AdmiralS
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2021
- Messages
- 58
- Location
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Tractor
- Case 580K, New Holland LS180, Kubota LX3310HSDC, ToolCat UW53H (On Order)
Quick Update -
So I went to my local Bobcat dealer last week to get a quote on a new 5610. Sales rep was very knowledgeable on the product. That's where things started to take a turn....
First glance at the quote provided a bit of sticker shock. I thought I had a pretty good idea what the machine and implements cost from the online tool and Nate's quote above as a reference. Not much of a discount, and option and implement prices higher than the online build tool.
Sales rep was going to contact the regional rep to see if he could do better on discounts, its been days and I never heard back.
Stopped by the local Kubota dealer and worked up a fully outfitted LX3310 Cab model with all the options and implements I wanted. Signed on the dotted line and should have the new toy in the next week or two after all the bells and whistles are installed.
The machines are very different machines, but at the end of the day it will do everything I need to do in the foreseeable future. I love the idea of the Toolcat for its versatility with the second seat and being able to run high flow attachments, as well as 3pt implements.
At the end of the day, the 35k difference in price between the machine and implements outweighed the need for some of the Toolcats more unique features that drew me to it in the first place.
Maybe a Toolcat will be in the future if I can find a good 5610 used at some point, but buying new just did not make any sense financially at this point for the tasks at hand!
So I went to my local Bobcat dealer last week to get a quote on a new 5610. Sales rep was very knowledgeable on the product. That's where things started to take a turn....
First glance at the quote provided a bit of sticker shock. I thought I had a pretty good idea what the machine and implements cost from the online tool and Nate's quote above as a reference. Not much of a discount, and option and implement prices higher than the online build tool.
Sales rep was going to contact the regional rep to see if he could do better on discounts, its been days and I never heard back.
Stopped by the local Kubota dealer and worked up a fully outfitted LX3310 Cab model with all the options and implements I wanted. Signed on the dotted line and should have the new toy in the next week or two after all the bells and whistles are installed.
The machines are very different machines, but at the end of the day it will do everything I need to do in the foreseeable future. I love the idea of the Toolcat for its versatility with the second seat and being able to run high flow attachments, as well as 3pt implements.
At the end of the day, the 35k difference in price between the machine and implements outweighed the need for some of the Toolcats more unique features that drew me to it in the first place.
Maybe a Toolcat will be in the future if I can find a good 5610 used at some point, but buying new just did not make any sense financially at this point for the tasks at hand!