Price Check Fair price on a 1986 L3750?

[CT_Tree_Guy]

Good luck hexe, I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. It's always kind of neat to bump into a machine like that 3750 - you'll have something that not too many people have, but that a lot of people wish they had! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Good luck with the negotations, and don't beat him up too badly - we all tend to forget it at times, but tractor dealers are people too! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Take care, John

 

[rbargeron]

Hexe - wondered how the tractor hunt is going - is the L3750 still in the running?

 

[hexe]

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Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but between the snowstorms and the haggling, I wasn't able to finalize the deal for this L3750 until this morning... Since I last posted, I found out that the tractor did not have any rear remotes/hydraulics/whatever they're called in your neck of the woods (I've seen various terms used, I think), so the dealer is installing dual remotes on it this week, and they're supposed to deliver the tractor me this Friday. I didn't realize that these didn't come standard on a tractor--just took it for granted that they were stock stuff, like a steering wheel or a gas pedal. So there's something else I've learned in the course of this tractor quest! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Between the advice I was able to get from you folks here, and an appraisal from a web site called "Iron Search", I was able to bargain the price down to $13,500 from the $15,500 they initially quoted me--the tractor is every bit as clean as they'd claimed it to be, and probably one of the few tractors I've seen that doesn't appear to have hit anything during it's time at it's original owner's farm (and I'm on several different farms every day, so I see a LOT of tractors /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif). The manuals for both the tractor and the loader come with it, and the previous owner was scrupulous about regular servicing as well as recording when the machine was serviced...so I really think I made out well.

Now I have to learn how to use it...fortunately, my ground is basically cleared, so at least there's no trees for me to bang into! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I'll try to get a picture of it posted, once it arrives here...I can't wait!! I only drove it around the lot at the dealers, but I have to say that it handled effortlessly, and I felt very comfortable with it despite being a tractor newbie.

Thanks for asking, Dick, and thanks to all for the help in making this selection. Only 4 months 'til haying starts.... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[rbargeron]

Hello Hexe - sorry I completely missed your Feb 22 post - but I'm sure glad you posted the GREAT PICTURES of your "new" L3750 on the gallery. That tractor is an absolute gem !! You must be really happy with your purchase. The way I see it you bought one of Kubota's best products ever, in "as new" condition, and for half what that much tractor goes for today. All I can say is "way to go !" Glad your roads dried out enough so they could deliver it. BTW, from the pictures the 400 original hours is completely believable - doesn't look like it was ever outside overnight either. If I had known what pristine condition it was in I'd have even recommended buying it at the asking price. What a great find. Have fun-and be safe. Dick B