Re: (ET) Electric OX

[steve39 mindspring com]

I agree with Jeremy.  The AG guys are now selling compact tractor lines in 
the 16 to 30 HP range.  Small enough to work in a yard and with a full 
line of attachments available.  My father in law just bought one (JD) at 
about 20 HP. It has a front end loader and a belly mower and will handle a 
4 ft tiller.  He paid about $12,000 with the loader on it.  His purchase 
is the whole reason I ran to my parents and drug the ET out.  Otherwise my 
wife was headed to JD or Massey for a compact.  The MF-175 I have is too 
big for the yard and the garden but I've about got her sold on the ET as a 
solution.  Given the choice though to spend 7K on an electric or 10 or 12 
for a compact frankly I'd go for the compact and I suspect most folks 
would...especially considering that the Green paint ones run 2 to 3K more 
than Masseys or New Hollands...you can buy those around 8K.  I think the 
only way ETs are going to go in this country is in a hybrid set-up and 
with alot of tax incentives attached.  Much like we are seeing with the 
Toyota Prius now.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Gagliardi com
Sent: Sep 15, 2003 2:43 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Electric OX

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:49:19 EDT, "FixItUp" wrote:
>  Hi All
> I agree,the Electric OX seems like a very nice machine.Several years ago 
> I had
> several conversations with the head honcho at the Electric Tractor Corp.
> regarding the possible purchase of an Electric OX and/or a dealership. 
> The only
> drawback was the fact that there is no dealer in the US close enough to 
> demo a
> tractor and I think that you need to buy quite a few tractors to even get
> started on a dealership.
>  The idea still appeals to me,but I am afraid I would have quite a chore
selling
> them. Anybody want one?

I tend to think unless a major home improvement center or other store that 
sells
tractors by the truckload picks it up, it ain't gonna sell here.  Based on
everyone I've talked to locally, everyone wants to go to a Home Depot or 
Lowes
to shop for and buy a tractor (and they want to pay $1K-2K).  The masses 
aren't
interested in going to a specialty store or catalogue to find a good 
tractor. 
Also, the store that stocks the tractor has to stand by it and the 
salesmen have
to believe in it, otherwise they'll poo-poo it every time they talk to a
potential customer (salesmen do this all the time).  Also, I tend to think 
an
existing major manufacturer of tractors has to make their own version, so 
they
can sell to the die-hard, brand-loyal customers of John Deere, etc., 
otherwise
those customers won't even look at it.

All of this is why the ox is a specialty item, and not sold mainstream.

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Bethesda, Md
E20

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