Replace my 30 year old Ford 1520 4WD compact with new Kioti CK2610H ?

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Replace my 30 year old Ford 1520 4WD compact with Kioti CK2610H ?

I like my tractor. It doesn't burn oil. The turf tires do GREAT on ice & snow.

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The dealer says he'll give me $7,550.oo in trade on his $29,950.oo CK2610H w/ new snowblower, tax, & delivery @ $24,248.oo

I told him we were close to a deal, but I didn't like his number. He wouldn't budge, so I walked, told him I'd sleep on it.

At this price, it's got a glass house on top, heat but no air, a snow blower, wipers front & back.

BUT !!

It's got ag tires. And I've had FABULOUS luck with turf tires, particularly on snow & ice, the most important job this machine will do. Oh yeah, and on my lawns & fields.
He doesn't want to switch the tires (can't blame him, a pain in the neck job).
I don't want to have to put chains on, & take them off twice a year, if ag tires can't get a grip.

I'm not much of a tractor guy. Any insight here?

How's the $money?
How's the rig?
Any warning signs or pitfalls here?

 

[Quebecguy]

Why don't you wait until your Ford gets old before trading it in?

 

[RickB]

Why trade at all?

 

[fried1765]

Why trade at all?

I have a Ford 1920, the bigger brother to yours.
I will NEVER trade it for ANYTHING!

 

[attract her]

You're right!
My 1520 is a dandy little tractor, just has a $few $thousand in maint. done to it. It doesn't burn oil. Runs like a top.

BUT !!



That's the view from my kitchen window.
I'm on a hilltop, inside the Adirondack Park. We get over 100" of snow here per year. We're in the lee of 2 Great Lakes, Erie, & Ontario.
And despite my balaclava, blowing snow in the open blows snow onto my face, and has already degraded my complexion. Being 65 is bad enough. I'd rather not compound the problem with sandpaper, & cryogenics.

For all my 1520's manifold virtues, it lacks a heated, enclosed cab.
In addition, starting it in weather 20 Fahrenheit & below can be a chore.

Due to drainage ditches on my 800' long driveway, I can't plow it.
That means a snowblower, and a walk-behind isn't recommended for over 200'.

The CK2610H will have a fully enclosed heated glass cab. And the dealer assures me I can blow snow in it, in my T-shirt.

The tractor he's got has ag tires. I've had fabulous luck with turf tires on ice & snow. He completely doesn't want to change them. I don't have enough tractor experience to know if I can get buy without chains or problems with the ag tires on it now. Any suggestions?

"Why trade at all? " RB

One other reason.
When I start it in cold weather before it starts my 1520 spews atomized raw diesel fuel, diesel mist. Humans should totally not inhale that.
But my 1520 is parked under a ShelterLogic, a tent to keep the rain & snow off.
The Kioti seems to more civilized, even though it doesn't have a DPF & re-gen cycle (tier 4). Dealer says this model is "tier 3", so no re-gen cycle, a huge plus due to the likelihood I may run it for only a few minutes at a time, on some occasions.

 

[RickB]

I had a 1/4 mile long driveway in upstate NY that I plowed with an open tractor for almost 30 years.
Get yourself a cab.

 

[Tractorable]

I’d be more concerned with the lack of A/C in the cab. During the warmer months it’s going to turn into a greenhouse. Not sure how you could work in it on a hot summer day.

If you like turfs then I’d recommend you stick to your guns and figure out a way to get them. Ags don’t have much of a contact patch to work well on ice.

 

[attract her]

"Get yourself a cab." RB #6

a) I know! Right?

b) Rich lady walks out the Waldorf Astoria exit and says to the uniformed doorman: "Call me a cab."
The gentlemanly doorman nods his ascent, and replies: "OK. You're a cab."

 

[attract her]

QUESTION:

The tractor the dealer is trying to sell me from his lot has ag tires, no greenhouse, etc.
Would it be unreasonable for me to get him to leave that one on the lot, and order one to my specifications?

- glass cab
- turf tires
- air conditioning
- etc.

?

I don['t want to jerk the man around.

BUT !!

I don't want him jerking me around either. It's a relatively small dealership, a quarter the size of the New Holland dealer. I'm not sure his crew has all that much experience with such conversions. I'd prefer a machine configured properly, from the factory.

 

[RickB]

Not a bit. You get to buy what you want. If he can’t accommodate that, find another dealer.