After years of using John Deere products a L120 for 7 years and the last 3 years a X320, I was sadly disappointed by John Deere's action of getting the local dealer to sell out to a regional company that has taken the chosen path of not dealing on price. I wanted a a X700 series garden tractor to supplement my John Deere 2305 with the backhoe, front end loader and 62 inch mid mount mower.
My main issues are in the spring when I have to start mowing I need a garden tractor to mow the yard. Just at half my property of 5 acres is in lawn and the spring is always has a areas that remain wet and the 2305 will get stuck and any sub compact tractor will get struck in the clay that is in my soil because of the weight of the tractor.
My X320 was also getting struck and I needed something that had has 4 wheel drive. So I was pricing what I wanted and the new owners at the Deere dealership would not even negotiate down from $14,800 for a X758 that I wanted. I also was tired of having to use two different fuels for my equipment and I wanted diesel.
So I started to shop around a bit to get quotes on the various equipment. The New Holland dealer did not have what I wanted and wanted to sell a zero turn mower. The Case dealer also did not sell garden tractors but did sell sub compact tractors. So off to the final lot and Kubota dealership, I looked at a T-series tractor but it went off the list as I wanted a diesel garden tractor and so I walked around the lot a little longer and the tractor by the front door jumped out to me and as it was a diesel and 4 wheel drive it had a nice chrome decal on the hood that said GR2120. I now was very interested as it also had the 3 bin bagger on it and 4 wheel drive.
So I proceed in to the dealership and start to talk to the salesman about the tractor. It seems that the tractor that jumped in front and said it was diesel and 4 wheel drive was a year old GR2120 that was returned as the prior owner decided that he needed a BX series tractor and it had 10 hours on it. So I had to ask and the salesman stated that I could get it for $9,400 for everything. Now the list price for new is $9,400 for just the tractor and $1,500 for the bagger. So I asked if they take trade ins and I had a X320 with 48" deck and bagger and the place said that I could get $3,600 for the trade in. Since the GR2120 was still considered new I got zero down and zero percent interest on the balance.
Well I just signed on the dotted line and took delivery of my new garden tractor Friday and started to mow my yard yesterday and finished a couple hours ago and I can say that this was the garden tractor that handles my wet sloppy yard and gives excellent results mowing. I am sure glad that the Gr2120 jumped in front of me.
Mowing with this tractor the results really surprised me as it looks great and the fine cut 54" does great.
Since no thread about buying a new garden tractor is not complete without pictures here are a couple to consider.
My main issues are in the spring when I have to start mowing I need a garden tractor to mow the yard. Just at half my property of 5 acres is in lawn and the spring is always has a areas that remain wet and the 2305 will get stuck and any sub compact tractor will get struck in the clay that is in my soil because of the weight of the tractor.
My X320 was also getting struck and I needed something that had has 4 wheel drive. So I was pricing what I wanted and the new owners at the Deere dealership would not even negotiate down from $14,800 for a X758 that I wanted. I also was tired of having to use two different fuels for my equipment and I wanted diesel.
So I started to shop around a bit to get quotes on the various equipment. The New Holland dealer did not have what I wanted and wanted to sell a zero turn mower. The Case dealer also did not sell garden tractors but did sell sub compact tractors. So off to the final lot and Kubota dealership, I looked at a T-series tractor but it went off the list as I wanted a diesel garden tractor and so I walked around the lot a little longer and the tractor by the front door jumped out to me and as it was a diesel and 4 wheel drive it had a nice chrome decal on the hood that said GR2120. I now was very interested as it also had the 3 bin bagger on it and 4 wheel drive.
So I proceed in to the dealership and start to talk to the salesman about the tractor. It seems that the tractor that jumped in front and said it was diesel and 4 wheel drive was a year old GR2120 that was returned as the prior owner decided that he needed a BX series tractor and it had 10 hours on it. So I had to ask and the salesman stated that I could get it for $9,400 for everything. Now the list price for new is $9,400 for just the tractor and $1,500 for the bagger. So I asked if they take trade ins and I had a X320 with 48" deck and bagger and the place said that I could get $3,600 for the trade in. Since the GR2120 was still considered new I got zero down and zero percent interest on the balance.
Well I just signed on the dotted line and took delivery of my new garden tractor Friday and started to mow my yard yesterday and finished a couple hours ago and I can say that this was the garden tractor that handles my wet sloppy yard and gives excellent results mowing. I am sure glad that the Gr2120 jumped in front of me.
Mowing with this tractor the results really surprised me as it looks great and the fine cut 54" does great.
Since no thread about buying a new garden tractor is not complete without pictures here are a couple to consider.
