Price Check This seems like a good deal?

[two_bit_score]

As I said in my original post, this tractor is NOT going to replace what I'm currently using to mow with. I will still use the 861 and the 6' and my wife or son will follow on the Kubota. As to my specific reasons for not looking at the B or L, I didn't even bother looking at the L as the B series was going to be about 5-6K more. I can't justify spending that much more on something that is a "supplemental" piece of equipment. As far as the mowing, I have gotten by for the last year using that setup. Takes awhile, but I enjoy it. As far as the other projects I have planned, again, I can do those as well with my current setup, a chainsaw, a utility wagon behind my garden tractor, muscle, sweat, time, etc. I am aware of the limitations of this tractor from reading/researching many, many posts from people who have this tractor. My woods have trails already cut and if there is an area that is too low, I will either find an alternate route or "dig my way in!!!" I appreciate what y'all are saying and am considering all of your responses. Thanks to all of you.

You made the case! Go get it!

 

[WW2017]

Thank you to everyone who has replied. I do plan on getting it, just wanted to come on here and get some opinions. Part of that is needing reassurance that I'm getting a good deal and also getting a machine that will fit my needs, which I think it will from all of the research I've done. It's just a little scary to spend that much money. I've never even spent that much on a vehicle, and it costs 7 TIMES what my first tractor cost!!
Heck, even my wife told me to get it!! I thought for a second I was in the wrong house. She's a great woman!! Thank you for all the advice. I'll try to remember to post some pics but I might be too busy playing in the dirt!

 

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I'd say if you need a BX to fit in the woods, you clearly need something bigger because you should be doing a lot of thinning of that forest!

Seriously, consider something a bit bigger. 22 acres is begging for at least a B, more like an L; as soon as you start tractor work on your land you're going to regret having gotten the small BX.

 

[nards444]

A few years ago, the cash price was only $65 less than the 0%. I知 guessing they weren稚 moving much. It was from October-December 2015. Fortunately, I bought mine on December 31, 2015. The next day, the 0% price was over $800 higher. Glad I pulled the trigger, when I did. From what I致e seen the 0% usually costs $500 more.

Looking around this spring before i bought it was about 500 or so difference, no real incentive to pay cash unless you really could or didnt want a note. With that said, if you left that 20k in your investments instead of taking it out, you would have made 8 grand over 5 years 12 grand over 7 years. There's truly better use for your money often times then "paying cash", but have to be smart as well. Some people use payment mentality and 0% to justify buying something they shouldnt . Using investment money to make purchases is rather ignorant as well when you can make money off somebody else. But given the statistics on how many adults invest and so forth it doesn't surprise me the cash is king mentality sometimes. Got a lot of 50 something guys running around work that wave cash around but yet fail to make matching contributions and have 40k in their 401s, just shake my head.

 

[3gunr]

I'd say if you need a BX to fit in the woods, you clearly need something bigger because you should be doing a lot of thinning of that forest!

Seriously, consider something a bit bigger. 22 acres is begging for at least a B, more like an L; as soon as you start tractor work on your land you're going to regret having gotten the small BX.

I agree . I have a friend who bought a subcompact for the same needs as yours , regretted it right away .traded up to a 32 hp compact. much happier now.

 

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I agree . I have a friend who bought a subcompact for the same needs as yours , regretted it right away .traded up to a 32 hp compact. much happier now.

Personally I've got 8 acres, and got a Branson 3520h - about the same size as a Kubota L3560. I strongly considered a Kubota B for a while (and then an L, whereupon the Branson came into play), but I knew that when the tractor bug hit me it would bite hard; I use my tractor quite often (especially for someone with a full-time job, though I work from home a lot - that helps :laughing and I find it's less a matter of how big the property is and more of "what do you need to do" (though the bigger the place, the more likely you'll have a lot more to do).

My wife and I are talking about getting her a SCUT (BX class) when our aged lawn tractor dies. The BX class would complement my tractor nicely (getting into her landscaped areas with less collateral damage), while IMO there's too much similarity/overlap with a B.