurry they will look for cheaper\slower options. Most of our...

I'm a garage tinker myself and a supporter for right to repair, but I'm a bit annoyed to see the criticism leveled at the dealer & manufacturer. This is an issue that needs addressed with the EPA. Everyone is just doing what they have laid out.

thou shall never back drag with the bucket cylinders extended way out.

Yea, I'd agree that we've seen more problems from EGR and Common Rail than we've really seen from a DPF.

correct. No EGR needed because the DPF does the scrub. DOC uses a combination of EGR and base-line heat.

anyone who claims not to have a DPF has a DOC.. which is 90% the same. Its a DPF that does not burn. It meets its particular mater (PM) requirement by running the engine extra hot so the exhaust stream is cleaner. It also uses EGR (exhaust gas recirc) to reburn the exhaust, which DPF does not...

We get $25 for selling KTAC.. yippie! Its not a profit center. I don't know the details of Deere's insurance, someone else can dive in and do that comparison. It does not look like they give any details online except to say that its underwritten by a 3rd party called Sentry. I'd not guess it...

Gotcha. Too many letters.

I suspect there are some important details missing here. That LS about the same tractor as a B2301... that should be about 40% cheaper than your suggesting. We ran a special on the New Holland version (Boomer 24) for $12,900.

As you should be guessing, it's also substantially different coverage. A quick read of TBN will find many people making claims against their KTAC insurance... but I don't think I've ever seen one report of someone making a claim against their Deere coverage. Costs are obviously different, we've...

There is no free deck. That's not a thing. The Ad's say they include attachments because Deere typically does these kind of Ad's with tractors only. I'm happy to add facts to this thread, but I'm confused where its going.

there are blue books. they are useless.

You have two within 75 miles according to the dealer locator. Different world over here. Within a two hour drive of me you could probably hit a 12-15 Kubota dealers. As you can guess the pricing pressure is a weeeee bit different.

Not much to add, but to say I don't think these changes are made for cost reasons. It's likely that todays tire options are causing clearance issues with the back corners of the mower decks. There are models you can't use some deck\tire combo's with and I'd suspect they are addressing clearance...

I'd say the same thing for any organization that's proved their worth in the market (CNH, Kubota, Agco, etc). There is nothing Deere can do that these companies can't. There are a lot of attributes of Deere I loath, the only company I enjoy mocking more is Comcast. I don't think any of Deere's...

There are some industry reasons for this. Some companies bake in the high-cost of next-day delivery service to the dealer into their parts pricing, while Kubota does not. You can get parts that quickly... you just have to ask. Its not the default service level. Some less experienced parts tech's...

I very much agree with you that buying has changed, and not in good ways. I have a series of YouTube videos coming out about some of those things. Specifically, too many people doing internet only research and doing comparisons using spreadsheets with numbers they do not understand. Tractor and...

As a dealer, Kubota has never been in a better position competitively now as we are with the BX80. We've just got a whole ton of features with very useful benefits for like a $200 price increase. The fit and polish on the current product is fantastic, and the lead on the other tractors in the...

all driver over mower decks are finicky, the Deere is no exception. An honest sales person will come clean about that.

Current B2301\B2601 are suspended.

9-10k check for slop in the u-joints between the engine and trans and also down to the wheels.

Your good ole boys can see if the local Kubota service rep can point them in the right direction. There are resources.

There are a handful that do. The internet says we're a Mahindra dealer. I've contacted the website that says so several times and they never change it. We get periodic phone calls because of it.

KTAC is fantastic, and frankly another reason to buy a Kubota!

There are actually exhaust scrubbers that are bolt on. They are used when diesel engines are run indoors. Would take some research to find one that's right for your tractor. we have put them on excavators that are run for interior demolition

For a nice size tractor, there is year round demand.

I'll add to this.. Do I think Deere's products justify their price... obviously no. Do I think that Deere has a vastly superior dealer network, parts support, knowledgeable technicians, and able to provide a better overall ownership experience than (insert 'value' brand X here). Absolutely.

Thanks for your business

are we inadequate in some way?

we're spoiled in our area. There are lots of good dealers here, that's part of what's driven our level of customer service to such heights... its required to stand out. A lot of people come to us from long, long distances away because the standard of service in their area is so much lower.

I did the work for you..

As a whole, I'd say people vastly underestimate the amount of interaction engineers and manufacturers have with end users. I see it ALOT. However TBN would be a terrible place to glean that info as you have no context of who the person is behind the keyboard is. A lot of 'problems' that come up...

Most of the people at the tractor companies are aware of TBN, it's a respectable source of info. I'd hesitate to say its a great resource though. A certain kind of person comes here, and does not really reflect the average consumer.

2-range rear end has always been this models biggest weakness. Yanmar builds all those bits, I guess thats why it does not get updated??

As long as your on there as a Guarantor, you'll have no issues.

with bushings

I'm going to do a video on this shortly, but we are starting to see companies making geometry changes to pump the spec sheet numbers. They are giving up reach and height in exchange for a bigger number. Every design choice is a compromise. Reality is, there is less of a difference between...

I think you can see there, performance dips when you add a quick coupler. All tractors do this.

This happens at several places in the product line. You should be buying on your needs and application, not the biggest numbers. These products are very different from each other.

Re: Mahendra 1526 Vs Kubota L2501 as you guys are finding here, tractor companies are starting to make changes to geometry and travel to 'cook the books' on their spec sheets. Things like limiting loader lift heights so you have a higher lift capacity specification. Unfortunately all driven by...

because of all the stuff related to identity, doing it online saves the dealer basically no time.

Typically $5500-6000 for heat & A/C. Just an enclosure can be as cheap as $1000, an add on cab that's not awful to sit in is usually $3000-4000 (plus heat, and air if you want it)

Well thats 5 votes for us :-) Thanks so much guys. Good to hear we are doing it right.

I'll echo thats a terrible tractor for your application. If a dealer lead you in that direction, find a new dealer.

I'd hope that's what people are doing. No single company can do the best of everything? (die hard green guys always confused me in this way)

A lot of New Holland actually. CNH is very strong in south America.

The Kubota feature\quality wise is more on par with the 'M' Deere tractors. The 'E' is built in India and has that stench. You also have to watch the PTO HP in that series. I forget exactly which one it is, but either the 5065 or 5075 has abysmal PTO HP compared to what the engine produces.

Not so much with compacts, they sell so fast its hard to get your hands on them. We do that for big AG equipment.

here is my take.

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Thats true of aftermarket cabs, but the newer factory ones are very quiet.

fun pictures from this weekend.

FYI, the stock coverage CNH uses is not as comprehensive as KTAC. Its much harder to make claims and get them paid, where KTAC seems to go out of their way to make things right.

FYI. It comes from the factory with Synthetic. The difference you noticed was probably by putting new clean filters on there. The first set of filters can plug quickly with the reminates from production and assembly. Thats why its done so early.

silly thing is that this setup kinda messes up the quick release loader.

The old one was not great, this one is not really any better. You can do responsive cell phone design and not make it terrible for a desktop. Our website is done using the same techniques.

HST+ with auto throttle will give you the fuel savings you would have had with a GST. I believe the hydro can push just as hard, but if you like the throw it in gear and make it grunt and stall sense you will not get it. Its just as productive, but has a different feel.

Whooo whooo! Thanks for the good word. We're blessed with a great staff.

We push side discharge decks because they preform better in a wider range of conditions. Glad your happy with rear, thats great, but your are giving up some performance in that design.

could also be a function of sample size. I would not trust much from these surveys without several years of consistent data.

I am working on a drop in radio for $89. will be done in 2-3 weeks.

The air carriage thats used on the ZD1511 can go over to other models. Not sure on the ZD326, but it may fit.

most people are trying to get out of this business, not in. Its incredibly hard to be profitable. We just had a local Brandon \ Mahindra shop open up and and soon as their inventory came off floor plan they returned it all and canceled the contracts. To be competitive, figure a $800-$1200 profit...

the jump in the price of this stuff was driven by increases in Steel prices, our friends at the EPA, and the natural progression of improvements to the equipment. The actual change in purchasing power of this period is meaningful, but not double.

Kubota's replacement engines are very reasonable. Most often this kinda stuff results in a drop in replacement.

Glad to help if you are still running in circles on this.

For what its worth. We are a PA only business, and are getting tax licenses in neighboring states. We also had an audit from CT. These sales tax games get more dangerous all the time for buyers and sellers. The potential costs are simply too high.

none of this sounds normal. you should call KCC.

can not understate the value of the 3-range HST. The long lever does catch my shorts if I try and jump off that side, but don't have problems with function.

That would be the Wix filter, but who knows what the Kubota should be? I would not know where to find that.

There is not. Its the responsibility of the dealer you bought the machine from to come out and update your tractor. If your machine is 2nd hand, a dealer can update the registration in the computer system.

very, very, very bad idea. Just sell or trade the entire thing.

FYI, many of those where recalls. Floor stays, dash changes, support kits, etc. It is up to your dealer to get those done. In our shoes, we are seeing Kubota do more campaigns and updates than other companies. In my eyes, its because they care about their products enough to correct things...

quite obviously there is some self interest, the concern is quite real though and happens far more frequently than you would guess.

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Its called dealer (really in the end, customer) participation, and its far more common than you would think. Most of the really long term 72/84 months rates you see floating around from any vendor more than likely have participation charges.

in this process, you'll find its far more important to choose the right dealer before the right tractor. Let a good salesmen help access your needs and focus in on the right model. Right now, it looks like you have little idea what you really need. For what its worth, be ready that none of...

spread between MSRP and dealer cost is lower on utility vehicles.

Thanks. The way these video are done annoys me too. Deere's factory ones in particular. Half of me would rather just stay away from doing comparisons, but I think when done objectively there is a lot that can be said without resorting to the lame manufacturer talking points. When you see guys...

Thanks! I'm having a good time doing them. Always looking for ideas on new topics.

I have one they could have?

Hard to sell these now that they are orphaned.

Thanks for all the encouraging words guys. I've copied and emailed several of your comments to our staff.

No one really answered the question. Yes, KCC will make some silly decisions at times. Generally if we call and have a conversation with them they will iron things out. They have a very small staff given the amount of loans they do. For that reason there are automated processes and credit...

FYI. The SU does not have to have its oversized tires. The smaller ones from the rest of the B-series fit just fine.

I should add to this, generally your talking incentives worth a few hundred bucks. Unless your concerned about every last penny, I'd pull the trigger and get to work rather than waiting around for some deal that may or may not materialize. says the guy who has to sell tractors year round :-)