Kubota l6060 or mahindra 3550 or kioti nx6010

[murphy1244]

While I love kioti tractors(owned 2)I would buy the kubota if you like your dealer just for the fact your dealer is so close 400 miles is quite a hoof to buy the Kioti.

Coobie, would you do that with a 20 grand difference? I don't no about you but my machine has not been seen at the dealers since I bought it.

 

[paulfun9]

10,000 would have me looking hard at the Kioti but 20,000 would make it a sure thing!

 

[Doubledeuce]

Gotta say I'm really leaning towards the kioti, for no other reason the the price. Seems to be very close in specs to the kubota, for a much better price. I'll have to stop in to the dealer later this month when I'm passing through St.John's. Thanks for all of your replies. It's nice to get other peoples opinions, especially when they are as knowledgable as the folks here.

 

[Piston]

He has a l6060 hst cab model in stock with 15 demo hours on it. It also has what he called "snow tires" on it,(Does he mean agricultural tires?) and the cost would normally be $1795 more then he quoted because of the tires, but he would include them for free because of the demo hours.

If the "snow tires" he is referring to are Nokian's, then those are ideal for what you want to do. Unfortunately, the 20k dollar price difference is quite a bit. However, are these "final" prices after negotiation, or just rough idea pricing?

Seeing that you want to do residential snow removal, I'm curious which snowblower you are being quoted for? What you want to do, sounds exactly what a lot of the guys in Canada are doing with their pull behind snow blowers. It seems the general consensus is that the tractors you are looking for are the absolute minimum in size and power for doing snow removal for paying customers. I would not go ANY smaller.

For a lot of information (probably more than you want) about snowblowing with tractors, as well as some great pictures and videos, check out this thread: http://www.plowsite.com/showthread.php?t=110685
Keep in mind that most of those guys posting on that thread are doing serious snow removal, and using 70-100hp tractors. However, even the guys using the smaller tractors like M7040's and L5740's all agree hands down that an inverted (pull behind) blower is the only way to go.


There is a member on here who uses compact tractors for commercial snow removal (His name is "Razor", I think he uses L5740's and may have upgraded this last winter to L6060's) it would be a good idea to get some first hand experience from him. You can send him a message here: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/private.php?do=newpm&u=28472


If the price differential wasn't so great, I would say to go with the L6060. However, you could use that extra 20 grand elsewhere, and I don't think the Kubota is worth anywhere near an additional 20k over the Kioti.

If you spend some time planning, and really think out a business strategy, you could most likely make all your payments for the year with a decent winter.

 

[crazyal]

I thought I remember reading something about Canada and taxes and how it made sense to buy a bigger tractor (maybe 70hp) was actually cheaper. I really didn't pay much attention so you would have to ask your dealer. I would also beat up the Kubota dealer some and tell him that you can get a Kioti for $20k less and see if he can come down. $20k is a lot of money.

 

[Doubledeuce]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to offer advice and suggestions.

I quickly googled "pull behind snowblowers" because I have to admit that I had never heard of them. It appears that you have to drive over the snow first? This might work in areas where they don't get much snow, or if you were to keep on top of it, but I do not believe they will work in my situation.

The airport just southwest of us has, up to last week, an official snowfall total of 5.8 meters, and I'm sure by now it must be over 6 meters. That is almost 20 feet! Coupled with the fact that I am not looking for contract customers, But rather just want casual call ins as the snowbanks get too deep for them to manage, leads me to believe that a tow behind is not for me.

E78 Nomand 3pt snowblower is the snowblower i was quoted with the kioti

The quotes are what I received by simply emailing the various dealers and asking for a price, so I'm sure there is some wiggle room.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Something doesn't smell right about this to me. How could there be a $20,000 difference in the out-the-door prices on these tractors?

I own a Kioti DK50SE and I like it, so I'm not bagging on Kioti. I hope (for your sake) there is actually a $20,000 difference. But I'm doubtful the story will actually play out this way.

 

[DK35vince]

Something doesn't smell right about this to me. How could there be a $20,000 difference in the out-the-door prices on these tractors?

I own a Kioti DK50SE and I like it, so I'm not bagging on Kioti. I hope (for your sake) there is actually a $20,000 difference. But I'm doubtful the story will actually play out this way.

Wondering that myself.
Seems like an extreme price difference.

 

[Piston]

If you just want random calls to move snowbanks then I think your on the right track, an inverted blower probably wouldn't be the best.

However, if you plan on buying a Normand (good choice) it would be really wise to call Steve at Fargo Snow </title> <meta name="keywords" content="" /> <meta name="description" content="" /> <style type="text/css"> .style1 { } .style2 { } .style3 { width: 159px; } </style> <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="/images/R.ico" /> <link rel="Stylesheet" href="Defau
I spoke with him quite a bit and he answered ALL my questions regarding tractor blowers. He is very willing to help pass on information to others, even if they aren't customers. Also, you may just change your mind about inverted blowers after getting more educated on them :thumbsup:

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Hello,
I've been looking at basically 3 tractors:
Kubota l6060 hst cab - $74k canadian - dealer 5 miles away
Mahindra 3550 hst cab - $74k canadian. - dealer 400 miles away
Kioti nx6010 hst cab - $64k canadian - dealer 400 miles away
Travis

This is a NO BRAINER for me!!! Do you really want to have YOUR dealer 400 miles away???

It's one thing to buy from a far away dealer, but quite another to HAVE to go 400 miles for the ONLY dealer in YOUR brand of tractor!!

SR

BTW, you are smart to buy a bigger tractor....