tony3542
Bronze Member
Any good places to buy Tractor parts.Like Rockauto is to cars and trucks?
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MessickFarmEqu
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Kevinc2004
Silver Member
Best part about this, is they will send you a live schematic with the item numbers on the pictures and the part numbers, with price in the table below. It takes a lot of GUESS out of exactly how it is assembled! Personally, I have had great service from them!
LD1
Epic Contributor
Kubota parts are pretty exclusive to dealers only.
Dont rule out your local dealer. I always look up prices on messicks before calling my dealer, just for an idea on prices. Dealer is usually in the same ballpark. Some times a coupe bucks more, sometimes a couple bucks less......and dont have to pay to ship.
Dont rule out your local dealer. I always look up prices on messicks before calling my dealer, just for an idea on prices. Dealer is usually in the same ballpark. Some times a coupe bucks more, sometimes a couple bucks less......and dont have to pay to ship.
ehenry
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- May 10, 2013
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- Canton, ms
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- Kubota BX22 that was left to me by a dear friend. B7300 w/MMM
Like LD1, I will generally go to the local dealer. Messicks is a great bunch of folks and I've bought parts from them. I've found on some things I can get them cheaper through Messicks but most of the time after you add freight in you just as well buy locally.
Fallon
Super Member
I was on the phone with Messick's an hour ago. The parts guy went down & was opening boxes to verify some questions I had about bearings for an old Ford 918 flail. Good support, good people & good prices from what I've heard & matches my experiences with em.
Your local dealer is usually a good bet too.
Your local dealer is usually a good bet too.
MessickFarmEqu
Super Member
I can actually concur with this. With a few exceptions, its hard to do parts business as the 'cheap' guy, especially when we factor in freight. We simply aim to provide a better customer experience. Our staff are well trained, our logistics processes are highly tuned, we extend our website to include lots of additional info that others do not, etc.
LD1
Epic Contributor
Not trying to throw anyone under the rug or anything, but I would continue to work on your "logistics" processes, if things havent changed within the last year or so.
Nothing irritates me more, or makes me take my business elsewhere, like outrageous shipping charges. I try to support my local dealer(s) whenever I can, but sometimes they just dont have parts, or cannot get them in a timely manner. So I am forced to shop online.
I will agree that your website is top notch. And use it frequently. But back in Jan of this year, I needed some valve stem seals for my old ford backhoe. 4 little hat style seals, 4 little o-rings. For those that arent familiar, the 4 hat style seals, they are smaller than the cap on a standard highlighter. So pretty small. The 4 o-rings....even smaller.
I ordered over the phone, and partly my fault for not confirming shipping cost...but was pretty shocked when they showed up in a 6x6x4h fex ex box and charged $18 from PA to OH.
A simple phone call to express my concerns and I am a happy camper again. I buy and sell alot of odds and ends online, and when selling, I always try to ship in the cheapest way I can. Perhaps that is the smallest box fed-ex offers? and perhaps that is the only company you deal with? Which would make $18 the minimum shipping cost for whatever you ship......But a handful of o-rings and seals I was expecting a $4 padded envelope, or at worst case a ~$6 small flat rate box via USPS.
Would I order from messicks again......absolutely. I just be sure to verify shipping first. Things happen. Its how they handle it when things dont go right that tells me all I need to know about that business. And messicks couldnt have handled my concerns any better.:thumbsup:
MessickFarmEqu
Super Member
Yea, that sounds nuts. Can you PM me your name so I can lookup your order and see why that happened?
Shipping is one of the biggest challenges we have with online business. May not apply in this case, but a lot of it stems from having approx 6 million part numbers in the computer, most of which do not have weight or size information with them. We often make programmatic assumptions so we can put prices to things, but with several light weight parts things can go off-the-rails at times.
Shipping is one of the biggest challenges we have with online business. May not apply in this case, but a lot of it stems from having approx 6 million part numbers in the computer, most of which do not have weight or size information with them. We often make programmatic assumptions so we can put prices to things, but with several light weight parts things can go off-the-rails at times.
varmint
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- Northern Maryland
- Tractor
- Kubota B8200, then a Kubota L3130 HST, now a Kubota L3400 HST
From a single personal experience with mail order parts from Messicks, and being somewhat p****d off at the shipping price, I can say this after talking with them about the cost: when you order, and do not specify shipping, they will send it via quick delivery, which will cost more than cheap, slow shipping. I was told most of their clients need stuff quickly, unlike a few of us hobbyist tractor guys, so that's the default. Ask for cheap, they can do it.
Husaberger
Silver Member
Pretty excellent customer service response
John Fitzgerald
Platinum Member
Dredging up an old thread, from Messicks I ordered three filters and a couple of quarts of top off hyd fluid for my 50 hr service. The parts came to a little less than $62, but the shipping charge was over $23, making it a little over $85. I didn't need the parts ASAP, shipping taking nearly a week. Compared to most, I find those shipping charges outrageous. The parts guy was very nice, looking up the parts for me and confirming the part numbers I had already. Going to look locally next time. I'm only a hobby farmer, don't need the parts in a hurry. They wouldn't give me a shipping estimate over the phone, or I would have said "thanks, let's just forget I called".
Walt H
Member
I realize this is an old thread, buy they don't do that anymore. No schematic with my sons order.
MessickFarmEqu
Super Member
Apologies for the surprise. Shipping fluids is expensive as the weight adds up fast. The charge was the regular price off the Fedex scale. Not sure what conversation you had with the parts tech, but if you tell them your not in a hurry they will look for cheaper\slower options. Most of our customers are ordering for downed machines so our default process is to get things to you fast.
John Fitzgerald
Platinum Member
I ordered last Friday, supposed to arrive on this Thursday by 8 PM. Not that fast in my book. Is there some relief on those shipping charges? Only ordered three filters and two qts of fluid.
MessickFarmEqu
Super Member
Contact Bryan Knowles, the guy you ordered from. 877-260-3528.
John Fitzgerald
Platinum Member
Thanks, Bryan for calling me back. Next time I won't order make up fluid, only the filters. (The two qts of make up hydraulic fluid for the 50 hr service made my shipping high). The hydraulic fluid at my local farm stores only comes in two and five gallon containers, and I didn't really need a gallon and a half sitting around for a year.
Podad
New member
First post by a newbie here. I have read posts here for a while and understand from what I read that Messick's is a really good source for Kubota parts. I know one of you Messicks guys will be reading this so I will mention this.
I have been to their site numerous times and "tried" to create a log on. It tells me that my email is not valid. (same email I just used to sign up here).
Do I need a secret handshake or something to create an account there ?
I have been to their site numerous times and "tried" to create a log on. It tells me that my email is not valid. (same email I just used to sign up here).
Do I need a secret handshake or something to create an account there ?
MessickFarmEqu
Super Member
super secret. odds are you had an extra space or weird character in your email address. Easiest way to order is 877-260-3528.
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