Price Check Pricing of 3130 3430

[johnk]

During my lunch today I cruised by a Kubota dealer for some prices. I was looking @ a 3130 GST w/ 723 loader and AG tires. I got a price of $18,300. The Heavy duty bucket was $400 more. To go up to the 3430 he said was $1000 more. Is this a good price and would anybody move up 3 HP for a $1000????? Like the dealer put it.... If you keep the tractor for 20 years it's only $50 dollars a year or a dollar or so a week to have the extra HP under the hood. What do you think of this pricing??? Just Curious.......

 

[InlineDieselFan]

John,

the more HP the better in my opinion, but when I bought my 3430 it was right after the price increase so I could get the 3430 that was sitting on the lot already or wait a month or so for a 3130 to arrive and pay the same price. For me it was an equal price and I went for the HP.

With the 3430 you can add the cab later if you want, that may be real nice when snow blowing.

I do not know if $18,300 is a good price or not any more, I know there are regional pricing differences with Kubota, those Texas boys and girls get them real cheap, relatively speaking.

Your call but I doubt you will ever be dissapointed that you have too much power, but you sure will be pi@$ed off with too little power.

steve

 

[dancer]

If my recent experience applies anywhere else you might be overlooking opportunity in your own back yard if you're not considering a previously-owned tractor. I just had a 2005 L3130 FST delivered here in western Arkansas yesterday with 723 loader, oversized R4 tires, a canopy, and a few other nice-to-have little options for $16,500. It was slightly used with 41 hours. It was a choice of two nearly-identical L3130's which coincidentally were available from the same local dealer at the same time. The other one was a 2002 with only 68 hours on the clock and a Kubota BH90 backhoe for a total of $19,500 delivered. I bought the newer one because it had a lot of warranty remaining and then added a new Woods BH80-X backhoe (which hasn't been delivered yet) for $6555 additional. My "new" tractor is just like new! Duh!

 

[johnk]

I think and FST is quite a bit cheaper than a 4 wheel drive. Don't know exactly but I think around 2 grand.. Never priced a 2 wheel drive tractor. I'm in no hurry because I already have a tractor but it doesn't hurt to shop.. Prices do nothing but go up so I guess if you buy a new one and they keep going up over the years you really don't lose much when you want to sell it..

 

[bugstruck]

Good pricing on both. 3430 is better pricing at only $1K more. More HP is always better to a point. Beyond what you need is wasted. The 3130 I have could use a little more umph and I don't use the PTO to any real degree. Works fine for me when I'm working it but in road transport it's a dog in my configuration. Maybe not your configuration though. So I'd move up and never look back. 3830 would be my buy if I knew then what that L series was capable of and how heavy it was with attachments and loaded tires.. If I were buying tomorrow, even the 3830 wouldn't cut it in the L class tractor. It's a 40 HP frame IMO. Certainly against most competitors it is.