_RaT_
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- Apr 19, 2000
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- Peoples Republic of Northern CA.
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- Kioti 3510-SE HST
Maybe someone here can help me figure this out. My closest Century dealer is in Oregon, 373 miles away according to the Century website. Info on their website is minimum at best so the difference between the model Eddie Walker is considering a Century 2535 and the 3035 appear to be a slight size difference and weight. I got a price on a 3035 and C50 loader. It seems to match up fairly close to my L3830 except no HST on the Century. Loaders are fairly close. I did all this just to see about these huge price differences I've seen quoted by others. Delivered, the Century 3035 12X12 SST (its all they offer) with C50 loader, R1's and 1 rear remote is $20,500, I paid just under $20,000. My L3830 is equipped with HST, HD bucket, R4's, spark arrestor, an information system that gives me maintainence intervals, trip time, PTO speed, mph etc, and 0% financing. The Century gives you a 1000 RPM PTO as well as the 540 RPM, (could not verify a mid PTO) which could be beneficial for a handful of folks. There are plenty of other things to compare, these are the most obvious. Whats up? Wheres the huge savings? Out here in the West, it's evaporated. I am for the most part about as skeptical about these prices as ever. Must be strictly East/ Midwest pricing. Perhaps the 3035 is not the tractor to compare with, maybe the model 2535 is a closer fit. If so, let me know, I'll call about it too. That $4100 to $6000 dollar savings I saw at the end of the Century or Kubota post will most certainly not be there, especially if I go with Kubotas least expensive transmission which is comparable to the Centurys in terms of description, I know Kubotas FST works very well and assume Centurys does as well.
I'm posting this simply to verify the information found in the Eddie Walker post and to validate what I have found to be and not to be true. It's one thing to point out the huge price difference, it's another thing for everybody to get it. For me, obviously there is no savings and even more importantly for my purposes, no HST which means it would never have been an option anyway. Rat...
I'm posting this simply to verify the information found in the Eddie Walker post and to validate what I have found to be and not to be true. It's one thing to point out the huge price difference, it's another thing for everybody to get it. For me, obviously there is no savings and even more importantly for my purposes, no HST which means it would never have been an option anyway. Rat...