dad wants a cab

Poopdeck Pappy · May 19, 2015

There are plenty of other reasons for people to be selling their tractor. Such as upsizing or downsizing their property, moving to another state, changing specific uses for which the tractor was purchased, or some people just seem to want to buy a new tractor every few years. I know a guy that trades tractors every two years like clockwork.

vtsnowedin · May 19, 2015

Poopdeck Pappy said:
There are plenty of other reasons for people to be selling their tractor. Such as upsizing or downsizing their property, moving to another state, changing specific uses for which the tractor was purchased, or some people just seem to want to buy a new tractor every few years. I know a guy that trades tractors every two years like clockwork.

I don't want to stomp on the guy that trades every two years! It is his money and he certainly has the right. But compare him, always undecided on what he has bought and thinking about what to buy next to the tractor owner that did the math and bought a profitable machine to begin with. Every transaction with a dealer generates about $3000 dollars for the dealer. You can feed him once every two years or if you chose wisely once every twenty years.

terryknight · May 19, 2015

found a dealer in MA with a Kioti DK40SE heading up to NH next week on a job with my father and it's about an hour out of the way we'll stop and look. also found a MF 1643 in VA 4ish hours the other way. we'll see how this goes.

terryknight · May 21, 2015

had to go to the local New Holland Kioti dealer to get some parts, since it was raining and dad was not working he tagged along. in their used/customer section there was a DK40 SE hydro. he liked it and though it very nice. I bought my parts and he went to find the salesman. Yes it was for sale, in fact it had been sold, awaiting payment. 235 hours, $25000, the owner traded up to a NX5510. Dad missed it by about 5 days. He did leave his info with the salesman. I did take my camera, but did not take any photos.

dusty3030 · May 21, 2015

vtsnowedin said:
I don't want to stomp on the guy that trades every two years! It is his money and he certainly has the right. But compare him, always undecided on what he has bought and thinking about what to buy next to the tractor owner that did the math and bought a profitable machine to begin with. Every transaction with a dealer generates about $3000 dollars for the dealer. You can feed him once every two years or if you chose wisely once every twenty years.

Usually in recent years the folks buying a new tractor every couple of years were small business folk and were buying them to take the section 179 tax deductions. They could be fully expensed the year you bought them.

vtsnowedin · May 21, 2015

I'm not a tax expert by any measure and have no clue what section 179 provides, But I have to say that if you bought a tractor just because it saved you money on your tax bill you don't fit in here at all!

charles todd · May 22, 2015

AaronS said:
Until you said he didn't like the local LS dealer I was going to suggest an XR4046. Are there LS dealers farther away but still a reasonable distance? A new LS might be bought for the same price of a used big name brand.

The the XR series is nice... The XU series is NICE!

I shopped around a long time. I wanted new. Haven't ever owned anything new. Looked at Deere, Kubota, Kioti, Mahindra, LS. I settled on LS for best value/bang for the buck.

I had a run in with my dealer that was 5 miles away. So I bought one from the dealer 35 miles away!

LS P7010C: all gear drive with mechanical shuttle shift, cabbed tractor with big doors that are easy to enter/exit. Only problem 72HP is a little larger than you are needing.

CT

terryknight · May 22, 2015

charles todd said:
The the XR series is nice... The XU series is NICE!

I shopped around a long time. I wanted new. Haven't ever owned anything new. Looked at Deere, Kubota, Kioti, Mahindra, LS. I settled on LS for best value/bang for the buck.

I had a run in with my dealer that was 5 miles away. So I bought one from the dealer 35 miles away!

LS P7010C: all gear drive with mechanical shuttle shift, cabbed tractor with big doors that are easy to enter/exit. Only problem 72HP is a little larger than you are needing.

CT

and the whole final tier 4 thing

varmint · May 22, 2015

As for trading in every two years, supposedly the whole compact tractor "thing" got started because the Japanese government made it very tax advantageous for small Japanese farmers to get a new tractor every three years, in order to encourage and support the companies making them. Some enterprising guys brought a bunch of 3 year old used tractors over from Japan to our West Coast, and the rest is history. Sometimes things are more complicated than they first appear.

charles todd · May 26, 2015

terryknight said:
and the whole final tier 4 thing

I could be wrong where the tier 4 cutoff is. I believe it is over 65hp is exempt. The 2014 P7010C (72hp) is tier 3. No DEF, no soot traps, no regen. Just common rail injection.

CT

terryknight · May 26, 2015

implementation of tiers and HP

Equipment Manufacturers Weigh in on Final Tier 4 Emissions Regulations - Article Image Viewer

charles todd · May 26, 2015

Hummm... Seems EPA is pushing Tier 4 all the way to 175hp by 2015. Appears my tractor was a Tier 4 Interim (what ever that means?) I did not investigate Final Tier 4 very much when I found out the P-Series was CRDI without the various emissions controls on smaller equipment.

CT

terryknight · May 26, 2015

yes it probably is. it means no DPF and regens. which is a big plus for my father. unfortunately he decided this about 1 year too late.

kevin37b · May 26, 2015

If you love your dad like I do mine , get a cab tractor . Life is short , let him enjoy . You will never regret .

terryknight · Jun 1, 2015

well the DK40 in MA was a misprint on craigslist, but over the weekend i noticed the local Kubota dealer has a cabbed L5240 in the used equipment section. Dad called the salesman and the tractors is an 07 or 08 with 600ish hours. $26000 and he will take take of the other Kubota but probably not the Massey

Poopdeck Pappy · Jun 1, 2015

600 hours is just barely broken in. I'm not up to date on pricing on those tractors, but I suspect the equivalent Kubota today would be well over $40,000, wouldn't it? Sounds like this could be a good deal.

Your dad would think he was in heaven in that Grand L cab. I assume that the Grand L's of that vintage had the HST+ transmission.

TripleR · Jun 2, 2015

Agreed, the 5240 looks like a very good buy with very low hours. The HST+ is really nice.

terryknight · Jul 17, 2015

been a while but my father tells me he bough from a dealer a 2012 or 2013 DK40 HST with just over 200 hours. looks brand new. came delivered with a recent service and a full set of manual for $25K. pics when i get out to the farm. it also means that he will be selling his MF 1045.

terryknight · Aug 2, 2015

pics as promised (if a little late)

Poopdeck Pappy · Aug 2, 2015

The tractor looks great. It does look brand new. I've been very happy with my DK50SE, and I think your dad will LOVE having a cab and the modern conveniences of the DK40SE.

While the tractor looks great, that may be the ugliest finish mower I've ever seen.

I would suggest doing two things right away. First, check the guide tube that the bucket level indicator rod goes through. Mine was loose and I know several other people who found theirs to be loose too. I used some blue loctite on it and it hasn't loosened up any.

Secondly, I would adjust the radio antenna (on the right side above the cab door) so that the end of it isn't sticking up above the top of the cab. I was careless and a limb got between the antenna and the top of the cab and, when I backed up, it ripped it off the cab.