Clueless in Pa.

[gerard]

keep on shoppin' and readin'!! Hard to argue against doing your homework on something you may have for many years. I looked around a lot and STILL bought too soon and learned things after I took delivery. Even with all the great info on this board it's tough to replace first hand experience. If I ever trade up or buy another one I'll be a lot more confident and knowledgeable comparing different tractors.
BTW - I went Carver and haven't had to worry about the warranty aspect. I fully expect (ok, and hope!) not to have any warranty work done within the warranty period and after that it's a moot point anyhow.

 

[JimBinMI]

Gerard,

I'm not so fast as you to call it a mute point after the warranty is up...IF the guy is a jerk now, he's likely to still be a jerk after the warranty!

No matter what color they sell, if it looks like a jerk, talks like a jerk and walks like a jerk...IT'S PROBABLY A JERK! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Some of the things that you have to decide on are, what do I want to acomplish with this new tractor? How much time am I willing to spend at acomplishing these task. The reason I feel a person has to ask these questions is it makes a considerable diffenence on whether or not one goes overkill on a tractor. Durring this summer I've been able to watch a person clear a 2 acre lot for building a home on, this person used a B7400 with a loader. This lot was a unimproved lot, it was nothing but woods and weeds. They cleared all the brush, cut down many trees and removed the stumps, now they are leveling and disking. Once this job task has been completed this person will have a fine tractor in which to mow his lawn, I would say the moral of the story is you don't need 30 - 40 hp to play in the dirt and pull some tree stumps if you know how to make your equipment work for you. I've had the plesure of seeing many equipment operators make good things happen with equipment that didn't look big enough to get it done. Now as for time, sure it might have taken this person a shorter amount of time to clear his lot using a bigger tractor, but in the interest of saving a few hours is it worth spending another $10,000.

 

[Blu21]

cityboy,too bad you live so far south in pa. I`m in n.e ohio and my dealer has any model you might want in a boomer and also handles the orange ones! Quite a selection here. About 2hrs.north of pitt.airport.Tom

 

[W5FL]

It is nice to have a good Kubota dealer to talk to every once in a while. They seldom have anything to fix, so they will spend a lot of time just showing you how to use the equipment. My first choice when I started looking was New Holland because everyone liked the old Fords, second coice was John Deere, and hadn't ever set on or drove a Kubota, but wound up with the Kubota for lots of good reasons. Go try them all, but the odds of needing a dealer for service are pretty low for many years of operation, and I would trailer it a few more miles to take it to one I liked.

 

[cityboy]

Well thanks a bunch for all the great advice everyone. I did a 180 and bought a Exmark Z mower, and I am very happy with it! Yes I'll have to use my brothers
L1550 to do anything besides mow, but mowing is so damm much fun on this ZTR. that I can live with it!!!
Anyone with any questions about the Exmark Lazer Z mowers, post or send e-mail, and I'll gladly tell the ups and downs of this mower. Thanks again, Tractorbytel users, the best peope I never met!!!!!!!

Rock'in on Maple Hill.