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I think that is what he said. Your trade in is tax free, you are taxed on the amount that you pay for the new car.

It's fun to talk about finances even when what we are batting back and forth are sort of small financial differences compared to either doing it or not. But when it comes time to sign up & buy in the real world, I've noticed that those who do best at buying that car, house or tractor seem to...

Yes, there are very different philosophies on how to buy and use tools. It would be boring if there were not.

Well said. I can't seem to find the leakdown limits for our Kubota right now...but I do remember when I reading them and being surprised at how fast that the leakdown could be and still be acceptable. Obviously people see this differently, but at our place I would never leave a loader up with...

Lots of old machinery was built with heavy castings to start. Look at old US tractors from WWII vintage and most eastern European machines. It's pretty common practice to use heavy iron castings when a company is getting started and doesn't have access to the technology to make their parts out...

Yes, but I also see where some dealers argue that more weight means more strength...and that's just not so. It's sounds sort of good because it almost makes sense if everything else was the same....and that's how our minds work. But in the end it's just a sales pitch. A lightweight piece of...

That's what I found as well....the difference was insignificant. Talking finance with my dealer, he said the reason that paying cash made no difference to him is because he doesn't have to hold the 0% note. Kubota Corporate always buys the note from him for cash - usually on the same day but...

Yes, those 2000 thru 5000 were real Fords and built in real Ford-owned manufacturing plants. The problem at the time was that those plants were in Europe and people were concerned that Ford was sending jobs overseas. FFWD 40 years and nothing has changed....! Those sheets are just some...

One of the advantages of buying used is that inheriting other people's problems gives a competent person the opportunity to fix them so that they aren't problems anymore. Some people think that repairability is at least part of the reason why the older simpler equipment will continue to go up...

You can do the same with cars, trucks, & machine tools too. I'm not sure why, but we all know it's true. All it takes is will. Economically I don't understand what happens in the future when today anyone can buy a used machine that can be repaired to be better than new for so little total cost.

Hmm... FWIW, this study done in 1982, says the Ford 1000 series tractors were built by Shibauru. At that time the Japanese compact tractor industry had several major players - all making their own diesel engines. Yanmar lead the world in large ship diesels.

All that those UCC filing percentages actually tell us is that in the first 11 months of 2016, people buying Kubotas were over twice as likely to fiance their purchase than the people buying JDs. Anything else is speculation. rScotty

It would be nice if all good dealers also had good parts and service departments - but that's not always the way it works. What are you looking for in a "good dealer", and how do you know it when you see it? rScotty

Sometimes it makes sense to look at how the rest of the manufacturing compares. I admit to not knowing much about Mahindra or Indian exports, but we all know about Japanese quality. Just look at their cars, trucks, electronics, surgical instruments, optical stuff, space exploration...