My Township just signed paperwork on a new Cat 150 AWD machine. Will be factory built. Should take delivery in 90 days or so.
I started running a Grader for this Township in 1988. Was a 1975 Cat 12 mechanical machine. In the Fall of 1989 they bought me a new JD 670B. Since then they've bought me 8 new JD machines. Went to the 7 series in 1994. Went to AWD in 2019 with our current JD672G. Have always had antler rack machines.
30 years ago when trading Cat always acted like they didn't care if we bought their machine or not. Always a take it or leave it attitude. Always higher than JD. It seems the market share has changed dramatically in the last few years. Cat is on the warpath to get back their majority of machine sales. Now it appears JD has developed that arrogant take it or leave it attitude.
We wanted to get back in a 7 series JD. So the comparable would be the Cat 150. We are also going to joystick if we purchased the JD. So a Cat 150AWD versus a JD772GP.
Cat is giving us $23,000 more for our used 672G than JD!!! When comparing equal equipped machines our trade cost for the 772GP is $21,000 above the Cat 150. That completely shocks me. No consideration for our 35 years of JD ownership. No consideration for the previous 8 new machines from JD. A complete take it or leave it attitude from the dealer.
So when the new machine shows up I'll add posts to this thread with pics of course.
This will probably be my last new machine. I'm 72. With that in mind I'm excited about changing brands and going to joystick controls. I've always been fond of JD machines. Their personality fits me. Anxious to see how I feel about that a year from now.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I'm attaching the sales agreement so you can see how the machine is equipped.
I started running a Grader for this Township in 1988. Was a 1975 Cat 12 mechanical machine. In the Fall of 1989 they bought me a new JD 670B. Since then they've bought me 8 new JD machines. Went to the 7 series in 1994. Went to AWD in 2019 with our current JD672G. Have always had antler rack machines.
30 years ago when trading Cat always acted like they didn't care if we bought their machine or not. Always a take it or leave it attitude. Always higher than JD. It seems the market share has changed dramatically in the last few years. Cat is on the warpath to get back their majority of machine sales. Now it appears JD has developed that arrogant take it or leave it attitude.
We wanted to get back in a 7 series JD. So the comparable would be the Cat 150. We are also going to joystick if we purchased the JD. So a Cat 150AWD versus a JD772GP.
Cat is giving us $23,000 more for our used 672G than JD!!! When comparing equal equipped machines our trade cost for the 772GP is $21,000 above the Cat 150. That completely shocks me. No consideration for our 35 years of JD ownership. No consideration for the previous 8 new machines from JD. A complete take it or leave it attitude from the dealer.
So when the new machine shows up I'll add posts to this thread with pics of course.
This will probably be my last new machine. I'm 72. With that in mind I'm excited about changing brands and going to joystick controls. I've always been fond of JD machines. Their personality fits me. Anxious to see how I feel about that a year from now.
I'm attaching the sales agreement so you can see how the machine is equipped.