110 TLB vs 4x20/485BH

skidoo · Nov 16, 2008

The dealer dropped a 110 off for me to "DEMO" about a week ago. It has been too tempting to put some seat time on it. So, I finally found a way to get some "DEMO" from it. I guess I'll have to buy it now! Must be a great way to make sales.

AKfish · Nov 17, 2008

Good job on that front entry... Lot's of air-conditioning, now!

Are you gonna hang onto your 2520, too?

Congrats on the 110... (maybe early congratulations).

AKfish

skidoo · Nov 17, 2008

Yes, I'll be keeping the 2520.

Although I have found the 110 quite capable in getting around the slopes and trees, the 2520 is well balanced, quick, and nimble through the same terrain.
I can dig an area with the 110, and then rake it with the 2520.
It will be useful whenever I need to go back and forth between a couple implements without changing them.

AKfish · Dec 1, 2008

Well, you can never have TOO MANY tractors! I could think of lot's of chores to do with a nimble, surefooted 2520; myself.

Any pics of that shiny, new 110? Or has the dealer still doing the prep work on it?

Thanks.

AKfish

skidoo · Dec 1, 2008

The dealer delivered it last Wednesday! It now has the thumb and skid plate, nice!

Here are a couple pictures before delivery... I'll post more later...

GreatWhitehunter · Dec 1, 2008

What did you end up paying if you don't mind. I'm trying to decide between a 110 and a 35d mini excavator. If I get the mini I'll keep my 3320 since I'm trying to get into a small excavating/specialty mowing business. If I go 110 I'll most likely try just small odd job digs that now of the large companies in the area are interested in. I'm going to be aquiring a 6' flail mower so it should be ok on either the 110 or the 3320. I get the feeling my local green dealer isn't wanting to deal and the yellow dealer I'm talking to on the mini says he can sell a 110 also and wants the sale. I'm so confused, great looking machine.

Matt T.

farmboy12 · Dec 1, 2008

GreatWhitehunter said:
What did you end up paying if you don't mind. I'm trying to decide between a 110 and a 35d mini excavator. If I get the mini I'll keep my 3320 since I'm trying to get into a small excavating/specialty mowing business. If I go 110 I'll most likely try just small odd job digs that now of the large companies in the area are interested in. I'm going to be aquiring a 6' flail mower so it should be ok on either the 110 or the 3320. I get the feeling my local green dealer isn't wanting to deal and the yellow dealer I'm talking to on the mini says he can sell a 110 also and wants the sale. I'm so confused, great looking machine.

Matt T.

You already have a backhoe, don't you?

Kyle

GreatWhitehunter · Dec 1, 2008

Yes

Matt T.

skidoo · Dec 1, 2008

GreatWhitehunter said:
What did you end up paying if you don't mind. I'm trying to decide between a 110 and a 35d mini excavator. If I get the mini I'll keep my 3320 since I'm trying to get into a small excavating/specialty mowing business. If I go 110 I'll most likely try just small odd job digs that now of the large companies in the area are interested in. I'm going to be aquiring a 6' flail mower so it should be ok on either the 110 or the 3320. I get the feeling my local green dealer isn't wanting to deal and the yellow dealer I'm talking to on the mini says he can sell a 110 also and wants the sale. I'm so confused, great looking machine.

Matt T.

Well, it is difficult to tell for comparison purposes what I actually paid for the 110. I don't think I got quite as good a deal as AKfish did several moons ago, but still not bad. To start off, mine was for a 2008 model before the price increases of 2009 models. My dealer had two of the 2008's in stock. Then, it included all the hydraulic options, 72" bucket, 20" BH QC HD bucket, hydraulic thumb, Top&Tilt, Skid Plate, 72" tooth bar, I-match, SS 75" Rock Bucket, 48" pallet fork, Green 84" medium duty Box Blade, a SS boom mounted 8' front snow blade, and a used SB1107 sickle mower. The final negotiation ended up on total price as a cash deal. So, I'm not really sure how it breaks down. My dealer seems to be a few percentage points higher than other parts of the country. That may be partly due to shipping costs, and partly due to being the only JD dealer in over 150 miles.

Anyway, I think I ended up at somewhere between 21 and 24% off overall from 2009 list prices. I haven't checked for the actual number... But, keep in mind that cash is worth a few percentage points, and I avoided the 2009 price increases of near 7% or so. I probably could have done a little bit better if I pushed a bit more, or was more selective with implements. But, I do want my dealer to remain in business too...

AKfish · Dec 1, 2008

Whooee! You got everything but the vibrating seat with that 110!!

I'd sure like to see some pics of those attachments -- especially that SS 84" snowblade and the rock bucket, too. Who makes the sickle mower? Thanks.

GreatWhitehunter -- if I had a newer 3320 TLB and a host of 3pt attachments, etc. to work with from that platform -- I'd put my money into a mini-excavator before I'd buy a 110. It was a pretty simple equation for me... I could only afford one machine; not two! And I needed a machine that would work 3pt implements.

I really, really wanted a 50D... and would have settled with a 35D. But, without a tractor already in the barn; there was no way I could get my limited dollars wrapped around even a used TLB and a used mini-X. (Besides, with my luck - both of the used machines would have probably dropped a leg or something and cost me another chunk of cash to get 'em goin' again..)

AKfish