equipman
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There is no "free freight" on tractors from Kubota warehouses, each item has freight tacked onto it. Free shipping on an ebay watch purchase and a set of tractor wheels and tires is a very substantial difference in cost.
New rims and tires
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tshep
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First, I apologize for bad English in previous post - excited I guess.
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Not really knowing that industry, I kinda' assumed once a truck got to a certain fill, that a few more relatively light times didn't add to cost. (Something like $X a ton per mile or whole trailer/truck for $X per mile.) I also thought it was probably a Kubota-owned subsidiary that did the trucking ('K . Logistics LLC' for instance like other corporations have, Walmart, BMW etc.) I have learned to be suspicious of delivery costs that seem to be fixed at the retail end without a distance calculation, and that are as high as 25% of value of items - ie looks just another fixed markup.
Sm - sounds like I inadvertently pushed a personal button - certainly not intended. I also lived under very strange rules and a stacked deck as both a union and then independent contractor electrician.
I once took an Amtrak trip that bumped into a similar rule. A late train stopped about 20 miles from the destination while a new crew rode rode a rail truck out to relieve. Their trip took more than that 20 minutes (couldn't rail ride while train was in motion), and the existing crew still had responsibility for passengers while they worked as they 'rested'. Very weird, but within the rules.
I guess ultimately I'm very suspicious from my previous parts dealers' cavalier attitude on pricing, as I have a used/out of area tractor and will always be a 'little' customer rather than ever being a 'big spender'.
Overall, these tire/wheel goods prices are great - there's just that freight 'kicker' that I was trying to learn how to avoid. After doing some patching myself, my tire guy tells me mounting the small ones alone is worth $30 each in hand labor (too small for car machine, slow and careful hand work as he is guaranteeing not mess up my tires). These 'goods' prices are very much like getting the wheel and the mounting for free. Still, $75 is real money at my house.
Thanks all!
In reverse order...
Not really knowing that industry, I kinda' assumed once a truck got to a certain fill, that a few more relatively light times didn't add to cost. (Something like $X a ton per mile or whole trailer/truck for $X per mile.) I also thought it was probably a Kubota-owned subsidiary that did the trucking ('K . Logistics LLC' for instance like other corporations have, Walmart, BMW etc.) I have learned to be suspicious of delivery costs that seem to be fixed at the retail end without a distance calculation, and that are as high as 25% of value of items - ie looks just another fixed markup.
Sm - sounds like I inadvertently pushed a personal button - certainly not intended. I also lived under very strange rules and a stacked deck as both a union and then independent contractor electrician.
I once took an Amtrak trip that bumped into a similar rule. A late train stopped about 20 miles from the destination while a new crew rode rode a rail truck out to relieve. Their trip took more than that 20 minutes (couldn't rail ride while train was in motion), and the existing crew still had responsibility for passengers while they worked as they 'rested'. Very weird, but within the rules.
I guess ultimately I'm very suspicious from my previous parts dealers' cavalier attitude on pricing, as I have a used/out of area tractor and will always be a 'little' customer rather than ever being a 'big spender'.
Overall, these tire/wheel goods prices are great - there's just that freight 'kicker' that I was trying to learn how to avoid. After doing some patching myself, my tire guy tells me mounting the small ones alone is worth $30 each in hand labor (too small for car machine, slow and careful hand work as he is guaranteeing not mess up my tires). These 'goods' prices are very much like getting the wheel and the mounting for free. Still, $75 is real money at my house.
Thanks all!
sandman2234
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You didn't push my buttons, I was just posting that so "non truckers" could understand a little more about my end of the equation, and why things that seem so easy to do, like just drop the extra tires by your house, have become such a royal pain to get done. Hopefully I didn't come across TOO HARSH, with my reply.
Merry Christmas everybody!!
David from jax
Andrewnewy
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There is not such thing as "free" freight, don't know to many truckers who can run their truck on free fuel or who eat free food, So ultimately the term "free freight" is just a marketing term, it's really wether it's included in the sale price or not!
That price on Tyres is awesome here in Australia a set of Tyres and Rim's would we well over $1200 and that's dealer cost!
That price on Tyres is awesome here in Australia a set of Tyres and Rim's would we well over $1200 and that's dealer cost!
sandman2234
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Free freight just means the costs are included in the sale price, or absorbed elsewhere. Sometimes truckers absorb a loss so that they can get out of a no freight, or cheap freight area, to a place where freight pays better. Some people call it a "back haul" but in reality it costs just as much to run the truck out as it does back, but that is marketing.
David from jax
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bx2670
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Picked up new tires and rims today,front were $131.00 back were $234.00 $365.00 for set.Taxes $30.08 and shipping UPS $64.76 Total $459.84 I'm happy with that after looking them up on Colemans web site still got them for half of what they wanted:thumbsup:
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bx2670
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Could'nt stand it I put on new tires and now it looks more like a tractor!!!!
