It's been over 6 weeks since I first signed up for a BX23S with my local dealer. The two they had on the lot when I first looked at them had been sold, and my dealer said it would just take a few days to get one from the factory. That led into a multiple week delay with some QC issue at the factory (I made a separate post about this). My dealer finally got a BX transferred from another one of their locations, and even that took a couple weeks. Then there was a hydraulic issue with the new tractor and that is taking more than a week to fix (I was assured it was a non-issue, but they had to order parts). From week 1, it's been 'delivery next week', but it never happens.
I was initially ecstatic about this purchase, but now I'm a little stress ball. Many of the projects I'd planned will now have to wait until spring. I even have some materials sitting around now, always thinking I would have a tractor any day.
The good news, I guess, about the huge delay, is that I've been able to read up on a lot of implements that I might want to wrap into the purchase. However, now most of those things are just going to sit around for months before they're useful to me. I didn't initially have snow clearing in mind when I went tractor shopping, but now I'm almost making myself look at snow clearing attachments, kind of to justify the purchase and be able to use it sooner.
Here's what really grinds my gears: Early on, I'd discounted the John Deere 1025r, mostly because it was thousands more. The 1025r is more capable in some ways (loader and position control), but I didn't like the fit and styling as much and also I thought the somewhat smaller BX would actually be better suited for my application (mostly working in small residential lots). They're not vastly different though. Now, my local John Deere dealer (on the same road as the Kubota dealer) is running a special which makes the 1025r basically the same price as the BX. They're trying to move out their 2019 stock. I could have had a tractor last week, or maybe earlier. Had I known I wouldn't have a tractor until mid December (if that), and that the 1025r would become so competitively priced, I don't know if I still would have gone with the BX. I don't know if Kubota dealers also price seasonally, but now I feel like I'm paying September prices on a December tractor.
I like my Kubota dealer, I think he's a good guy, but I feel like this is turning into a lousy deal for me. I'm not sure what to do. I'd feel really bad about backing out of the purchase, and I haven't invested enough time looking into the 1025r and the JD attachments to know if I would really want to switch to that tractor. Is it reasonable to ask my dealer to adjust the price or maybe sell me a couple implements at cost or something like that? Since we first started, the number of implements I was considering went from something like a couple grand, to around $11k, though I haven't made final decisions on all of those yet (still waiting to see if I'll ever get a tractor).
Thanks for your advice.
I was initially ecstatic about this purchase, but now I'm a little stress ball. Many of the projects I'd planned will now have to wait until spring. I even have some materials sitting around now, always thinking I would have a tractor any day.
The good news, I guess, about the huge delay, is that I've been able to read up on a lot of implements that I might want to wrap into the purchase. However, now most of those things are just going to sit around for months before they're useful to me. I didn't initially have snow clearing in mind when I went tractor shopping, but now I'm almost making myself look at snow clearing attachments, kind of to justify the purchase and be able to use it sooner.
Here's what really grinds my gears: Early on, I'd discounted the John Deere 1025r, mostly because it was thousands more. The 1025r is more capable in some ways (loader and position control), but I didn't like the fit and styling as much and also I thought the somewhat smaller BX would actually be better suited for my application (mostly working in small residential lots). They're not vastly different though. Now, my local John Deere dealer (on the same road as the Kubota dealer) is running a special which makes the 1025r basically the same price as the BX. They're trying to move out their 2019 stock. I could have had a tractor last week, or maybe earlier. Had I known I wouldn't have a tractor until mid December (if that), and that the 1025r would become so competitively priced, I don't know if I still would have gone with the BX. I don't know if Kubota dealers also price seasonally, but now I feel like I'm paying September prices on a December tractor.
I like my Kubota dealer, I think he's a good guy, but I feel like this is turning into a lousy deal for me. I'm not sure what to do. I'd feel really bad about backing out of the purchase, and I haven't invested enough time looking into the 1025r and the JD attachments to know if I would really want to switch to that tractor. Is it reasonable to ask my dealer to adjust the price or maybe sell me a couple implements at cost or something like that? Since we first started, the number of implements I was considering went from something like a couple grand, to around $11k, though I haven't made final decisions on all of those yet (still waiting to see if I'll ever get a tractor).
Thanks for your advice.
