</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I guess I must be the 1 out of 10. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I did not buy these extras on the advice of my dealer. BUT I ended up spending the $$$ after the fact. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif)</font>
Count me as #2. I didn't get the block heater at the advice of the dealer and the tractor wouldn't start for 3 days last winter during the cold snap. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif But I think the origional poster was in VA, so a block heater may not be that necessary there.
As far as the alternator is concerned, I added that afterwards because I put auxillary lighting on, plus the cab has a wiper and a heater fan. Without those features I probably wouldn't bother either.