Go BottomTC33D Could not find deal avail in CA bought in OR
 | Les Kent
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1999-06-30 5609
I have been wanting to buy a New Holland TC33D for a few months, but unfortunately the local dealers in Northern California have not had any in stock, plus they have not been very good with prices compared to what I have seen here. They just don't seem willing to deal at all. I even tried hardball, saying I was going to buy a JD instead because it was cheaper. No impact. Plus they were poor at getting back to me. I guess business is too good?Well last week when I was up at the Richie Brothers auction in Olympia, Washington and I purchased a John Deere 850B dozer. When I contracted to haul this large machine down to California, it got me thinking that I could purchase the TC33D in Washington or Oregon and have it brought down on the same load. So I went to the New Holland web site and got all the names/numbers of all the dealers close to Interstate 5 on the way down to California. It takes a little work, because you put in a zip code and it gives you the three closest dealers. So you just keep working your way down the direction you searching for. I ended up with about six dealers.After calling them all up, I found two dealers that had machines in stock with the configuration I wanted, Deluxe model, hydrostatic transmission, and SuperSteer. The funny thing was that a couple of the dealers I talked said "I don't have any, and there are no TC33's in Oregon. Period", yet the two dealers I found that did have them in stock were located in Oregon. So take what some of these guys tell you with a grain of salt.Both dealers I did not do any hard press on prices. I just explained my situation, and that I was ready to buy immediately because of the truck I had coming down. Metro New Holland in Hillsboro, OR quoted me $17.2K. Pretty much list price. Salem Ford New Holland, Salem, OR quoted $15,977. Both of these guys had the tractors in stock. I also got on other outfit, River Valley Equipment in Central Point, OR (close to the CA border) to quote me $15,750 but they could not get one quickly enough. So I ended up getting the machine from Salem Ford New Holland. I ended up adding a loader, which brought the price to $19,461. I maybe paid too much for the loader, but that is life... The salesperson, Carl Capps, was good to work with. One great bonus was that Oregon does not have any sales tax. That means I saved another $1,600!!! Don't worry, I support the state enough as it is...Unfortunately, I have not yet got the machine. Turns out my dozer was too heavy to bring down on a single load, without costly permits, so it's coming down on two separate trucks. The dozer without the blade weighed in at 46K pounds. I got the dozer yesterday. The blade (5K pounds) and the TC33D (2.4K pounds) will be here on Saturday.
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