Pulled the trigger today on a 5093e!

Edward. S · Feb 12, 2013

MWRR said:
Congratulations on your new tractor. You will LOVE that seat!!! :thumbsup:

The seat is different from the M.

hoffmtim · Feb 15, 2013

Ok,

I know the rule is no pictures it didn't happen. Well, here is the new pride and joy!

DieselnHooters · Feb 15, 2013

hoffmtim said:
Ok,

I know the rule is no pictures it didn't happen. Well, here is the new pride and joy!

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I jumped from your OP real fast hoping for pics, I was getting ready to call you a teaser

real nice rig, I could even get used to the color lol

SD looks just like my area this time of year...this perfect

DABSGT · Feb 15, 2013

Nice looking tractor best of luck with it

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hoffmtim · Feb 15, 2013

DieselnHooters said:
I jumped from your OP real fast hoping for pics, I was getting ready to call you a teaser

real nice rig, I could even get used to the color lol

SD looks just like my area this time of year...this perfect

Sorry, not sure what happened with the pics but they should be there now! This year is unusual for snow fall, we've been getting rain in my SE corner of the state. The rest of the state has a bunch of snow. Now that the new tractor arrived, bring on the blizzards!

bigblock · Feb 15, 2013

Very nice. I'm sure you will enjoy it. Nice pictures but there is some kind of white stuff in all of them. I like your wheel weights.

Dr Dave · Feb 16, 2013

Nice looking tractor, just in time for some snow! I like your Cleary buildings also.

Dave

hoffmtim · Feb 16, 2013

Dr Dave said:
Nice looking tractor, just in time for some snow! I like your Cleary buildings also.

Dave

Thanks Dave!

The one with the Cupola's went up last summer. It has a full concrete floor and readied for a floor hoist to work on vehicles. The one with the single big door is my storage shed where the farm implements reside. The little red barn is my wifes contribution. Wish it would have been a little bigger but it was the first one that went up and we didn't have a good appreciation for size when we built it.

J F · Feb 17, 2013

Sure is purdy, congrats!

AKfish · Feb 17, 2013

Great pics! Thanks for posting. Some snow to make those spring grains grow! Hopefully, you'll have some summer moisture, too. :thumbsup: Your tractor looks nearly identical to my M. Just a few differences here and there... I have to believe that many of the structural elements are common to both platforms. It would certainly make good business sense from a manufacturing and inventory perspective.

My wife and I are looking at some more hay ground and maybe doing some custom hay work, too. Gonna need a bigger tractor for a high moisture (silage) round baler. That 5093E would be a very nice round baler tractor!

Be curious to hear how this next summer's field work and your new tractor "work together", too. Keep us posted.

AKfish

hoffmtim · Feb 18, 2013

I have to agree with you on the manufacturing/inventory perspective. I ordered the tractor Jan 9th, took delivery Feb 15th and they were ready to deliver on the 13th after dealer installs. Right at 5 weeks from order to farm which is darn quick in my book.

I may have been a little over anxious on the Blizzard comment above, it sounds like they're forecasting a whopper to hit the mid section of the country on Thursday (including my area, heavy snow and wind is all they'll say at this point). Might get to exercise it sooner than I thought!! :cool2:

cheoah · Feb 19, 2013

Ordered mine 12/29 or thereabouts, dealer projection was first week of March. Good luck with the weather out there.

sdnd24 · Feb 20, 2013

That is a very nice tractor! I hope to get something like that. I think you got a good deal from Schunemans, I may have to check them out up here. Hope you keep the snow down there so you get the chance to use that new machine. Do you think the new E's are about the same as say the 2011 M's with all the updates they have done?

hoffmtim · Feb 20, 2013

sdnd24 said:
That is a very nice tractor! I hope to get something like that. I think you got a good deal from Schunemans, I may have to check them out up here. Hope you keep the snow down there so you get the chance to use that new machine. Do you think the new E's are about the same as say the 2011 M's with all the updates they have done?

Thanks! I may have gotten a similar deal from other JD dealers, but my salesman was very good and I feel real confident in him. We'll try to keep the snow down this way, it already sounds like they are backing off the amounts now.

As far as M's vs E's, others on this board are more qualified than me to answer that, I can only speak to what I saw when driving the two. The new cab design brings many of the M's features to the E series, but the M has many upgraded features the E doesn't. I would have LOVED the M series, I just couldn't justify the cost difference (~10-12k for the same hp). I would have prefered the M's electronic MFWD engagement and auto engage feature, the throttle is on the side counsel instead of a lever off the dash, the PTO/ePTO is also on the side counsel instead of a lever behind the seat and the air seat is much nicer than the one in the E. That said, the new E cab is much nicer than the old one in my opinion and enough of game changer that I stayed with the E.

On the outside, you have electronic 3pt controls on the fender, better 3pt arms with higher lift capacity and many other things I'm not listing (and I'm sure others will add or correct where I go wrong).

With that said, I am thrilled with my E, it is more tractor than I ever thought I'd own!

RollingsFarms · Feb 20, 2013

My local dealer has 4 stores in an hour radius. The closest one to me is 15 mins. I have yet to see an M series tractor on any of their lots (brand new). They did get a couple in trade-ins though. What I can tell you is he keeps all of his stores FULL of 5d, 5e, 5e limited tractors. They are tucked in there right along with the half a million dollar sprayers, $450,000 combines, and a bunch of 6d, 6r, and 8r tractors. These are what sell around here. Now he does have some compacts but not nearly as wide of a selection as the others I mentioned. I literally walked two rows of JUST 5083, 5093, and 5101 tractors today while I was there. That was just two rows.lol

hoffmtim · Feb 20, 2013

Something else for those looking at buying, when I made my deal in Jan I negotiated 5 years 0% with JD Credit on the balance owed. When my salesman showed up with the tractor and the paperwork, he had gone ahead and made it 6 years 0% without my asking. Deere will do this guys if that is a swaying factor for your purchase, my deal is proof.

RollingsFarms · Feb 20, 2013

hoffmtim said:
Something else for those looking at buying, when I made my deal in Jan I negotiated 5 years 0% with JD Credit on the balance owed. When my salesman showed up with the tractor and the paperwork, he had gone ahead and made it 6 years 0% without my asking. Deere will do this guys if that is a swaying factor for your purchase, my deal is proof.

My dealer is offering the same thing on ALL 5 series tractors. Even M's! Even gators! Well excluding the pro gator and turf gators.

Chickengrower · Feb 21, 2013

hoffmtim said:
Something else for those looking at buying, when I made my deal in Jan I negotiated 5 years 0% with JD Credit on the balance owed. When my salesman showed up with the tractor and the paperwork, he had gone ahead and made it 6 years 0% without my asking. Deere will do this guys if that is a swaying factor for your purchase, my deal is proof.

On a MFWD 5093e ROPS with FEL, my salesman acted like 0 for 48 was their special deal and it would cost me an extra $1,000 to get 0 for 60. This was about 3 weeks ago. You didn't get 72 months for the same price as 48 months price did you? If so, that would definitely help me in my decision making. Kubota offered me 0 for 60 and NH offered 0 for 48.

cheoah · Feb 21, 2013

Chickengrower said:
On a MFWD 5093e ROPS with FEL, my salesman acted like 0 for 48 was their special deal and it would cost me an extra $1,000 to get 0 for 60. This was about 3 weeks ago. You didn't get 72 months for the same price as 48 months price did you? If so, that would definitely help me in my decision making. Kubota offered me 0 for 60 and NH offered 0 for 48.

Ya you have to buy down to 0% 60 mos, it adds another $1000 or so. I'm sure there is some variation, but I know my dealer well, have bought many tractors over the years, and no BS. Not that I'm any expert on John Deere credit - but my experience is that you pay to get the longer note. This from my 12/29/12 order of a 5085M. If you didn't pay extra for the longer note then congrats, and enjoy it! I think all of us are pleased with the 0% deals - it allowed me to bump up to the M. All my operators will feel like they got a raise

hoffmtim · Feb 21, 2013

Chickengrower said:
On a MFWD 5093e ROPS with FEL, my salesman acted like 0 for 48 was their special deal and it would cost me an extra $1,000 to get 0 for 60. This was about 3 weeks ago. You didn't get 72 months for the same price as 48 months price did you? If so, that would definitely help me in my decision making. Kubota offered me 0 for 60 and NH offered 0 for 48.

I got the final quote from my dealer, responded that I would do the deal if he'd do 0 for 60 without any additonal cost. He agreed to do that. The 0 for 72 was a surprise to me, he did that on his own. No additional $$ from the original quote.