Ready to buy 1648 or 1652

[rhardy6f26]

Get them while you can. Before i decided and pulled the trigger on my 1648 with cab, they were getting pretty scarce. Mine came from a dealer in NH who got it from their other store in Bangor Maine. The tractor had quite a few miles on her riding on a trailer. My dealer said he had someone else intersested in one but the next closest was ohio

 

[jymbee]

I did grow up on a farm, already own a JD 748 tractor/mower with HST and *definitely* am only considering the 12x12.

Unless your dealer has one or can get one from another dealer, you really have to get started. Two dealers told me this independent from each other. And yes I second another member's opinion here: Get the 12x12 PowerShuttle and not the HST! Will leave you with a little more PTO power, and it is definitely more fun!! I testdrove both versions and the HST just reminded me of my lawn mower; not very satisfying... I guess I grew up on a farm, hehe!

 

[gharms]

And I have a Simplicity Regent HST lawn mower...

 

[gharms]

And now I have another question; something seems fishy to me. Since I would like to go the route of the "0%" financing, I sent off the application to the dealer. Remember how he quoted me 32400$ at 0% financing and 28400$ for cash. Now in his last e-mail he all the sudden speaks of 35900$ at 0% financing (pre tax). What is that?

 

[MIKE R]

Tires, liquid ballast, and all that are options. The tires will be $3000 plus $1500 for liquid ballast. When we got the 1652 our dealer walked through the order with us showing us what costs what and the markup he has on it.

 

[jymbee]

Yikes-- that's a HUGE jump. I'd say the dealer has some explaning to do.

When I was shopping around I got prices all over the place as well. I was careful to pin them down so I was comparing apples to apples. Otherwise they have all kinds of dealer "tricks" they can play with pricing. For example, I'm going to sell my Case 580CK backhoe and replace it with the new MF. I was sure my best bet was to sell the hoe myself but when one dealer found out I was selling it he assured me that they "love used equipment". That was the sales guy. When I talked to one of the owners separetly (not telling him of my conversation w/ the sales guy) he came right out and said used equipment was a PITA and they really would prefer not to mess with it. I guess some tractor dealers have a lot in common with used car dealers...

And now I have another question; something seems fishy to me. Since I would like to go the route of the "0%" financing, I sent off the application to the dealer. Remember how he quoted me 32400$ at 0% financing and 28400$ for cash. Now in his last e-mail he all the sudden speaks of 35900$ at 0% financing (pre tax). What is that?

 

[jymbee]

It one does go the cras route, do you have to pay up front before the dealer will order, or put up a large down payment, or... ?

 

[MIKE R]

I was sure my best bet was to sell the hoe myself but when one dealer found out I was selling it he assured me that they "love used equipment". That was the sales guy. When I talked to one of the owners separately (not telling him of my conversation w/ the sales guy) he came right out and said used equipment was a PITA and they really would prefer not to mess with it.

We dealt with the owner when we got ours. He was upfront about everything, he hid nothing from us.

 

[gharms]

Update, a good one! The dealer was answering my e-mail while on the phone with another customer who wants to buy a planter. So he just gave me the prices of the planter... All is good, he just got messed up for a little! Phew! But he could not have gotten far anyways, as I have the quote on paper.

 

[MIKE R]

Update, a good one! The dealer was answering my e-mail while on the phone with another customer who wants to buy a planter. So he just gave me the prices of the planter... All is good, he just got messed up for a little! Phew! But he could not have gotten far anyways, as I have the quote on paper.

Well that must be one fancy planter.

 

[gharms]

Something big for sure! The poor guy felt really bad as he apologized already twice to me! :laughing:

 

[MIKE R]

Something big for sure! The poor guy felt really bad as he apologized already twice to me! :laughing:

Did you try to get him to lower the price a little bit more because of his mistake.

 

[gharms]

No I didn't. It was only lingering for about an hour, between me sending of my inquiring mail, getting back to work, and getting back to my e-mail to read his apologies.

 

[jymbee]

I'd try to get him to come down. I just stopped by a dealer who had a 1652 powershuttle in stock and his cash price was $28,200. He also explained that there's actually two financing routes. One with the zero interest which basically only jacks up the price and spreads out payments. Or you could get the tractor for the same price and choose 3.99%. That might be an option if one wanted to do something like put a large down payment down, then pay it off in the next year or so.

Haven't done the math to see how everything works out, but I'm thinking the cash route is still the best way to go if circumstances permit of course.

No I didn't. It was only lingering for about an hour, between me sending of my inquiring mail, getting back to work, and getting back to my e-mail to read his apologies.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Wow, yumbee, you got some really good quotes on hand. I contacted three additional dealerships around here, and all came in very close to my original quote. Just notified my dealer to order the following:

MF 1648 open platform
12x12 powershuttle
engine block heater
1 rear remote (we were contemplating where we would be using 2 and could not think of any yet)
DL130 front end loader complete with 72" bucket

28400 cash

I guess I just ordered my tractor!

If you are going to be doing much if any grading, it is nice to have Top & Tilt hydraulics on the 3pt and if you will have a grader blade, it is nice to have a hydraulic or 2 on it for angling the blade or for offsetting the boom.

Just a few reasons to have multiple rear remotes.