TSO
Elite Member
Let's be realistic though, it's very unlikely that you'll need repair work on the loader itself.
I was never interested in their loader. The other implements are more attractive, but not if I have to go through Cabela's if I manage to blow a gear box on a stump.
What would be the advantage of buying a Woods implement from Cabella's? Just that awful green paint?
They have some good pricing events if you have a Cabela's credit card. I got a new camo jacket for $200 off ($160 out the door instead of over 350) in December. They also used to have $150 off a $500 purchase coupons they'd send out, but I haven't seen any that good in a while.
So if employee pricing on a backhoe was 25% less than they're marked, wouldn't you consider it in green instead of whatever Wood's painted it under their own name?
They'll match prices on other stuff if it's something another outfit is capable of selling (same SKU). On their own lines - that's not possible.
I don't know if they're in line with the real market on their implements or not. I think they want 1K for a post hole auger if I remember the CL ad right (I thought that was funny for two reasons), so they're well above what a TSC auger sells for and 25% wouldn't get them in the ballpark either. I was surprised to see them turning to CL to try and sell this stuff - apparently the mailers aren't getting things moving.
The little backhoe was around 5 or 6K when I noticed it 6 months ago? I don't know what Wood's sells them for, but that sounded about right at the time.