James11ac
New member
Hi all. Thanks for the welcome messages on the new member page and for the tons of info that you all share. It was a great help in buying my first tractor. I was in love with the BX25 and it was the only one for me. Really it was what I could afford for my 2 acre yard, 2 acre pasture and 6 acres of idle fields. However moving from California was more expensive than I planned, the barn needed a new roof and the wife wanted new furniture. So, my dreams of an orange tractor were back-burnered and I bought a Cub Cadet ZTT50 (Steeler colors!!) to do the yard and a 17cuft cart to haul stuff. That keeps me outta the weeds. Well, my dad (1 acre yard, 6 acres overgrown fields, Cub Cadet LT1054) came over and I was yammering about tractors and he said, 添ou find a tractor and I値l go in half on it. What a deal.
Other brands were more expensive, had no dealer within 35 miles or just didn稚 have the appeal of Kubota so it was down to the confusing issue of which one? Wouldn稚 it be nice if the models increased in features/options as the number increased ie 2620, 2630, 2660? Anywho, after the money was spent the biggest lesson I learned was shop as many different dealers as you can.
I started with Green Valley Tractors in Fairfield, CA and Tom Green and his wife are some of the nicest people on planet Earth. They spent a couple hours with me, and Tom even convinced me to wait until I got to Ohio to buy. Some dealers never even came out to talk. In Ohio, I went to Unkefer痴 and they were outstanding. After a few hours of test driving different models, telling stories, asking questions and really getting an education, we were ready to go get the money. Then I noticed the BH was quoted more than the MSRP. I asked and was told that was for installation. I didn稚 say anything but the internet MSRP already had $500+ added in for that. That prompted me to go to another local dealer, Coia, in Ravenna. They were extremely friendly and quoted the exact same tractor for $1150 less and $1500 less than my dad found in PA. Unkefer dropped their price but it was still more than Coia. I felt bad but it came down to the dollar. Maybe we could have shopped more but my $11,850 half of a B2620, FEL, BH, 60熱MM was good for me.
We went to Coia yesterday and they said they were just uncrating everything and that we should have it by Friday. I offered to help put it together but no deal! We had to go back to my place and press on with the barn roof. The roof supports were sagging so after setting seven 4x6 posts on 1500lbs of concrete footers and busting out the old 40遅8遅8 floor with a sledgehammer and prybar we had plenty of dreams of how the new tractor would help us. The Cub Cadet hauled all of that old floor out to the back fields poor thing it can稚 wait til Friday either!!! Many projects to come.
My question is this how do you start out to change a few shingles and end up with a new foundation and a Kubota????
Hey, thanks again everyone. I値l post pics soon.
Jim
PS. Didn稚 want to leave you hanging my wife got the furniture!!!
Other brands were more expensive, had no dealer within 35 miles or just didn稚 have the appeal of Kubota so it was down to the confusing issue of which one? Wouldn稚 it be nice if the models increased in features/options as the number increased ie 2620, 2630, 2660? Anywho, after the money was spent the biggest lesson I learned was shop as many different dealers as you can.
I started with Green Valley Tractors in Fairfield, CA and Tom Green and his wife are some of the nicest people on planet Earth. They spent a couple hours with me, and Tom even convinced me to wait until I got to Ohio to buy. Some dealers never even came out to talk. In Ohio, I went to Unkefer痴 and they were outstanding. After a few hours of test driving different models, telling stories, asking questions and really getting an education, we were ready to go get the money. Then I noticed the BH was quoted more than the MSRP. I asked and was told that was for installation. I didn稚 say anything but the internet MSRP already had $500+ added in for that. That prompted me to go to another local dealer, Coia, in Ravenna. They were extremely friendly and quoted the exact same tractor for $1150 less and $1500 less than my dad found in PA. Unkefer dropped their price but it was still more than Coia. I felt bad but it came down to the dollar. Maybe we could have shopped more but my $11,850 half of a B2620, FEL, BH, 60熱MM was good for me.
We went to Coia yesterday and they said they were just uncrating everything and that we should have it by Friday. I offered to help put it together but no deal! We had to go back to my place and press on with the barn roof. The roof supports were sagging so after setting seven 4x6 posts on 1500lbs of concrete footers and busting out the old 40遅8遅8 floor with a sledgehammer and prybar we had plenty of dreams of how the new tractor would help us. The Cub Cadet hauled all of that old floor out to the back fields poor thing it can稚 wait til Friday either!!! Many projects to come.
My question is this how do you start out to change a few shingles and end up with a new foundation and a Kubota????
Hey, thanks again everyone. I値l post pics soon.
Jim
PS. Didn稚 want to leave you hanging my wife got the furniture!!!