amg280
Silver Member
Hi guys, was looking for a little advice. My tractor has been in the shop the last 3 weeks for a transmission leak. I got it back and all is well. I go there so much I have become somewhat friends with the mechanic, real nice guy, and has helped me out alot over the past year or so. Long story short, he just got a new B3000 in. He made me get in it and take it for a drive. It was 95+ degrees that day and the A/C cab felt like heaven. I was also very impressed with how quiet it was and smooth at all RPM ranges.
I mow about 5-6 acres of my 8 acre property, and use the bucket all the time for doing misc things around the property. I have a snowblower and absolutely freeze in these CNY winters. A cab would be nice. Plus I do want extra lifting capacity since I feel my BX is just slightly lower than what I need for some stuff I lift.
The dealer made me a great offer on a trade for the new B3000. At least I think its a pretty good deal. My only concerns on the "new" tractor would be the cab, have a few trees around the propery (read: more trim mowing) and snow removal with just a bucket (dont want to spend 6K on a new blower, at least not now). Granted, there are lots of places my BX cant go simply because of the roll bar. But like I said, mowing is just one of its uses.
I would trade in:
1. 2009 BX2660 with 210 hours (just changed oil (mobile 1) and tran fluid to sudt2)
2. 60" deck (brand new blades used once)
3. LA243 loader
4. front mt snowblower (brand new, with quick hitch, mid pto driveline, etc)
5. bx panded pallet forks (only work on BX buckets)
for brand new:
1. B3000HSDCC <--better of the two
2. front loader with 60" bucket - LA403
3. RC72-30B 72" mid mount mower
I am going to keep my ballast box and also my landpride RCR-1548 bush hog.
They are offering me 20K on a trade, going with generally list price on the new one. For tax purposes its better that way (ny-8.25% tax). I know I can probably buy one cash for around $27,500 give or take, then there is more tax and I still have to sell mine. The price they are working on with the tractor is 32,700 with all the above attachments, leaving me to pay a difference of roughly 13K plus tax. obviously taking advantage of 0% for 60, my payment wont be much more than it is now, including my low payoff. I could probably even match it. They said they can call Kubota and try to beat them up somemore since I had so much warranty work on my BX.
What do you think of the deal? What is my trade-in worth on the used market, such as craigs list or ebay? I had one dealer tell me start at $15K and work your way down. Crunching numbers, if I did get 15K for my tractor with said attachments, I wouldnt save alot overall than just trading it. Unless its worth more than $15k, i dont think its worth the time and hassel of trying to sell it outright, dealing with lowballers. thoughts?
My only other concern is will I like this tractor? Or am I caught up in the moment. I will lose my snow blower, but thats not so much a big dissappointment for me. I used mine one season and managed to destroy it and get a new one with my insurance. Ive used the bucket on my BX before and it did a fine job, more time consuming, but in a heated cab who cares? Will mowing with the 72" deck be ok? I believe this deck is not free floating, and runs on the ground all the time. Is that too wide? Would the 60" be preffered. I would like the bigger one, since it takes quite a while to do the lawn, and most of it is flat and smooth, free of obstruction. Also would you opt for the propritary front loader quick hitch system. I would like to buy the OE pallet forks if I do this deal, sometime down the road. That would make swapping bucket to forks easy. I think its only around $250. Still dont know why its not a universal style like most (skid steer's).
Another reason the cab is appealing to me is im constantly fighting off black flies in the back portion of my yard. Most will probably laugh, but swatting them away gets tiresome, and the bites dont feel good. minor inconvenience, I know.
Please let me know what you think or slap some sense back into me!
Andy
I mow about 5-6 acres of my 8 acre property, and use the bucket all the time for doing misc things around the property. I have a snowblower and absolutely freeze in these CNY winters. A cab would be nice. Plus I do want extra lifting capacity since I feel my BX is just slightly lower than what I need for some stuff I lift.
The dealer made me a great offer on a trade for the new B3000. At least I think its a pretty good deal. My only concerns on the "new" tractor would be the cab, have a few trees around the propery (read: more trim mowing) and snow removal with just a bucket (dont want to spend 6K on a new blower, at least not now). Granted, there are lots of places my BX cant go simply because of the roll bar. But like I said, mowing is just one of its uses.
I would trade in:
1. 2009 BX2660 with 210 hours (just changed oil (mobile 1) and tran fluid to sudt2)
2. 60" deck (brand new blades used once)
3. LA243 loader
4. front mt snowblower (brand new, with quick hitch, mid pto driveline, etc)
5. bx panded pallet forks (only work on BX buckets)
for brand new:
1. B3000HSDCC <--better of the two
2. front loader with 60" bucket - LA403
3. RC72-30B 72" mid mount mower
I am going to keep my ballast box and also my landpride RCR-1548 bush hog.
They are offering me 20K on a trade, going with generally list price on the new one. For tax purposes its better that way (ny-8.25% tax). I know I can probably buy one cash for around $27,500 give or take, then there is more tax and I still have to sell mine. The price they are working on with the tractor is 32,700 with all the above attachments, leaving me to pay a difference of roughly 13K plus tax. obviously taking advantage of 0% for 60, my payment wont be much more than it is now, including my low payoff. I could probably even match it. They said they can call Kubota and try to beat them up somemore since I had so much warranty work on my BX.
What do you think of the deal? What is my trade-in worth on the used market, such as craigs list or ebay? I had one dealer tell me start at $15K and work your way down. Crunching numbers, if I did get 15K for my tractor with said attachments, I wouldnt save alot overall than just trading it. Unless its worth more than $15k, i dont think its worth the time and hassel of trying to sell it outright, dealing with lowballers. thoughts?
My only other concern is will I like this tractor? Or am I caught up in the moment. I will lose my snow blower, but thats not so much a big dissappointment for me. I used mine one season and managed to destroy it and get a new one with my insurance. Ive used the bucket on my BX before and it did a fine job, more time consuming, but in a heated cab who cares? Will mowing with the 72" deck be ok? I believe this deck is not free floating, and runs on the ground all the time. Is that too wide? Would the 60" be preffered. I would like the bigger one, since it takes quite a while to do the lawn, and most of it is flat and smooth, free of obstruction. Also would you opt for the propritary front loader quick hitch system. I would like to buy the OE pallet forks if I do this deal, sometime down the road. That would make swapping bucket to forks easy. I think its only around $250. Still dont know why its not a universal style like most (skid steer's).
Another reason the cab is appealing to me is im constantly fighting off black flies in the back portion of my yard. Most will probably laugh, but swatting them away gets tiresome, and the bites dont feel good. minor inconvenience, I know.
Please let me know what you think or slap some sense back into me!
Andy
