skipro3
Silver Member
I've been thinking about getting a tractor for about the past year, after our homestead burned in a wild land fire on July 16th, 2006; 2 years ago yesterday. So, on that anniversary date, I finally made the commitment and ended up with a brand new 4344HST. I have been seriously searching for a tractor for about 3 months and was pretty sure I was going to end up with a harvest return John Deere 4120. My main shopping source has been the local Sacramento craigslist where I saw this tractor;
John Deere 4120 4WD Tractor with Loader
The price as posted was $20,139 for the tractor and a FEL , used with about 150 hours on it.
I had been also checking out the Kubotas too, but those harvest returns were much smaller in size. Reason I was focusing on the harvest returns was because they are discounted from new prices, carry full warranty and had 0% financing for varying months depending on brand and size. I really didn't want to cash a deal if I didn't have to. Well, craigslist had this Montana tractor keep popping up; a 4344HST w/FEL advertized for $18,684 cash or another thousand added, $19,684 for the 0% financed plan. I called the dealer and made an appointment to come look at it. The sales man, a young, 19 year old guy with over 10 years operating tractors on his grandfather's ranch, met me and we talked tractor for a couple hours as I demo'ed all the various one's he had on hand; Mahindra, Branson and Montanas. Well, that Montana really got under my skin and we went into the office to talk price. That's where I met the owner, Jon. A great big guy with a big heart as well. We hit it right off and somehow worked into the conversations of bass fishing, my fire loss and grandchildren, just what I wanted and what I needed in a tractor. As Jon would talk, mentioning implements, sizes and prices, I just kept my mouth shut and thumbed through my stack of statistics on the tractors I've already been testing at other dealers. Jon must have thought I was hesitating on the prices he was dropping his price without me even asking him to. Eventually he came to a price of $16,588 for the 4344HST w/FEL including the sales tax. That included the $1500 discount from the factory and applied to my down payment. He sent in the application for financing and before we finished a cold drink, I was approved.
In the end, I added a backhoe,; 8600 series, 18" bucket, 6ft box scrapper w/Tnt hydraulics, toothbar to the loader and tax for everything. He showed me the invoice for the accessories and that's what I paid for them. He made a call and everything was added to the 0% financing and there was no additional down payment for them; just the $1500 rebate applied as the down
I figure this was about $4,000 savings over the John Deere harvest return tractor I had been considering. So, I hope that sounds like a good deal on this great tractor. They delivered it today and spent 4 hours showing me how everything works; backhoe operation, installation and removal, box scrapper and FEL as well. No charge for any of that. Any repairs and service needed will be done at my place unless I want them to haul it back to their shop, about an hour away. No additional charge under warranty.
This site was a deciding factor in choosing this brand. I could hardly find any negative posts and even those were so trivial as to not be considered in the equation. I think I did good.
John Deere 4120 4WD Tractor with Loader
The price as posted was $20,139 for the tractor and a FEL , used with about 150 hours on it.
I had been also checking out the Kubotas too, but those harvest returns were much smaller in size. Reason I was focusing on the harvest returns was because they are discounted from new prices, carry full warranty and had 0% financing for varying months depending on brand and size. I really didn't want to cash a deal if I didn't have to. Well, craigslist had this Montana tractor keep popping up; a 4344HST w/FEL advertized for $18,684 cash or another thousand added, $19,684 for the 0% financed plan. I called the dealer and made an appointment to come look at it. The sales man, a young, 19 year old guy with over 10 years operating tractors on his grandfather's ranch, met me and we talked tractor for a couple hours as I demo'ed all the various one's he had on hand; Mahindra, Branson and Montanas. Well, that Montana really got under my skin and we went into the office to talk price. That's where I met the owner, Jon. A great big guy with a big heart as well. We hit it right off and somehow worked into the conversations of bass fishing, my fire loss and grandchildren, just what I wanted and what I needed in a tractor. As Jon would talk, mentioning implements, sizes and prices, I just kept my mouth shut and thumbed through my stack of statistics on the tractors I've already been testing at other dealers. Jon must have thought I was hesitating on the prices he was dropping his price without me even asking him to. Eventually he came to a price of $16,588 for the 4344HST w/FEL including the sales tax. That included the $1500 discount from the factory and applied to my down payment. He sent in the application for financing and before we finished a cold drink, I was approved.
In the end, I added a backhoe,; 8600 series, 18" bucket, 6ft box scrapper w/Tnt hydraulics, toothbar to the loader and tax for everything. He showed me the invoice for the accessories and that's what I paid for them. He made a call and everything was added to the 0% financing and there was no additional down payment for them; just the $1500 rebate applied as the down
I figure this was about $4,000 savings over the John Deere harvest return tractor I had been considering. So, I hope that sounds like a good deal on this great tractor. They delivered it today and spent 4 hours showing me how everything works; backhoe operation, installation and removal, box scrapper and FEL as well. No charge for any of that. Any repairs and service needed will be done at my place unless I want them to haul it back to their shop, about an hour away. No additional charge under warranty.
This site was a deciding factor in choosing this brand. I could hardly find any negative posts and even those were so trivial as to not be considered in the equation. I think I did good.
