Rool
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Pretty excited about just purchasing my first Tractor.
I'm a commercial/residential contractor and finally bit the bullet. After years of renting, and just recently looking at three projects that will need various tractor work and accruing a 3-4K bill, I decided to stop paying the rental guys. I purchased a MT125 because bigger isn't always better especially for me. I know I could use a 33 and do so normally, but having 25 will be enough. The most important aspect of the purchase of this machine is access. It'll be small enough to get into almost everywhere, and have enough power to do almost everything we do. It may take a little longer but that's ok. Been watching used ads for about a year and few are pricing their machines(to me), at acceptable prices. For what most wanted, I only had to step up 2-3 grand and get a 10 year newer machine with 0 hrs?
Purchase price was $16,900 TLB+MMM.
I don't really need the MMM, but costing it out it made sense to throw it in and if I ever do need one, I have one.
A little purchase history about the deal. I called around 4 different places in a radius of 60 miles of each other. The prices I was was given over a 3 month period were, $17,900, $17,800, $17500 and finally I found someone hungry enough to sell at $16,900.
I looked at Kubota, JD, Massey, and of course the Boomer. I've driven all of them in the course of my work and always liked the LS/NH machines. During the comparison process I felt like there was just more machine for the money. Not worried about resale, after watching the used ads nothing is reasonable, so if I have to sell or feel like I purchased to small I can sell into the inflated market as well.
I'll keep you posted how it holds up, I expect to run it hard.
I'm a commercial/residential contractor and finally bit the bullet. After years of renting, and just recently looking at three projects that will need various tractor work and accruing a 3-4K bill, I decided to stop paying the rental guys. I purchased a MT125 because bigger isn't always better especially for me. I know I could use a 33 and do so normally, but having 25 will be enough. The most important aspect of the purchase of this machine is access. It'll be small enough to get into almost everywhere, and have enough power to do almost everything we do. It may take a little longer but that's ok. Been watching used ads for about a year and few are pricing their machines(to me), at acceptable prices. For what most wanted, I only had to step up 2-3 grand and get a 10 year newer machine with 0 hrs?
Purchase price was $16,900 TLB+MMM.
I don't really need the MMM, but costing it out it made sense to throw it in and if I ever do need one, I have one.
A little purchase history about the deal. I called around 4 different places in a radius of 60 miles of each other. The prices I was was given over a 3 month period were, $17,900, $17,800, $17500 and finally I found someone hungry enough to sell at $16,900.
I looked at Kubota, JD, Massey, and of course the Boomer. I've driven all of them in the course of my work and always liked the LS/NH machines. During the comparison process I felt like there was just more machine for the money. Not worried about resale, after watching the used ads nothing is reasonable, so if I have to sell or feel like I purchased to small I can sell into the inflated market as well.
I'll keep you posted how it holds up, I expect to run it hard.