Haha. Yea sorry...I just picked out what I thought to be a large number. I don't work for a Deere dealer and have never priced a combine...I just know they don't come very cheap...thanks for the correction.You might want to add another Zero to that figure.
profit margins on Deere equipment is as slim as ever these days. Its not like the old days, you have to be able to stay very competitive, as there is zero loyalty. Retail on a large combine with both heads, is upwards of 600000.00. Parts and service is where 80% of the profit comes from, definitely NOT sales. If you come into one of our stores you are treated with the same respect if you are buying a 6 pack of Stihl ultra or a 300000.00 tractor. If one of my employees sees or handles it differently, he won't work here long.Some of those Deere dealers make so much money on the Deere line, they don't give a crap about some handheld line. A lot of them even give away Stihl equipment as an incentive or discount towards a Deere purchase. This is where it hurts the small dealer that focuses on handhelds and mowers, if they're in that area.
441's are available here and at the warehouse. We have 11 among 17 stores and warehouse stock in Ohio is good. I just checked this am.
????Stihl probably hasnt recouped ROI on the 441 yet. You have to remember that first it was the first strato saw for Stihl and it got recalled for some reason. That makes the saw expensive in R&D cost and warranty cost. I figure the saw has a 3-5 more years of production, depending on emissions and competition.
I want to hear more.Stihl probably hasnt recouped ROI on the 441 yet. You have to remember that first it was the first strato saw for Stihl and it got recalled for some reason. That makes the saw expensive in R&D cost and warranty cost. I figure the saw has a 3-5 more years of production, depending on emissions and competition.
What model years were "recalled" & for what?Stihl probably hasnt recouped ROI on the 441 yet. You have to remember that first it was the first strato saw for Stihl and it got recalled for some reason. That makes the saw expensive in R&D cost and warranty cost. I figure the saw has a 3-5 more years of production, depending on emissions and competition.
This is always my thought...why would a Deere dealer care about a 199 dollar trimmer sale when they sell a 30,000 dollar combine....
What????Combines fetch far more than $30,000 on average, specifically new combines.
New equipment sales have extremely small margins. And worse yet is John Deere Financial is full recourse financing for the dealer.
Far and away dealers make their money on parts and service. Most small to medium dealers only sell equipment because they have to in order to be an authorized service center.
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i think you should make sure you know what it is you are talking about, before posting it....................Do you disagree?
The 441 is not gone. Maybe from some distributors, but not gone.SO..... 440,460,441 are gone. 461 is the saw being sold for that size.....anything else on the horizon?? Or is that 461 going to carry the water for the foreseeable future?? Having ONE saw cover that 70 cc market will certainly make things easier to support for the dealers.
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