Buying Advice How do I option this thing?

[xring100]

I would suggest you should look at other dealers, before you establish your opinion on a brand rather than a single dealer. After this month I will have purchased 2 kub ota's from 2 different dealers both offered up free delivery and both seemed eager for bussiness. I have had very good luck with both parts departments. I visited 5 kubota dealers alone before I bought my M8540. 3 JD, 2 New Holland ,1 Massey , and 1 Kioti dealer.

2 of the Kubota dealers actively wanted my business. I left one ending one of my final sentences to the sales manager with "It's very obvious you have no desire to sell me anything unless you can make and extra $5000 over Flint New Holland Kubota or Rosy Brothers. I brought him the quotes from the other two after he told me there was no way they could sell me a tractor for the price I verbally told him.

 

[kwbretired]

You may want to consider a grapple $ the 3rd function for the loader if you are going to be clearing out the woods.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Yeah I have a quote for the tractor with HST, FEL, BH & 12" bucket, spark arrestor, extra remote valve plus sales tax. 33K and change. Price includes free delivery to my place and they come here to fix it under warranty or haul it there to fix it for free too. A far cry from what they want for a green one along with a much better attitude. Perception is everything. Only thing is, Mahindra's website could use some work. A lot of work.

Well, that's not quite 20% off, so you actually look pretty good. :cool2: But, seems like a lot of money if you have not shopped around. Maybe you have and just haven't said. But if you have not, I know that I sure would.

Just my :2cents:

 

[dickfoster]

I would suggest you should look at other dealers, before you establish your opinion on a brand rather than a single dealer. After this month I will have purchased 2 kub ota's from 2 different dealers both offered up free delivery and both seemed eager for bussiness. I have had very good luck with both parts departments. I visited 5 kubota dealers alone before I bought my M8540. 3 JD, 2 New Holland ,1 Massey , and 1 Kioti dealer.

2 of the Kubota dealers actively wanted my business. I left one ending one of my final sentences to the sales manager with "It's very obvious you have no desire to sell me anything unless you can make and extra $5000 over Flint New Holland Kubota or Rosy Brothers. I brought him the quotes from the other two after he told me there was no way they could sell me a tractor for the price I verbally told him.

I've been to two Kubota dealers. Nether seemed as interested as the Mahindra dealer, neither seemed to be as experienced as the Mahindra dealer and there are also the parts availability, warranty and particulate filter issues.

I think I'm comfortable with my dealer and brand choice unless there is something I haven't seen yet.

To tell you the honest truth originally I was looking at Kubota because they have a dealership of sorts right here in town but their interest level isn't what it could have been. It's a pretty small dealer that doesn't stock a lot and I don't think their heart is really in the small local dealership, their interests seem to be more centered in their larger dealership closer to Auburn instead of this one. The one in Yuba City wasn't nearly as interested as the Mahindra dealer. His *** didn't leave his chair the whole time I was there. Sorry but attitude tells me a lot and it weighs a lot in what I buy .

 

[dickfoster]

You may want to consider a grapple $ the 3rd function for the loader if you are going to be clearing out the woods.

Might just do that. I plan to use it mainly for wood, dirt and some snow. I think the stumps are the big thing so will likely add a thumb or more likely a ripper for the stumps. Stumps seem to be a real bogger for smaller tractors and it will need all the help it can get. In the old days, you'd just go down to the hardware store and get yourself some dynamite, stump gone. LOL

 

[murphy1244]

Well, that's not quite 20% off, so you actually look pretty good. :cool2: But, seems like a lot of money if you have not shopped around. Maybe you have and just haven't said. But if you have not, I know that I sure would.

Just my :2cents:

Isn't Dave's tractor out that way?

 

[dickfoster]

Well, that's not quite 20% off, so you actually look pretty good. :cool2: But, seems like a lot of money if you have not shopped around. Maybe you have and just haven't said. But if you have not, I know that I sure would.

Just my :2cents:

Well maybe I said it somewhere else but I shopped Mahindra and New Holland at the same place, Deere and found the worst prices, attitude and warranty support, and lastly Kubota and Massey Ferguson at the same dealer but he didn't really stock or sell Massey so don't know why he bothers with that line at all. If I were Massey I'd drop him.
None of the other brands were local enough to suit me. I'm a touchy feely buyer type so don't feel comfortable buying pricey stuff from a web site or out of a catalog and some dealer waving his hands in the air. If they don't have the commitment to stock something then they shouldn't be selling it. If it's not convenient for me to go look at and buy then it's likely going to be a real PITA getting after sales support so that leaves those who are a long way out of my way out of the running.

 

[dickfoster]

Isn't Dave's tractor out that way?

Dave's is in Red Bluff about two hours away maybe more. I'm talking to Beeler in Yuba City which is much closer to me (40-50 miles and about 50-60 min.). I'm about 5 miles east of Nevada City, CA. Just in the next county from Beeler.
Another factor is that Beeler also own the Western Regional Mahindra distributorship which for all practical purposes is in the same town, which would make getting stuff later on a bit easier. Mahindra Expands West Coast Presence | Mahindra
Sutter Buttes Ag and Beeler Tractor are essentially the same animal.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Well maybe I said it somewhere else but I shopped Mahindra and New Holland at the same place, Deere and found the worst prices, attitude and warranty support, and lastly Kubota and Massey Ferguson at the same dealer but he didn't really stock or sell Massey so don't know why he bothers with that line at all. If I were Massey I'd drop him.
None of the other brands were local enough to suit me. I'm a touchy feely buyer type so don't feel comfortable buying pricey stuff from a web site or out of a catalog and some dealer waving his hands in the air. If they don't have the commitment to stock something then they shouldn't be selling it. If it's not convenient for me to go look at and buy then it's likely going to be a real PITA getting after sales support so that leaves those who are a long way out of my way out of the running.

Well, sounds like you have done your home work. :thumbsup:

Enjoy.

 

[GPintheMitten]

My next tractor if there is one will have 2 rear remotes so I can have top and tilt. Consider a box blade instead of a ballast box. Given your needs I would skip the mid pto.