5083E Price Increase?

trook · Mar 4, 2012

I inquired at a nearby dealer about the price for a new 5083e. The salesman advised me that the new models have increased by $4k

He blamed the increase on the rising price of steel and claimed that the increase is straight from Deere. Can anyone verify this? Last year, the price for the 5083 was in the neighborhood of $36k. Now it is $40k?????

MattLynch · Mar 5, 2012

The new model has a lot of changes in the cab and is worth the extra money IMO.

trook · Mar 5, 2012

Do you believe it is worth the $4k difference? Other than the console on the right side to house your scv levers, what are the other changes?

MattLynch · Mar 5, 2012

Air seat, e-pto, dash actually shows 4wd and pto engagement and the cab is supposed to be quieter. I drove both before I bought. If you plan on spending a lot of hours at a time in the tractor, especially for 3 point hitch work I would say the 12 is worth the extra money.

kfvintx · Mar 5, 2012

The changes for 2012 are fairly well documented and pretty much everyone agrees they are worth the $$$. I would think your salesman would know this and quickly run through everything that has bee upgraded/updated for 2012 as selling points for the price increase.

My personal opinion would be find a different salesman that knows what they are doing. Good luck.

Martian · Mar 5, 2012

Add in another in favor of the 2012. The only difference between the older's and MY12's are the E-hitch and a different engine (as well as some more things, can't remember off the top of my head). They have the same cabs now as well so you get the comfort of the M. The new E's are a lot nicer than the older ones.

shortthrow50 · Mar 8, 2012

This is true. The price I got in august for the 3520 cab was somewhere around 2-4k cheaper than when I purchased in January of this year. Dealer told me it was due to the price of steel. It can change again at any time

shortthrow50 · Mar 8, 2012

This is true. The price I got in august for the 3520 cab was somewhere around 2-4k cheaper than when I purchased in January of this year. Dealer told me it was due to the price of steel. It can change again at any time

AKfish · Mar 8, 2012

Martian said:
Add in another in favor of the 2012. The only difference between the older's and MY12's are the E-hitch and a different engine (as well as some more things, can't remember off the top of my head). They have the same cabs now as well so you get the comfort of the M. The new E's are a lot nicer than the older ones.

Really..? You can get the E-hitch on the e series now? With the remote fender controls, too?

What's different about the engine? Which model?

Thanks.

AKfish

Martian · Mar 8, 2012

AKfish said:
Really..? You can get the E-hitch on the e series now? With the remote fender controls, too?

What's different about the engine? Which model?

Thanks.

AKfish

Whoops! Meant between the M's and E's. The main difference between the M's and E's is the e-hitch, along with a couple other things. Typing without thinking

IIRC, different engines but not 100%