OPINIONS WANTED ON PACKAGE DEAL

[MikePA]

Moved to correct forum, i.e., the Kubota forum, since this thread is about a single brand.

 

[GreenWannabe]

Up date:
Just got off the phone with the dealer.
He said he's going to tag the 2 tractors SOLD.

Sweeeeet!!

Now we need lots of Pictures!!!

 

[LBrown59]

1*don't plan on mowing much grass with one.
2*First, the machine is pathetically underpowered.
3*Second, it should maneuver like a miniature tractor that it is, but it can't turn tight at all.
4*And if you have a nice lawn you're gonna tear it up trying to turn around trees, well at least 4-5 feet away from a tree if yu can get that close.
5*And if you think a tiller is gonna work...
6*have a John Deere AWS garden tractor till up the area first for you or rent a troy built tiller and let the tractor watch you do it.
7* And what do you think you will push with that blade? Piles of vermuculite, chunks of styrofoam?
8* No offence meant, but
9*why would you want one, let alone two of these?
10*They're cute, and have a lot of knobs and levers, and have a rough running diesel under the hood...
11* I'm trying out a BX23 tomorrow to hopefully show him up.

1*I think the BX1500 will do as good or better than the CC GT2554 2 wheel drive garden tractor with manual steering and manual deck lift it's replacing.
2*The BX1500s 15 HP is almost twice as much HP as the 40 year old Bolens garden tractor with 8.25 HP. So I don't think it will have any problem taking over the old Bolens task.
3*I never expected my 2 old Bolens, CC GT2554 or BX23 2 wheel steer tractors to steer like an AWS therefore I don't expect the BX1500s to steer like one either.
4*I don't have that problem with MY BX 23 so don't see why the BX1500 would be any different.
5* The BX1500 will be doing the same tilling I have been doing with the Bolens garden tractor.
Are you trying to tell me that the BX1500 won't do what I've been doing for 40 years with a 750 pound light weight 2 wheel drive tractor that only has 8.25 horse power?
6*I'ts my understanding that you can't put a tiller on the JD AWS.
7*Every thing and more than I've been pushing for over 40 years with the little old Bolens garden tractors.
8*no comment.
9* Because they are more than enough to handle the task I have in mind for them. Then too $15600 is just about half what 2 new JD x700 garden tractors with the same attachments would cost me.
10*If that's a problem for you, you should have tested the current version of the BX1500 which is now called a bx1850.
It has 3 cylinders instead of 2 and more HP than the bx1500.
11* I'd take a BX23 BX24 Massy Ferguson 2310 JD 2210 or JD 2305 Sub-Compact over any of the X500 or X700 garden tractors any day.
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Now are you beginning to see why your results are so far out of line with the norm?

 

[LBrown59]

Sweeeeet!!
Now we need lots of Pictures!!!

So do I!

There was a change made from a new front blade to a used one during my last talk on the phone with the dealer yesterday.
This resulted in a revised cost allocation as follows.
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New BX1500 $6300. Used BX1500 with 350 hours $4525. Total for the 2 tractors only / no implements $10825.
4 attachments: New 48'' MMM $1450. New 48'' Tiller $1100. Used hydraulic lift and angle front blade $1500. Used 48''MMM $725. Total for these four attachments $4775.
The total package
$6300 New BX1500.
$4525 Used BX1500 with 350 hours.
$4775 for the 4 attachments.
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Total for the whole package $15600.oo delivered.

 

[AndyM]

What are your plans for the Cub Cadet?

 

[LBrown59]

What are your plans for the Cub Cadet?

Might put it up for sale.

 

[LBrown59]

What are your plans for the Cub Cadet?

Say Andy M the Kubota Dealer here in Marietta has a special sale price of $6945 for a new BX1850 for just the tractor.
Sounds like a good deal if you're interested.

 

[LBrown59]

So do I!

There was a change made from a new front blade to a used one during my last talk on the phone with the dealer yesterday.
This resulted in a revised cost allocation as follows.
=================
New BX1500 $6300. Used BX1500 with 350 hours $4525. Total for the 2 tractors only / no implements $10825.
4 attachments: New 48'' MMM $1450. New 48'' Tiller $1100. Used hydraulic lift and angle front blade $1500. Used 48''MMM $725. Total for these four attachments $4775.
The total package
$6300 New BX1500.
$4525 Used BX1500 with 350 hours.
$4775 for the 4 attachments.
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Total for the whole package $15600.oo delivered.

Another Change on this order.
The order was changed back to a new front blade due to the used one wasn't any good ,but the total package is still 15600 delivered .
Delivery is scheduled for 11/8/2007.