$200.00 to transport 30 miles for servicing?
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DUMBDOG
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Do the service yourself and learn something about the tractor. It is really quite simple to do.
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Diamondback
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Thanks for the replies.
George2615 makes a good point. They would have to make two trips to my place (45 miles total, not 30). Still seems a bit high. Hope it dosen't speak to how they price other services. Since the next closest dealer is 90 miles round trip so I'm gunna try to borrow (hate to borrow anything) a trailer and see how they do. May be just an isolated incident.
The dealership has only been open a year or so. Hope giving them the benefit of the dought will pay off in the long run. The service manager sounded like a good fella and I could tell he was surprised with the price he was told to quote me as well.
Lets see... at $200.00 per trip...two trips per year...in 12 years I could have paid for a nice trailer... Anybody think that reasoning will fly with the boss after dropping 20k+ on the TLB?
George2615 makes a good point. They would have to make two trips to my place (45 miles total, not 30). Still seems a bit high. Hope it dosen't speak to how they price other services. Since the next closest dealer is 90 miles round trip so I'm gunna try to borrow (hate to borrow anything) a trailer and see how they do. May be just an isolated incident.
The dealership has only been open a year or so. Hope giving them the benefit of the dought will pay off in the long run. The service manager sounded like a good fella and I could tell he was surprised with the price he was told to quote me as well.
Lets see... at $200.00 per trip...two trips per year...in 12 years I could have paid for a nice trailer... Anybody think that reasoning will fly with the boss after dropping 20k+ on the TLB?
George2615
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Explain that to the boss that ten trips to the dealer would pay for a trailer. I'm sure you can find a good used one in your local area. Of course if she OKays the trailer she may want you to pick up that new living room set with it.
gemini5362
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Dennis if he has a inland marine policy it will cover it while it is being trailered probablyMcDenny's said:
gemini5362
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Diamondback said:
I might call the other dealer that is 90 miles away and see how much they will charge to come get it. If it is under or around 200.00 call the other dealer back and tell them they are way to high
EddieWalker
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With a short haul, I'd figure the time it takes to do this more then how many miles he's driving. An employee will have to hook up a trailer, then drive to your place, load and fasten down your tractor, haul it back, and unload it.
There have been allot of discussions on what guys here charge to run there tractors and what there time is worth. I wonder what they would charge to do this? It's not a hard job, but it does take up some time and there is a liability issue if it's not fastened down properly. Might be some insurance to pay for hauling tractors too.
That said, $200 does seem a bit high, but the reason might be that it is a pain in the rear for them to do this. Is it big dealership with extra people who can run out and pick up tractors without taking away from work that needs to be done at the shop? When I get an odd job to do that I either don't want to do, or I know will be a headache, I charge extra. I figure that I'll charge enough for them to change there minds, or see if somebody else will do it. Usually they say no thankyou to me, then shop around. Sometimes they come back as I was the lowest price at what I thought was a rediculous amount. It seems others also didn't want the job and jacked up the price to do it as well. hahaha
I wouldn't knock the dealer on this one thing, there's too many things we don't know about there situation and available resourses.
With a manual and a little time, it's very easy to do ther sevicing yourself. Draining fluids and refilling them is simple. Greasing fittings and replacing filters is all within the abilities of most everyone. When you do it yourself, you aslo pay more attention to the tractor. You will notice everything that might be wrong with it, where the person doing this at the dealer might not. There's not gurantee of there skill level or concern with your machine. The guy doing this job probably does hundreds of tractors a month and could easily be in auto mode. Just do the job and get paid for it. Finding problems with a tractor in for servicing isn't what he's paid for, so he doesn't bother looking or investigating things that you, the owner of the tractor will investigate.
Eddie
There have been allot of discussions on what guys here charge to run there tractors and what there time is worth. I wonder what they would charge to do this? It's not a hard job, but it does take up some time and there is a liability issue if it's not fastened down properly. Might be some insurance to pay for hauling tractors too.
That said, $200 does seem a bit high, but the reason might be that it is a pain in the rear for them to do this. Is it big dealership with extra people who can run out and pick up tractors without taking away from work that needs to be done at the shop? When I get an odd job to do that I either don't want to do, or I know will be a headache, I charge extra. I figure that I'll charge enough for them to change there minds, or see if somebody else will do it. Usually they say no thankyou to me, then shop around. Sometimes they come back as I was the lowest price at what I thought was a rediculous amount. It seems others also didn't want the job and jacked up the price to do it as well. hahaha
I wouldn't knock the dealer on this one thing, there's too many things we don't know about there situation and available resourses.
With a manual and a little time, it's very easy to do ther sevicing yourself. Draining fluids and refilling them is simple. Greasing fittings and replacing filters is all within the abilities of most everyone. When you do it yourself, you aslo pay more attention to the tractor. You will notice everything that might be wrong with it, where the person doing this at the dealer might not. There's not gurantee of there skill level or concern with your machine. The guy doing this job probably does hundreds of tractors a month and could easily be in auto mode. Just do the job and get paid for it. Finding problems with a tractor in for servicing isn't what he's paid for, so he doesn't bother looking or investigating things that you, the owner of the tractor will investigate.
Eddie
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just get a rollback wrecker to come move it for $50. That is what we do at our company to move our equipment around.
Glowplug
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My dealer charges about $40 round trip for me for 20 miles each way. That's a dollar a mile. That includes loading and unloading. He did my 50-hour service on my M7040 without charge for pick-up or delivery. But from now on I'll have to pay for it. If I had a smaller tractor I would probably get a trailer and do it myself. But I would probably need a goose-neck to transport that thing. He transports it on a huge flat-bed.
