seasalt
Bronze Member
new member. have read literally hundreds of your knowledgeable posts. grew up on a farm but lately (after 30 years in city) moved back to the country and have been looking for my first tractor. limited my heavy research to top three, (although I looked at other models suggested and considered to lots of satisfied owners posts on other brands). my results are as follows:
a.) first thought I wanted a small CUT b7510 or similar; b.) then as time went by I thought I wanted a b3030 - then wanted the cab version; c.) then looked at subCUTs as many of you seem to be very proud of their capabilities; d.) finally settled on the need for about 20+ pto hp so as to allow powering of just about any size gear I wanted to run; e.) for my needs at least, was concerned about ground clearance so sub CUTs fell out of consideration - back to mid or large CUT; e.) brands, features, current plans, pricing, incentives, dealers, yada yada yada - what a chore to consider and optimize all!!
bottom line is the process is evolutionary. dont fix your thoughts without giving adequate time to think drive compare and read. my percieved needs changed radically before I thought I was finished.
I can elaborate on this more if anyone wants to chat but, the strange part is I first looked at green and rejected due to cost /weight. then looked at orange and was sure that was it for me. suddenly was taken by blue, but backed away after clearly determining it was not the one for me. at the end I returned to the deere just to look before final orange decision and found features and size I felt very comfortable with. could not deny that. decided to go with what I wanted (size and brand) despite price due to the typically long life of this potential "member of the family". most suprising of all I found I was able to negotiate an excellent price for it (never thought I'd be able to say that). JD3320 hst @ $15,900 w/ 300x FEL for $2800 or 300cx FEL for $3300 incl HD 61" bucket and 36 mo @0%. sounds like the right deal for me all the way around. BTW no mowing chores- primarily need a machine that wont run out of "grunt" for my underbrush / wooded area clean up, building a drive, small barn constr. and gen. maintainence chores, fun, etc. oh yeah and one I will not soon outgrow.
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a.) first thought I wanted a small CUT b7510 or similar; b.) then as time went by I thought I wanted a b3030 - then wanted the cab version; c.) then looked at subCUTs as many of you seem to be very proud of their capabilities; d.) finally settled on the need for about 20+ pto hp so as to allow powering of just about any size gear I wanted to run; e.) for my needs at least, was concerned about ground clearance so sub CUTs fell out of consideration - back to mid or large CUT; e.) brands, features, current plans, pricing, incentives, dealers, yada yada yada - what a chore to consider and optimize all!!
bottom line is the process is evolutionary. dont fix your thoughts without giving adequate time to think drive compare and read. my percieved needs changed radically before I thought I was finished.
I can elaborate on this more if anyone wants to chat but, the strange part is I first looked at green and rejected due to cost /weight. then looked at orange and was sure that was it for me. suddenly was taken by blue, but backed away after clearly determining it was not the one for me. at the end I returned to the deere just to look before final orange decision and found features and size I felt very comfortable with. could not deny that. decided to go with what I wanted (size and brand) despite price due to the typically long life of this potential "member of the family". most suprising of all I found I was able to negotiate an excellent price for it (never thought I'd be able to say that). JD3320 hst @ $15,900 w/ 300x FEL for $2800 or 300cx FEL for $3300 incl HD 61" bucket and 36 mo @0%. sounds like the right deal for me all the way around. BTW no mowing chores- primarily need a machine that wont run out of "grunt" for my underbrush / wooded area clean up, building a drive, small barn constr. and gen. maintainence chores, fun, etc. oh yeah and one I will not soon outgrow.
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