Thanks for all the help! Here is the new Tractor!

[eagle107]

Everyone,

Thank you for helping me choose between the John Deere 3720 Cab and the New Holland Boomer 3040; i got the Boomer 3040. The Boomer 3040 rides like a Cadillac versus my pervious New Holland TC34DA. The dealer broke the tractor in on the dyno and the engine has 44.5hp gross and 38hp at the PTO. My dealer has seen some Shibauras produce 10% more than spec, but he thought it was pretty good to see this engine produce a little more. I also got a Woods PRD8400, a new M.K Martin Meteor 75" snowblower and a set of forks. Some pictures are below.

John

 

[wny770]

Looks like a nice rig. You will enjoy it! Who was your dealer?

 

[eagle107]

My dealer is Larry Romance & Sons. I have been dealing with them for years. They have always been a top notch/super dependable dealer!

 

[wny770]

My dealer is Larry Romance & Sons. I have been dealing with them for years. They have always been a top notch/super dependable dealer!

They are my dealer also. I have bought two tractors and several impliments from them, and would not hesitate to recommened them to anyone. Good luck with the new ride. The forks will come in handy.

 

[sweep]

Looks great. How long did your dealer break in your tractor on the dyno? My dealer is too low tech to have anything like that.

The Woods mower looks great in NH blue. Gives the tractor and the implement symmetry-ads to the richness of the combination.

My dealer talked me out of ordering my Brush Hog SQ172 in NH blue and talked me into red, saying if I did not like the BH it would be harder to sell in blue. Mistake

 

[acme97]

Great looking machine! Enjoy and here's hoping you get a big heavy snowy winter!:thumbsup:

 

[jinman]

That is some nice stuff.:thumbsup: I hope everything completely meets or exceeds your expectations. I really hate to see the Boomer 3040s and similar go away. That is a well refined tractor. I believe long-term, New Holland will regret splitting with Shibaura.

 

[eagle107]

Looks great. How long did your dealer break in your tractor on the dyno? My dealer is too low tech to have anything like that.

The Woods mower looks great in NH blue. Gives the tractor and the implement symmetry-ads to the richness of the combination.

My dealer talked me out of ordering my Brush Hog SQ172 in NH blue and talked me into red, saying if I did not like the BH it would be harder to sell in blue. Mistake

I think it is more like a "test" with the dyno instead of actually breaking the tractor. I think my dealer said that they run the tractor for two to three hours on the dyno to ensure everything is running properly. I believe this is the same procedure they follow with the big Ag tractors also. I know this procedure is no different than what the John Deere, Case and Kubota dealers do down the road from them.

As for the BH, red is not a bad color either; it goes with a blue tractor. However, I am not sure why your dealer would say it is easier to sell as a red mower; after all it is just paint. The mower is really what you are purchasing.

 

[eagle107]

That is some nice stuff.:thumbsup: I hope everything completely meets or exceeds your expectations. I really hate to see the Boomer 3040s and similar go away. That is a well refined tractor. I believe long-term, New Holland will regret splitting with Shibaura.

So far this tractor is exceeding all my expectations! It is just phenomenal!

As for the new Boomer or Farmall B series (LS) tractors, this is a sore subject for me. I feel this will be the last compact tractor I purchase from New Holland, unless they really do something to refine these tractors. The LS tractors might be good, but they are just too rough around the edges to compete against John Deere and Kubota. The operators platform on these new tractors is total garbage compared to the old Boomer style. Unfortunately, to me New Holland/Case is now on par with Kioti (not to offend anyone, Kioti is a good tractor).

What I cannot understand is how close the LS dealers are opening to the New Holland and Case dealers. We have one LS dealer now, another one opening further north and from what I am hearing another opening more east. These dealers are within 20 miles of the New Holland and Case dealers. The other thing that floors me is the LS Rio series tractor (equivalent to the new Boomer and Farmall B series tractors) has more standard features than what New Holland and Case offers. One of my friends was at a fair and both New Holland and LS were both there. The LS's FEL was not as refine as the Boomer's FEL, but the LS Rio tractor was cheaper than the new Boomer tractors. In addition, three landscapers I know just bought new LS tractors (longtime NH owners), because they did not see any reason to purchase a New Holland for more money when LS is the same tractor and the LS dealer is a few miles closer to them.

I really hope CNH has plans to refine these tractors soon. If not, then all CNH has achieved to do is alienate its longtime customers base, stifled dealers' input when they demonstrated these new tractors (two or three larger CNH dealers I spoke to expressed their concerns to CNH about these new tractors well before they were released into the consumer market - CNH's new management did not seem to care) and have now hurt their dealers competitiveness by not doing the due diligence to investigate LS's US dealer expansion plans before signing the LS build contract. Sorry for the soap box. I am just a longtime NH customer who has owned a number of Ford and NH compact tractors and I am frustrated from what I see this company is doing to itself; it use to be top tier contender in this market!

 

[sweep]

As for the BH, red is not a bad color either; it goes with a blue tractor. However, I am not sure why your dealer would say it is easier to sell as a red mower; after all it is just paint. The mower is really what you are purchasing.

I can see where my dealer was coming from. You are going to limit your buying audience with a blue mower. I know many green and orange guys would not have a NH blue mower behind their tractor if a red one was available. It would hurt the resale value.

My dealer encouraged me to get a universal "resale red" color in case I did not like the BH or if it did not meet my needs but looking back now I wish I had a blue one because I love my BH.