canoetrpr
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2005
- Messages
- 2,396
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Tractor
- Kubota M7040 cab/hyd shuttle - current, Kubota L3400 - traded
Last year a dealer around here would have had me in a Grand L3540 HST with a cab if he had made me a reasonable offer on my trade.
The year before that I would have been in a L3540 HST (no cab) if a big brother Kubota regional service manager hadn't poked his long nose into my business and told my purchasing dealer (who sucked) that I was talking to a competitor of his about some warranty work. Of course he didn't know that I was also pricing out the new Grand Ls.
In hindsight, I think both things worked out well. My little L3400 is doing me just fine at 50-60 hrs per year, I don't need much more than it. One day I will get a CAB tractor but at this point it would be a luxury and one I can't really afford given the other billion things I ought to spend money on first!
I don't quite understand why dealers low-ball you on a trade though.
The year before that I would have been in a L3540 HST (no cab) if a big brother Kubota regional service manager hadn't poked his long nose into my business and told my purchasing dealer (who sucked) that I was talking to a competitor of his about some warranty work. Of course he didn't know that I was also pricing out the new Grand Ls.
In hindsight, I think both things worked out well. My little L3400 is doing me just fine at 50-60 hrs per year, I don't need much more than it. One day I will get a CAB tractor but at this point it would be a luxury and one I can't really afford given the other billion things I ought to spend money on first!
I don't quite understand why dealers low-ball you on a trade though.