First post and How did I do?

[FarmerMedicXII]

Hey All, I am new to the forum but have been lurking quite a bit an have already learned an immense amount of information. My wife and I recently bought some property that is all wooded with newish growth (logged 8-9 years ago). I have a contractor cutting a road in and clearing out an area for our house and shop building but I wanted to be able to cut more trails and pasture areas out so it istime to buy my own tractor (been borrowing from family previously).

I initially wanted a CK3510SE but after looking at them and considering the slopes of my land, I decided to go up to the DK4210SE to have a little more heft. I stopped at one dealer and was not happy so I went to another that is local to us and began talking. They set up a package for me with a DK4210SE, 66" loader, WR Long 3rd function, 66" Tomahawk grapple, 6' box blade, a very nice 7X20' 10k trailer, and added linked pedal and armrests for $32,700 out the door.

This is where it gets interesting. They didn't have a DK4210 on the lot and I asked about feeling out a DK one more time before agreeing. They had a DK4710SE that they put me on. I drove it around for about 20 minutes going through all the functions, etc. When I came to park it, the salesman told me that the one I had just driven was a sale that had fallen through as the guy wound up not buying it. It has 9 hours on it and he offered it to me for $500 more including all the above options and adding PTO Cruise and hooks welded on the bucket (not that big of a deal as I was going to do that anyway). It didn't take much thinking to agree.

So, to recap, DK4710SE with 9 hours, loader, grapple, boxblade, trailer, 3rd function, link pedal, and armrests for $33,200. How does the collective think I did?

 

[nbking]

Seems like a great deal, only $500 more seems like a no brainer. Did they say why it had 9hrs, did that guy take it home, then financing fell through or something else? Congrats on the new tractor.

 

[HondaKen]

Good price with all the stuff you got! I have the 4710 as well, but with cab. I really love mine, and the extra little power was a good move. Remember, everyone love pics!

 

[FarmerMedicXII]

Thank you both! The 9 hours was from it being used on the lot to move trailers according to the salesman. Based on the marks on the drawbar, it adds up. I am thrilled!

My wife and I are going to go complete everything on Monday and then it will be a week or so to get the link pedal kit and the arm rests. After that, I値l be sure to share some pics.