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anthonyt95628
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- Joined
- Jun 11, 2012
- Messages
- 26
- Location
- Missoula Montana
- Tractor
- Kioti CK40H, Honda 4518s for grass and jockeying
The Deal is almost done. I will be taking delivery either today or Saturday. The local Bobcat dealer took me a lot more serious when I started to talk to him about the other brand's incentives, options and features. I think I started to sound more like an educated buyer rather than someone out fishing for a deal. Part of the deal was for me to meet the man in the service shop before I completed the deal. Nice guy and very impressed that someone would involve him in the purchase process. I asked him some questions about service while the sales manager went back to his office to do what they do.
I asked him about the 50hr service on the loader and he said if I skipped it I would in the short term save some money, but it was too risky in the long term. He said that the 50hr service wasn't in the program for him to make money, but that it had been shown over time to extend loader life. Ok so the mechanic's knowledgeable and pleasant.
So back to the sales office where Shawn and I closed a comfortable deal without the usual back and forth. I’m happy I got a great price and a good service connection.
The final deal was for a Bobcat CT122 with a box scraper. I just couldn’t see me driving over my lawns with the much heavier CT225 on the way to the barn. I am going to keep my two Honda 4518s for mowing the lawn and moving equipment around.
Next up are some quick attachments and a rototiller. Anyone have any experience with a rototiller on a CT122?
I asked him about the 50hr service on the loader and he said if I skipped it I would in the short term save some money, but it was too risky in the long term. He said that the 50hr service wasn't in the program for him to make money, but that it had been shown over time to extend loader life. Ok so the mechanic's knowledgeable and pleasant.
So back to the sales office where Shawn and I closed a comfortable deal without the usual back and forth. I’m happy I got a great price and a good service connection.
The final deal was for a Bobcat CT122 with a box scraper. I just couldn’t see me driving over my lawns with the much heavier CT225 on the way to the barn. I am going to keep my two Honda 4518s for mowing the lawn and moving equipment around.
Next up are some quick attachments and a rototiller. Anyone have any experience with a rototiller on a CT122?