kubota L4701 pricing?

[Farmer John15]

Looked at one of these and got a price on it. Ran the numbers to finance it and it comes out at like $5,000 more than the number he put on paper. Maybe the monthly payment goes down as time goes on, but I was looking to see what others paid out the door for yours as i'm sure their is some wiggle room. I just want a loader bucket, a grader and pallet fork attachment. The sales guy also claims anything below 50hp doesn't have def or a dpf which I believe is incorrect. AFAIK the only tractors exempt from this is the L2501.

 

[dusty3030]

L4701 has a DPF.

 

[Farmer John15]

L4701 has a DPF.

I agree. I'll probably just buy it anyways and deal with the dpf if it becomes a problem. I just want to make sure I get a good deal.

 

[dusty3030]

I had one for a few years. No issues. Pretty solid tractor. I didn't have any issues with the DPF. It's naturally aspirated (no turbo). Ran well for me.

 

[Farmer John15]

What did you pay?

 

[dusty3030]

29,400 before tax. This was a L4701 HST, Loader, bucket, set of Landpride pallet forks, 2 rear remotes, and a true third function for the loader plumbed to the front. This was in the fall of 2017.

 

[Farmer John15]

They quoted me like $30k on paper, then calculating the montly payment out it was like $36,000. Supposed to be zero percent interest. Maybe taxes weren't included.

 

[dusty3030]

Did the 30K include tax? Did they tell you about the required insurance (KTAC) to finance it? Just a couple of reasons I can think of for the difference.

 

[Farmer John15]

Yeah $2500 for the insurance unless your home owners policy covers it. Then he said like $700 more for government fees. I still don't come up with $36,000 and I don't think that included tax either.

 

[Farmer John15]

I don't know if sales tax on a tractor is 8.25% or if it's like buying a car where it's more like 5 or 6 percent. Looks like it's starting to add up now....