Buying a new Kubota Tractor Package

beamernc said:
You can walk in and buy a Garand, .03 or a P17 and walk out with it. You just have to meet the qualifications.

I bought a Springfield .o3 from the Talladega Marksmanship Park back in July. I belong to the Garand Collectors Assoc. which counts as club membership. When you are at the CMP, you look at what is available, find the one you want, fill out their version of the 4473, pay and walk out with it.

https://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/eligibility-requirements/#important-requirements

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Awesome. VFW counts for my affiliation. I'll try to get down there soon.
 
Alabamacoastie said:
Update...

We are planning to tough it out with no downstairs AC. This winter, we'll plan to replace the faulty unit (hopefully at a discount).

This morning, I spoke with the Kubota dealer in Alabama.

Then, I spoke with my local Kubota dealer in NC. I asked if he could take a look at the numbers and get them a little closer to the deal available in Alabama.

He immediately said, "There is no way. I know about that dealer in Alabama. They are huge and they get their inventory so cheap because they are one of the top kubota dealers in the country. Every time I lose a deal it is because the guy found out about that dealer in Alabama. No hard feelings. You should go get that tractor package in Alabama. It's too good of a deal to pass up and we can't touch it."

Here's the link to the tractor package I'll be buying in Alabama. I can get all this for $36,700 financed in Alabama.

In NC it's the same price for just the tractor, loader, and rotary cutter. In Alabama I'll be getting the trailer and box blade for free...

https://sneadtractor.com/products/kubota-mx5200-hst-16/?ref=kubota-tractor-package-deals
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Do i get a finder's fee? LOL
 
Only bad thing about buying from out of area dealer is service. Either the ride back to that dealer, or the risk that local dealer will put you on back burner to take care of units they sold to keep that owner happy enough to buy again. Yes as a dealer they are required to do warranty work, but no one says it has to be fast, lol
 
mj1angier said:
Only bad thing about buying from out of area dealer is service. Either the ride back to that dealer, or the risk that local dealer will put you on back burner to take care of units they sold to keep that owner happy enough to buy again. Yes as a dealer they are required to do warranty work, but no one says it has to be fast, lol
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This is true. I called the local dealer that I didn’t buy from to ask if they would do service work. They flat out refused to do any work for tractors not purchased through them because they were slammed packed with only one mechanic.

Don’t know if this was temporary or because it was the beginning of Covid. Either way I haven’t called them back.
 
Alabamacoastie said:
Update...

We are planning to tough it out with no downstairs AC. This winter, we'll plan to replace the faulty unit (hopefully at a discount).

This morning, I spoke with the Kubota dealer in Alabama.

Then, I spoke with my local Kubota dealer in NC. I asked if he could take a look at the numbers and get them a little closer to the deal available in Alabama.

He immediately said, "There is no way. I know about that dealer in Alabama. They are huge and they get their inventory so cheap because they are one of the top kubota dealers in the country. Every time I lose a deal it is because the guy found out about that dealer in Alabama. No hard feelings. You should go get that tractor package in Alabama. It's too good of a deal to pass up and we can't touch it."

Here's the link to the tractor package I'll be buying in Alabama. I can get all this for $36,700 financed in Alabama.

In NC it's the same price for just the tractor, loader, and rotary cutter. In Alabama I'll be getting the trailer and box blade for free...

https://sneadtractor.com/products/kubota-mx5200-hst-16/?ref=kubota-tractor-package-deals
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One thing to consider is the cost of time and mileage to get there, unless you're already going that direction.

It easily cost 60¢ per mile to drive, probably much more towing a load. The classic price vs cost debate. The NC dealer may not "beat" the AL dealer, but I wouldn't be surprised if they get in the ball park when you run the total cost numbers.
 
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Scott88 said:
One thing to consider is the cost of time and mileage to get there, unless you're already going that direction.

It easily cost 60¢ per mile to drive, probably much more towing a load. The classic price vs cost debate. The NC dealer may not "beat" the AL dealer, but I wouldn't be surprised if they get in the ball park when you run the total cost numbers.
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That would be close to 4k. I highly doubt itll cost him $4000 to drive to Alabama and back.
 
LeeMajors said:
That would be close to 4k. I highly doubt itll cost him $4000 to drive to Alabama and back.
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I don't think it will cost $4K either, my point is that mileage + time is something to seriously consider.
 
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Scott88 said:
I don't think it will cost $4K either, my point is that mileage + time is something to seriously consider.
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This morning, I called the NC dealer and told him about the deal at Snead Tractor in Alabama. My exact words were, "Can you look at your numbers and see if you can get a little closer?"

He immediately said no, it was impossible, they can't even try to compete with that dealer in Alabama. He said that my cost in Alabama is cheaper than he could buy it for in NC and then he'd lose money trying to sell it.

And, I have family down there, so I'll make it a family trip and visit for two or three days.

My dad also offered to stop by the dealer and pull the trailer all the way to me and that would give him an excuse to come visit my house for a few days.

Anyway, the dealer said that my tractor is not in stock, but I'm at the top of the list to contact when one comes in. He said they can't order one because they are so high volume that Kubota is constantly shipping tractors to them. He said every day he gets an email from kubota telling him what's coming and what day they'll be there.
 
mj1angier said:
Only bad thing about buying from out of area dealer is service. Either the ride back to that dealer, or the risk that local dealer will put you on back burner to take care of units they sold to keep that owner happy enough to buy again. Yes as a dealer they are required to do warranty work, but no one says it has to be fast, lol
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When I started looking into buying a tractor this came up more than once and the sentiment was, you aren't buying the tractor. You are buying the dealership and their service.
My dealer charges me $200 round trip to pick up and deliver the tractor. It's 50hr service would have run me close to $500 and taken about 2 weeks. I'm not knocking on them. They have treated me fair but it's one of those things to consider. It took me a day and about $200 to do the service myself with parts sourced online.
 
With a budget pushing $40k I'd be shopping used locally on CL starting with a trailer that's as stout as you think you need and that your tow vehicle can handle. Shopping for cool old tractors is fun and with 8 acres you could justify something bigger than what you're looking at... You could probably buy two even.:D One with a loader... (Are you REALLY doing excavation or just occasionally pushing/carrying stuff/landscaping?) ...and one without. ...and... While you get to have fun and learn something doing occasional repairs yourself on one tractor, the other one is always available. ...Not to mention implement changes having to happen half as often.

Again... Just me, but I'd be looking at something old enough to have all analog guages as a very rough cut-off point for simplicity and durability. And while I'm not rabid about it: don't pay extra for the romance of green paint, and if you do, for crap sakes, make SURE it doesn't have a bunch of un-synchronized gears in really inconvenient places. (I don't know why they do that). Sorry for the swerve, but while your search has taken an unexpected turn and delay, I thought I'd throw it out there. Have Fun !! :)
 
Diablos said:
Id buy something just old enough to avoid emissions
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How about anything with electronics too. A lot of folks can't work on their own equipment anymore. You have to go back to the dealer and pay dealer prices.
 
I’m missing something here, not that it matters but it is an interesting subject.

A 40 grand tractor setup is a viable option but a 6 grand improvement to the house needs put on hold?
 
NCMedic said:
When I started looking into buying a tractor this came up more than once and the sentiment was, you aren't buying the tractor. You are buying the dealership and their service.
My dealer charges me $200 round trip to pick up and deliver the tractor. It's 50hr service would have run me close to $500 and taken about 2 weeks. I'm not knocking on them. They have treated me fair but it's one of those things to consider. It took me a day and about $200 to do the service myself with parts sourced online.
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It’s the 2 weeks part here as well. The dealer service isn’t fast by any means. We drop round bales of hay in the winter so we can’t be without it more than a day.
 
Tailhunter said:
I’m missing something here, not that it matters but it is an interesting subject.

A 40 grand tractor setup is a viable option but a 6 grand improvement to the house needs put on hold?
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I could buy a $6k ac unit today. But why would I, if I can wait a couple months and buy the same unit for $5k?
 
Talk to your local farmers and most will know a person that specializes in repair on different types of equipment. You can save a ton of money with a used tractor and not having to deal with a dealer. Like Diablo said keep away from emission control as much as possible.
 
It’s not mark up. It’s demand. Two days of two guys doing an install means $4000 missed in service calls or more for the man hours. You only have 5 or less months to make enough money to support a 12 month business. 75 percent of your revenue occurs in a three month period. Everybody slashes prices in the winter just to keep employees employed. That’s why you get a preventative maintenance to find problems before demand is high.

You want a pool? You get it in December not when 20 people call for one in the Spring. You want ammo stock you buy it before looters and murderers populate the street.
 
BlackGun said:
It’s not mark up. It’s demand. Two days of two guys doing an install means $4000 missed in service calls or more for the man hours. You only have 5 or less months to make enough money to support a 12 month business. 75 percent of your revenue occurs in a three month period. Everybody slashes prices in the winter just to keep employees employed. That’s why you get a preventative maintenance to find problems before demand is high.

You want a pool? You get it in December not when 20 people call for one in the Spring. You want ammo stock you buy it before looters and murderers populate the street.
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We're getting a pool in March, but that's coz the guy's equipment jockey (his son) goes back to school. But, we we've locked in the price as if it were today.
 
kcult said:
We're getting a pool in March, but that's coz the guy's equipment jockey (his son) goes back to school. But, we we've locked in the price as if it were today.
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So you have plenty of time to get your Cabana Boy T-shirt, don't want to hear any excuses.

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BlackGun said:
It’s not mark up. It’s demand. Two days of two guys doing an install means $4000 missed in service calls or more for the man hours. You only have 5 or less months to make enough money to support a 12 month business. 75 percent of your revenue occurs in a three month period. Everybody slashes prices in the winter just to keep employees employed. That’s why you get a preventative maintenance to find problems before demand is high.

You want a pool? You get it in December not when 20 people call for one in the Spring. You want ammo stock you buy it before looters and murderers populate the street.
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So they take a loss to keep the hired help working, I thought they just laid them off every deer season.

:D
 
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Update! I've been on a waiting list for a couple months. They finally got a new tractor in stock for me. Looks like I'm driving to Alabama tomorrow so I can pick it up on Wednesday.

The CMP store is only 1 hour from the tractor dealer.

I'm thinking about picking up a Garand on this trip. I'll at least plan to look around their showroom...
 
Alabamacoastie said:
Update! I've been on a waiting list for a couple months. They finally got a new tractor in stock for me. Looks like I'm driving to Alabama tomorrow so I can pick it up on Wednesday.

The CMP store is only 1 hour from the tractor dealer.

I'm thinking about picking up a Garand on this trip. I'll at least plan to look around their showroom...
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Christmas is coming and I've been a good boy and could use a HRC Garand.

Congratulations on the tractor.
 
Alabamacoastie said:
Update! I've been on a waiting list for a couple months. They finally got a new tractor in stock for me. Looks like I'm driving to Alabama tomorrow so I can pick it up on Wednesday.

The CMP store is only 1 hour from the tractor dealer.

I'm thinking about picking up a Garand on this trip. I'll at least plan to look around their showroom...
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Better call and see what hours and such with it being Thanksgiving ... and C-19
 
I just checked online... There are two cmp stores in Alabama, and they are both within an hour drive of each other... Neither of them will be open when I'm driving through, so it's not going to happen this trip. I'm just going to be happy to get a good deal on a tractor, this trip. Maybe I'll get a Garand next time...
 
Alabamacoastie said:
I'm in Alabama, spending the night at my dad's house. Tomorrow morning, I'll pick up the tractor and head back to NC.

The salesman texted me a pic of my new tractor, on the trailer, ready to go...

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Think about to to finally sell my boat. After that I’m gonna be looking
 
Alabamacoastie said:
I'm in Alabama, spending the night at my dad's house. Tomorrow morning, I'll pick up the tractor and head back to NC.

The salesman texted me a pic of my new tractor, on the trailer, ready to go...

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Looks like you have room to bring several Garands back.
 
It has been a loooooooong day...

Y'all remind me not to drive to Alabama on one day and drive back on the very next day...

And, definitely remind me never to drive anywhere on the "busiest travel day of the year" (day before Thanksgiving) again...

I woke up at 4:30am central time, wide awake, and too excited to go back to sleep. I got up and drank coffee with my dad and he told me again all the things to remember and watch out for while pulling a trailer. I listened, nodded along, and fought the urge to say, "I know."

At 6:30am, I was on the road, driving 3.5 hours to the tractor dealer in Centre, AL.

The salesman had the tractor ready to go when I got there. We spent about 10 minutes signing paperwork, 30 minutes getting instructions on every button/ switch/ doohickie, and about 20 minutes hooking up to the trailer and strapping down the tractor.

The whole process was very simple and easy. It was WAY easier than buying a car and a lot less paperwork...

I took a few pictures, texted them to my dad and my wife, and got back on the road at about 11am central time.

Traffic in Atlanta is always bad, but today was the worst I've ever seen. I bet I saw 5 car wrecks, just on I-85, in Atlanta. Google maps told me to get off the interstate and take a shortcut, which literally consisted of me pulling this tractor through a couple of run down suburban neighborhoods. All in all, I wasted 1.5 hours sitting in traffic in Atlanta.

Aa soon as I got out of Atlanta I pulled over for gas. While the pump was running, I took a walk around the trailer and found that the dust cover had fallen off of one of the wheel hubs and bearing grease had been flung all over the rim.

I drove 4 miles to an auto parts store and bought a grease gun, grease, rubber gloves, and a dust cover... As soon as I walked back into the parking lot, it started raining HARD. I quickly found that the grease gun had been used and returned and the dust cover didn't fit. I stood, in the rain, dicking around with the faulty grease gun and bearing grease for almost an hour, and still never found a dust cover that fit.

Thankfully, the nice Orielly's store manager let me return everything for a full refund, even after using most of the grease to repack the bearings on that one hub. I got soaking wet, but I got grease for free, and I felt confident that I could get home without frying any bearings.

I pulled over, several times, on the way back to check the temp of the 4 bearing hubs. None of them even got warm to the touch. I called the company that built the trailer. They apologized for my inconvenience and promised to send me a free dust cover to replace the one that fell off.

All total, I spent 8 hours driving to Alabama and 17 hours driving back. I saved a lot of money on a new tractor, I got to go see my dad, and I had a damn fine adventure...

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Alabamacoastie said:
It has been a loooooooong day...

Y'all remind me not to drive to Alabama on one day and drive back on the very next day...

And, definitely remind me never to drive anywhere on the "busiest travel day of the year" (day before Thanksgiving) again...

I woke up at 4:30am central time, wide awake, and too excited to go back to sleep. I got up and drank coffee with my dad and he told me again all the things to remember and watch out for while pulling a trailer. I listened, nodded along, and fought the urge to say, "I know."

At 6:30am, I was on the road, driving 3.5 hours to the tractor dealer in Centre, AL.

The salesman had the tractor ready to go when I got there. We spent about 10 minutes signing paperwork, 30 minutes getting instructions on every button/ switch/ doohickie, and about 20 minutes hooking up to the trailer and strapping down the tractor.

The whole process was very simple and easy. It was WAY easier than buying a car and a lot less paperwork...

I took a few pictures, texted them to my dad and my wife, and got back on the road at about 11am central time.

Traffic in Atlanta is always bad, but today was the worst I've ever seen. I bet I saw 5 car wrecks, just on I-85, in Atlanta. Google maps told me to get off the interstate and take a shortcut, which literally consisted of me pulling this tractor through a couple of run down suburban neighborhoods. All in all, I wasted 1.5 hours sitting in traffic in Atlanta.

Aa soon as I got out of Atlanta I pulled over for gas. While the pump was running, I took a walk around the trailer and found that the dust cover had fallen off of one of the wheel hubs and bearing grease had been flung all over the rim.

I drove 4 miles to an auto parts store and bought a grease gun, grease, rubber gloves, and a dust cover... As soon as I walked back into the parking lot, it started raining HARD. I quickly found that the grease gun had been used and returned and the dust cover didn't fit. I stood, in the rain, dicking around with the faulty grease gun and bearing grease for almost an hour, and still never found a dust cover that fit.

Thankfully, the nice Orielly's store manager let me return everything for a full refund, even after using most of the grease to repack the bearings on that one hub. I got soaking wet, but I got grease for free, and I felt confident that I could get home without frying any bearings.

I pulled over, several times, on the way back to check the temp of the 4 bearing hubs. None of them even got warm to the touch. I called the company that built the trailer. They apologized for my inconvenience and promised to send me a free dust cover to replace the one that fell off.

All total, I spent 8 hours driving to Alabama and 17 hours driving back. I saved a lot of money on a new tractor, I got to go see my dad, and I had a damn fine adventure...

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Don’t forgot to call farm bureau to get a tractor insurance policy. Tractor and price both look great.
 
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