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oldpilgrim · Jul 1, 2015

Thanks Ed, it was nice to meet you and your wife. I look foward to seeing your tractor when it comes in.

reeltime · Jul 3, 2015

Opinion on insurance home owners or Mahindra insurance

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Sysop · Jul 3, 2015

If you are financing, they make you have their insurance.

reeltime · Jul 3, 2015

I was told by dealer my choice

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oldpilgrim · Jul 3, 2015

Unless there's a big diff in cost, I'd go with Mahindra ins. If you have a claim, they'll know what you're insuring and won't have to more or less guess the values like a homeowners policy would.

reeltime · Jul 4, 2015

That's what I was thinking don't mess with my home owners insurance. Only a few dollars cheaper so we decided to go with the Mahindra insurance thanks

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reeltime · Jul 7, 2015

Well it's official sighed papers today delivery will be Saturday the 11th. I just want to thank oldpilgrim again he is a great man inviting me over his place and letting me play with his machine and spending his valuable time with my wife and I . It is a 3016 tlb shuttle with thumb and thanks to all of the other members on here.

oldpilgrim · Jul 7, 2015

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

reeltime · Jul 11, 2015

Finally arrived safely smiling ear to ear time to get to work

oldpilgrim · Jul 11, 2015

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: again !

reeltime · Jul 17, 2015

Got her dirty today finally 2 hours seat time BH love to run at 2100 rpm fast smooth nice

reeltime · Jul 17, 2015

More photos

oldpilgrim · Jul 17, 2015

I can dig it ! Cool man.

drajj5 · Jul 17, 2015

I felt your excitement through your post. I am glad that you are happy with it! Looks like a strong tractor.

bruceha2000 · Aug 12, 2015

DavesTractor said:
The difference between cash/standard rate and 0% for 84 months is thousands of $$ on a 16 series. He may not have quoted you zero %, but it is worth clarifying.

Sooo, would you say a cash price of $27K for a shuttle 1533 with loader and backhoe is "fair" or is there wiggle room there? The 0% 84 month price was $30.8K.

I can't buy from you either, I'm in NW Vermont.

oldpilgrim · Aug 12, 2015

bruceha2000 said:
Sooo, would you say a cash price of $27K for a shuttle 1533 with loader and backhoe is "fair" or is there wiggle room there? The 0% 84 month price was $30.8K.

I can't buy from you either, I'm in NW Vermont.

Last summer, I paid $24k for my 3016 with loader and bh. Everywhere I went I found very little wiggle room.

Based on the fact that the 1533 is a slightly larger machine than the 3016 and that the new TIER 4 stuff is a few grand more than the previous emission level machines, I'd say you're in the ball park.

DavesTractor · Aug 12, 2015

bruceha2000 said:
Sooo, would you say a cash price of $27K for a shuttle 1533 with loader and backhoe is "fair" or is there wiggle room there? The 0% 84 month price was $30.8K.

I can't buy from you either, I'm in NW Vermont.

That is a real fair price, better than our normal cash price on that unit.

GrumpyJoe · Aug 12, 2015

I paid almost $29,000 for a 1533 HST with a loader, Tomahawk grapple bucket, Woods quick Hitch, Woods 72" finish mower, and Woods 72" Grader Scraper. I think I got a great deal. Been using the **** out of it.

bruceha2000 · Aug 15, 2015

Thanks Dave, good to hear from a dealer since they know what their costs are (tractor and infrastructure). Never having purchased a tractor before, I don't know how similar tractor dealers are to car dealers. The latter seem to be joined at the hip with the airlines. Everyone gets a different price depending on many factors even though the actual cost of a specific car/seat changes not a whit. I do know that the tractor sales guy is paid the same every week, not commission based so he has no incentive to price high and hope people don't know what a fair price is.

Oh what a nice world it would be if everyone sold at a fair profit margin and didn't play games.