Price Check Buying a 2013 5093e

[skoalman12]

2013, 4wd, Cab, 553 loader, 2 remotes, air ride seat.

$50,000 total.
5k down,
1.9% financing for 72 months.

I own and lease a combined 350 acres that I run cattle on.

Intended uses:
Maintenance and grading of 1500' of gravel road and entrance
Maintenance and grading of 3500' of dirt roads and ditches
Mowing Pasture with a 15ft shredder
Move round bales
Lots of dirt work, building a house pad, filling in holes in pasture and cattle pens, setting pipes.
Filling in sunken buried waterline
Building Fence with an 3pt auger
Pushing up fallen trees in the woods


Questions:
Is this a good price?
I plan on purchasing a rear-blade to maintain roads and ditches. Does everyone else recommend a Box blade? I just want to be able roll gravel from the sides back up to the top and keep the crown.
Does any one own a 5093e or any 5e series and have any reviews, positives or negatives?
Comments/suggestions? I want this tractor to last my lifetime.

 

[bglz42]

Sounds pretty good to me. I just bought a 5083E with 553 loader, no air ride. $45.5k with trade... I got a couple of quotes and my nearest dealer matched the lowest one...

What part of Texas you in?

Jim

 

[skoalman12]

Bay City, bout an hour south of Houston.

 

[bglz42]

I know it well. My baler came from Shoppa's...

 

[bglz42]

What other options you getting? I'm have the right door kit installed...

 

[skoalman12]

Thats all the options right now. I just want it big enough to handle 15ft shredder. I may do some custom mowing to help make the payments. I want to by "big enough" so i dont have to buy new again. I really need help deciding on the rear implement im going to buy for the roads. here is the other thread i did. Gravel and Dirt Work - Which implement?

what options did you get, and what do you use yours for?

 

[bglz42]

I have a small peach orchard, and a small hay operation. I will eventually do some custom mowing, also.

For dirt, I use a 6' boxblade and a 6' angle blade. (I use it to grade my 1000' driveway and shape the rows in my orchard.) I will slowly replace all of my equipment with heavier stuff, (I want a bigger Gannon box blade with hyd scarifiers and a MX8 mower). But I have to recover from this purchase first! LOL!!

 

[jdtractor]

HI Skoalman12 The Tractor u are talking about is decent. i own 1 Im not overly impressed with mine, i wish now i would have went heavier and bigger. I live in southwest Pa. and the ground is steep and rough, I use it to round bale (jd 457)baler. It handles it ok but I also mow Filth very Heavy filth on steep terrain. I have a FEL 553 also on the machine which is handy but I personally think the hydraulics are weak for this size of tractor. I bought new in 2010 June. It also is very narrow which I do not like . I have questioned John Deere about this and there answer was guys from my area are the only ones who complain about this . I didnt get much satisfaction from them Ive owned several Deeres and i dont know if I will buy another .Nothing against You or your area but the equipement to day is designed for FLAT Landers.They (JOHN DEERE) told me I was crazy for mowing that kind of ground (Like a wall so steep in someplaces i have to go up and around then down over etc....) no Brag just fact.They offered to sell me spacer blocks that are approx. 4" wide to add to my axles then bolt the wheel to that etc..... I DID NOT Like that idea. I added wheel weights 2 to each side. that helps for traction along with fluid in all 4 tires. John deere needs to listen to guys like me and u who buy there equipement and try it out be fore selling it as the all around machine. I wish YOU all the Best with your new tractor. Ive run Heavy equipement all my life also and I own several acres with several roads I would go with a rear blade ( a good heavy duty 1).Just My 2.cts.

 

[bglz42]

Jdtractor, we are both in flat land. The only hills you see here are hiway overpasses, LOL!!

 

[skoalman12]

Thanks for all the help fellas. Now if you could all just help convince myself and my wife that I'm not crazy for spending this kind of money. All of this equipment I could borrow from family for free. But you reach a certain age where you want to be self-reliant. And I'm there. It may not be smart...but we can "afford" it. What to do..what to do.

I don't enjoy the work when i borrow equipment, then i have to hurry and get as much done as possible in the short time i have it "borrowed". Any you have to worry about something breaking. If i buy this tractor, the work will be so much more enjoyable, i can work on it as I have time. The worst part should be paying for it.

 

[skoalman12]

With this JD 5093e. Say I buy it and in 6 months and 150 hours I realize i cant pay for it and dont need. Maybe a loose a few leases... How easy is it to get sold back, and how big of a hit would I take? I have seen some lightly used models and they are within a few k of new price. I've heard John Deere really holds its value.

Also i want to buy one of these tractors up before this tier IV crap comes out. and then i have to deal with either exhaust fluid like my ford truck, and regen, or an expensive filter....

 

[bglz42]

I went through the same doubts. Two things tipped me over:

1. Section 179 one-time deduction is being reduced to 25k in 2013.
2. Tier IV

Figured now is the time, cheap financing (I did 0%), and it's a hedge against inflation. They will only go up.

 

[dntfxr]

As far as reliability, there is a 2010 5083e here locally listed on tractorhouse with over 7100 hrs. I like to see high hours on any model I'm considering just for potential reliability sake. That particular tractor is obviously a farm tractor which didn't see many days off!

 

[mjcountrybumpkin]

We have a 2011 5083,bought new for $36,600 without loader. The tractor is a great machine. I worked on a dairy for many years and all they had were top end John Deere (7410 ,6420 and such). That being said the less expensive line of the 5093 still holds its own in my opinion. We use it for mostly hay work (Kuhn 7'10" disc mower,Vermeer 5400 rebel round baler)and it works great for us. We run on very steep ground here in southwest Virginia. I feel extremely comfortable any place I go on the 5083. We replaced a 1085 Massey ferguson (84 pto hp) with the 7000 lbs. lighter Deere. We get much more done on a lot less fuel while riding in th air conditioning which will freeze you out on a 100 degree day. Also IMHO take off the loader when your not using it and you will have a lot more enjoyment and less hassle in tight areas with your machine. One last thing ,four wheel drive equals four wheel brakes when your engaged.

 

[skoalman12]

We have a 2011 5083,bought new for $36,600 without loader. The tractor is a great machine. I worked on a dairy for many years and all they had were top end John Deere (7410 ,6420 and such). That being said the less expensive line of the 5093 still holds its own in my opinion. We use it for mostly hay work (Kuhn 7'10" disc mower,Vermeer 5400 rebel round baler)and it works great for us. We run on very steep ground here in southwest Virginia. I feel extremely comfortable any place I go on the 5083. We replaced a 1085 Massey ferguson (84 pto hp) with the 7000 lbs. lighter Deere. We get much more done on a lot less fuel while riding in th air conditioning which will freeze you out on a 100 degree day. Also IMHO take off the loader when your not using it and you will have a lot more enjoyment and less hassle in tight areas with your machine. One last thing ,four wheel drive equals four wheel brakes when your engaged.

Thanks for the review. Appreciate it.

 

[mjcountrybumpkin]

As far as implements go I would personally go with a heavy duty 8' multi angle scraper blade. No offense to anybody but a box blade is not the best tool for road GRADING. They work great for there intended use which is definitely not to crown a road. Go heavy or not at all, if not you will spend more time fixing the blade than the road. We have a medium duty blade and you really have to baby it around. You will love the hydraulic reverse when using a loader, plus the wet clutches last forever.

 

[skoalman12]

As far as implements go I would personally go with a heavy duty 8' multi angle scraper blade. No offense to anybody but a box blade is not the best tool for road GRADING. They work great for there intended use which is definitely not to crown a road. Go heavy or not at all, if not you will spend more time fixing the blade than the road. We have a medium duty blade and you really have to baby it around. You will love the hydraulic reverse when using a loader, plus the wet clutches last forever.

I have decided to bite the bullet and buy the heavy duty frontier 8' blade- it was 1100 lbs. vs medium duty of 400 lbs.
I'm going to pass on the hydraulic kit for now.

 

[mjcountrybumpkin]

If the blade I have was not a hand me down free model I would have definitely done the same. Sorta hard to spend that kind of money when you have one that works(half way) setting in the weeds.