New 5055E

ovrszd · Dec 26, 2014

sixdogs said:
Fast forward to a tractor purchase and same thing. Guy said take it home and see what you think. I've bought a lot of things from that guy over the years. Sharp businessman, yes but also old fashioned nice guy and now my go-to Kubota and accessory dealer. I've also sent other buyers to him.

I call that Karma. He understands that his good actions will return to him over and over.

rustyshakelford · Dec 29, 2014

Visited with dealer. They located me another brand new tractor. Hopefully it'll be here by Friday and I'll get it some time next week. I'm getting excited again! Salesmans tractor is great but it's open station and it's been a chilly 43 today! Yuck!

They are still working on the brakes. Deere has them trying a few fixes and doing some tests.

Brett

LoudonNH · Dec 29, 2014

rustyshakelford said:
Visited with dealer. They located me another brand new tractor. Hopefully it'll be here by Friday and I'll get it some time next week. I'm getting excited again! Salesmans tractor is great but it's open station and it's been a chilly 43 today! Yuck!

They are still working on the brakes. Deere has them trying a few fixes and doing some tests.

Brett

Excellent! You're very lucky to have a good dealer.

I'll look forward to hearing more about the brakes.

wmonroe · Dec 31, 2014

That's great, hopefully the new tractor is flawless and you can move on enjoying it.

PapaPerk · Jan 1, 2015

Outstanding! Great to hear they are taking care of you! Sounds like you were also a nice customer and didn't get nasty with them but instead worked with them. Good lesson that.

rustyshakelford · Jan 12, 2015

Finally got the new tractor in this evening. So far so good at 2.2 hrs. Brakes work great!

Brett

coobie · Jan 13, 2015

rustyshakelford said:
Finally got the new tractor in this evening. So far so good at 2.2 hrs. Brakes work great!

Brett

Been following your tractor saga here.Glad to hear JD came threw for you.Good luck with your new tractor.

PapaPerk · Jan 13, 2015

rustyshakelford said:
Finally got the new tractor in this evening. So far so good at 2.2 hrs. Brakes work great! Brett

Congrats! Hope the new machine works well for you! (0:

wmonroe · Jan 14, 2015

Congrats on the new one, hopefully it is everything you wanted.

sixdogs · Jan 14, 2015

Any pics yet?

LoudonNH · Jan 15, 2015

Good deal! Sounds like you have a great dealer. That's worth a whole lot...

Let's see some photos...

rustyshakelford · Jan 15, 2015

Stuck at work till Friday night. Probably be late, will be home Sunday and going to move a 40' conex so I'll take some pics of it working. I did put it in my conex to keep it out of the sun!

Brett

PapaPerk · Jan 15, 2015

rustyshakelford said:
Stuck at work till Friday night. Probably be late, will be home Sunday and going to move a 40' conex so I'll take some pics of it working. I did put it in my conex to keep it out of the sun! Brett

I'd like to see a pic of that! Tractor pulling Sunday Sunday Sunday! Lol

rustyshakelford · Jan 25, 2015

Here's the new tractor. In the pic that shows fresh scraped dirt, that's all I did when the scarfier broke! Mustve been a casting flaw. You'd think a construction grade BB would have a little higher quality parts. Hopefully it's under warranty, first time using the scarfiers too. Maybe I'm just cursed!

Brett

wmonroe · Jan 25, 2015

Must be all that power....just ripped it apart.

Just kidding, it does appear to be a bad casting. Enjoy the new tractor, it looks sweet.

Red Horse · Jan 25, 2015

Beauty-don't see many with R-4's!

rustyshakelford · Jan 26, 2015

wmonroe said:
Must be all that power....just ripped it apart.

Just kidding, it does appear to be a bad casting. Enjoy the new tractor, it looks sweet.

Loving it so far. Really enjoy the loader capacity and the cab! Dealer is ordering new scarifier

Red Horse said:
Beauty-don't see many with R-4's!

Thanks. I liked the wider tires and the lower ride height allows me to store it in our conex box! There are times when the r-1s would be handy though. Dealer had to jump thru hoops to get this one though!

Brett

fieldman12 · Jan 27, 2015

Sharp tractor. I hope this one turns out well for you. That's a shame about the scarifier. Seems like a lot of new equipment is made of cheap material anymore.

RyanTX · Feb 6, 2015

Just bought a 5065E myself and have been using my BB2172 like crazy and in much rockier/clay soil. Some rocks it peeled up were so big I had to sledge them out of the box blade. Your scarficers are more commercial grade than mine so I am amazed you busted one.

Nice cab/tires. Two options I wanted but couldn't have due to my terrain/trees. I already scratched up my ROPs bar pretty good :/ The 240 loader is fantastic.