John Deere 3033R Purchase advice

68SS · Aug 4, 2016

I was at the dealer today to finalize the purchase of my new 3033R. Dealer offered me an upgrade to a 3046R for an extremely reasonable amount of money. I can afford the difference with no issue. I am already buying more tractor than I need, so that's not really an issue, this is just the tractor I want. My main question is there any negative to going up to the 3046R vs the 3033R.
I am relatively new to all of this, so thanks in advance for any advice that can be offered. I have to decide tomorrow morning.

kevinjd · Aug 4, 2016

I have a 3033r cab, could of got the 3046, but I did not need the hp or want a turbo. I am very happy with my tractor. Everyone is different.

Kubota 2350 · Aug 4, 2016

I got the 3046R cab, never heard anyone complain about having too much HP.
Get what you think you need or want.

kevinjd · Aug 4, 2016

There you go, two happy Deere owners! All 3 series are good tractors.

Stowe Boy · Aug 4, 2016

3046R would be my choice.

Wagtail · Aug 5, 2016

G'day Mate and welcome to TBN from Downunder.

One of the mantras here is to generally go for more HP than you 'think' that you need (and we here at TBN always love to spend other peoples money :laughing

. However you need to provide us with more general information on your previous tractor experience, the type (even amount) of land you'll be working and what you're planning on using the tractor for.

We're more than happy to help!

68SS · Aug 5, 2016

Thanks for all the quick answers. I have no tractor experience at all. The dealer I am purchasing from has been under ownership by the same family for 70 years. The customer service is excellent, I went in to the dealer in April to by my dad a new Garden Tractor, that experience made this decision easy about brand and dealer. I did look at other equipment, Kubota and New Holland. In the end I kept coming back to the Deere. Mostly because of the dealer, and I really do like the Deere brand
I will be using it for brush hogging, clearing paved driveway (1/4) mile and light loader work
The property I have is large but all of it is wooded, except for the area I will be brush cutting.
I assumed the 3046R would get a positive response, just making sure that there isn't anything negative about that over the 3033R
Thanks to everybody that helped. I will finalize the deal this morning, dealer says he can have it delivered to me next week.

ArlyA · Aug 5, 2016

If you have a good dealer, that's golden. We're looking at JD's here for the same reason but still haven't figured out if we'd like the 30 or 40 series. One comment on HP. If you have extra, you throttle back some. If you are short, you buy a new tractor. Which is cheaper? Let us know how it goes.

jenkinsph · Aug 5, 2016

I would go for the 3046R and never look back. It will do everything the 3033R will do but a lot faster. Some thing such as pto driven work mowing and rototilling will be much better.

68SS · Aug 5, 2016

ArlyA said:
If you have a good dealer, that's golden. We're looking at JD's here for the same reason but still haven't figured out if we'd like the 30 or 40 series. One comment on HP. If you have extra, you throttle back some. If you are short, you buy a new tractor. Which is cheaper? Let us know how it goes.

That is an interesting point, for basically the same money he is offering me a 4066M, the tractor is there on his lot. It is a 2015 leftover, that is why there is a discount. That being said he talked me out of it because it really is just to physically large for my use.
It was to his benefit to sell me the 4066M because it's leftover and I would have bought it based on his opinion. I really like this outfit and there upfront way of dong business.
When I bought my dad's garden tractor they mistakenly delivered it with the wrong deck. We were supposed to get a 48" and it was delivered with a 54" deck.
They called me a week later to let m know about the mistake. They asked me what I wanted to do, return the entire tractor for the correct one (model was correct just wrong deck) or he could just keep the upgraded deck at no charge. Obviously my Dad kept what he had. The dealer never once asked me for more money, just asked me what we wanted to do to make it right. At the time the dealer had no idea I was going to be buying the 3033R/3046R He just did the right thing