I stopped in at the dealer today to see if they could tell me anything about the status of my Boomer 55 on order. The salesman had already told me they would not know anything until it rolled into the yard on the truck but I never believed him. Well, he was busy so a young lady asked me if she could help me and I told her the reason I was there. She said "sure, I can find out something" so she tapped around on the computer and said the factory was in the process of building it, that the backhoe had been built, that the radio and brush guard were already at the dealer waiting for the tractor. We agreed that it would probably take about 3 weeks in shipping once it left the factory until it was delivered taking into account it has to cross the Pacific, go thru the Panama canal then travel up to the port of Baltimore, off loaded and trucked to NC. I hope they ain't having any riots in Baltimore when it gets there! She said it would probably be here sometime in OCT. so maybe I will live long enough to see it. They had agreed to furnish a thumb with the price quoted but I asked her about it and she looked it up and said it was a manual thumb which I don't want. I forgot to ask about dual remotes and she looked it up and said it was ordered with single and that she would try to change the order and get them to put it on at the factory. I forgot about so many little trivial things after we hammered out a deal. This is the last new tractor I will ever buy so I want it right and get everything on it I possibly can. Just thought you may enjoy the update.