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New John Deere for the new place

Post by daytime dave » Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:27 am

I recently purchased a small farm to retire to. We aren't retired yet, but the opportunity presented itself and I took it. I have a large lawn to mow and Northeast snow to deal with to clear out the dirveway. When presented with what did I want for taking care of this, I had some good choices. There is Simplicity, a very good tractor maker. I wanted diesel and they no longer offered that engine, plus their parent company, Briggs and Stratton, filed bankruptcy last year and that isn't a good sign for stability. Cub Cadet and Husqvarna make decent machines, but again, no diesel. The John Deere dealership is not too far away and I had done business with them over the years. I picked a model x758 diesel. The equipment company offers a standard package of seat upgrade with arm rests, front brush guard and quick release suitcase weight brackets with six weights, a 54 inch mower deck and a 47 inch snow blower. I opted to swap out the smaller blower for the 54 inch. I also added the soft cab for the winter winds blowing snow. I picked it up yesterday and it's a fantastic machine.

Full time four wheel drive will help on all the hills. I removed the cab for storage as it was very easy to do. The dealership is fantastic. It was ready and waiting. No hassle. They put the blower on the trailer and away I went. Luckily I have three compact tractors to do the heavy work at the farm, so I only need this machine to mow and blow. It's big and beautiful. The best part was 0% financing on all of it. Why not.

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It will be a worker around the place. I have no doubt it will pull it's weight well.
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:45 am

I have same size JD bought new in 2006. Still going strong.
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by Sir Henry » Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:46 am

Nothing runs like a Deere! I’m glad you are planning for retirement.
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by BigAl52 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:00 am

Nothin cost like one either. Hey Dave what the heck no cup holder for Coffee Beer or Whiskey
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by markiver54 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:42 am

Very nice Dave. That should serve you well. Congrats!
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by BrokenolMarine » Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:42 pm

We ran a Simplicity Legacy 27 hp diesel for the twenty five plus years we were at the VA farm. No worries. 4wd, rear diff lock, front/rear hydraulics, blade, bush hog, etc. Only thing missing was a bucket. Sold it, all the implementation, the new flat bed trailer, and low mileage polaris ranger 500 with the farm.

Looked at JD, bought a kubota package, another polaris 500, and 1000 once we got here. Got the bucket this time, plus pallet forks, hay spear, blade...
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by BrokenolMarine » Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:44 pm

BrokenolMarine wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:42 pm
We ran a Simplicity Legacy 27 hp diesel for the twenty five plus years we were at the VA farm. No worries. 4wd, rear diff lock, front/rear hydraulics, blade, bush hog, etc. Only thing missing was a bucket. Sold it, all the implementation, the new flat bed trailer, and low mileage polaris ranger 500 with the farm.

Looked at JD, but the dealer was rude, arrogant, and acted like selling to us would be doing us a huge favor. Kind of like Harley and Jeep for years. We bought a kubota package, another polaris ranger 500, and a 1000 once we got here. Got the bucket this time, plus pallet forks, hay spear, blade...
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by JEBar » Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:42 pm

congrats .... very nice looking machine .... it should serve you well
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by Stray Cat » Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:42 pm

Great choice, I still believe you get what you pay for... like a Henry :D
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Re: New John Deere for the new place

Post by daytime dave » Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:21 am

BrokenolMarine wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:42 pm
We ran a Simplicity Legacy 27 hp diesel for the twenty five plus years we were at the VA farm. No worries. 4wd, rear diff lock, front/rear hydraulics, blade, bush hog, etc. Only thing missing was a bucket. Sold it, all the implementation, the new flat bed trailer, and low mileage polaris ranger 500 with the farm.

Looked at JD, bought a kubota package, another polaris 500, and 1000 once we got here. Got the bucket this time, plus pallet forks, hay spear, blade...
The Simplicity with the diesel engine would have been in the running. I have three compact tractors, one a JD with a bucket, so this one didn't need to be a do everything tractor. It is basically the same size as the very capable 10 series subcompact JD tractors. If I only could have one, I would have gotten one of them, or maybe a 20 series.

I still have my Craftsman for a backup.

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