Citydude
Elite Member
I hear you citydude. I am looking for a tractor now since I bought over 160 acres last year so now I have a total of 189 acres and there is a lot of work needed to be done back there that my little CK25 can't do like clean up over 700 cords worth of trees and tops that a logger dropped back there and left all over the place, blocking the logging road and so on and so forth. This winter was also really rough with over 3 feet of snow on the ground for a month and it was hard to feed my critters. I just want to get something bigger and more powerful to handle my chores on the farm so I started looking at all the Asian manufacturers because my little Kioti really never let me down but the dealer network is lacking for some reason and I don't have confidence after the sale with them.
In comes JD and they have been responsive and no nonsense when it came to questions, trade in, and pricing. I appreciate that immensely and now it has me wondering if I should just pony up the difference of $3500 dollars and go with the 4120 over the Kiotis, Mahindras etc.
One can assume when factoring in dealer confidence, supply and service, $3500.00 should come back to you in the long run. I was in the same boat and looking at the initial costs when deciding. Now, I wished I would have taken into account the support the John Deere dealer was offering me. We were dealing on a new 3038e and he shot me a smoking deal because of the incentives. I ended up buying a used Kubota at a dealership a few miles further away. All for about the same difference your looking at simply because of the bottom line. I can't say I regret my decision however in retrospect, I should have gone with the support and service The John Deere offered.