Newbie debating 35SE vs 40SE

[Boulter]

Thanks guys:

Any comments on the pricing I have been quoted? When I was looking around a year ago at Kubota, it seemed that the US numbers were 15% better than Canada. Has the gap narrowed, cuz if it is still that big, I just might have to call the guy with the truck and flatbed and make a road trip to NY.

Boulter

 

[IslandTractor]

I don't know how many price increases and fuel surcharges have been added to DK40se pricing since last summer. For what it's worth, I got a DK40se, KL401 with added cutting bar, Woods BH90x with mechanical thumb, extra rear remote, canopy with rear work lights, a Woods 72" box blade and installation of a WRLong diverter valve I provided for roughly 3K less than the total you are quoted. Again, I know prices have gone up on a lot of that stuff due to steel and fuel costs. If I were in your shoes I'd make a few international phone calls and carefully calculate what it was going to cost me to take a round trip flatbed truck trip before deciding.

 

[Boulter]

Hi:

On Thursday I inked the deal to get my DK40SE with:
KL401
KB2485
box blade
pallet fork
stone fork
1st maintenence filters and fluids.

Delivery in about 2 or 3 weeks.

I have been reading this site for about 6 months before coming to a buy decision. This is a great resource.

Regards

Boulter

 

[DK35vince]

Congratulations on the new 40se.
Keep us informed how it is working when you get it.

 

[JoelD]

Great news, good luck with the new machine, hope you remain active on board.

 

[DK35vince]

A friend of mine just recently bought a DK 35se HST.
I went over and tryed it out for a while tonight. Nice tractor.
Never spend much time on a HST tractor before, really wanted to try the HST out doing some mowing and loader work to see how I liked it.
Still undecided if I prefer the HST over the shuttle for the $$ differance.

 

[warhammer]

I got quotes from a handful of dealers here in Central Texas. Two of them actually charged more for the 40 than the 45. The price difference was about $125. Not sure what the rational there is as I have read the two tractors are the same except for the rated HP.
Maybe the 45 is what they had in stock and the 40 would have had to have been ordered.

WarHammer

Not sure that is a realistic expectation. Certainly you might find one dealer who sells a 45 for the same price as another is asking for the 40 but it is hard to imagine a dealer that carries both who would sell them for the same price. As I recall there was something like a $1500-2000 difference between the two when I was shopping. There was a smaller difference between the DK35se and the DK40se which combined with the more powerful KL401 loader (which cost almost the same as the KL351) is what drove me to buy the 40se.

 

[Boulter]

Hi:

The tractor arrived yesterday. I spent about 2 hours with the young lad who delivered and demonstrated it to me. Unfortunately I am a little under the weather so don't know if I will get out to play with it today. I think I will for a little while anyhow.

With all the bits and pieces to store, I am thinking of making an open pole type "building". Something about 5 feet deep by 24 feet long. Top level at about 4 feet high would store FEL attachments, ground level would store 3PH attachments. Just put on a roof with a generous overhang, and maybe tarp sides. I was thinking long term of putting up a steel building, but the taxes on it would probably exceed the weather damage of the attachments in my proposed hack of a building. I should get a building for the tractor proper, but it could be small, less than 200 square feet. I was told by the property accessor type person that buildings under this size don't count for taxes.

Off to dig a hole ...

Boulter

 

[Dmace]

Congrats on the purchase and Welcome to the Pack!

 

[randot]

I had my DK40 just a day or two and I was asked to post pictures. I am just passing on the same request, how about some pictures? Oh, and congrats on the purchase!