Garden Tractors - 2021 Last Year for the Simplicity Legacy

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2021 Last Year for the Simplicity Legacy

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Topic: 2021 Last Year for the Simplicity Legacy

Posted By: steelwheelAcjim
Subject: 2021 Last Year for the Simplicity Legacy
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2020 at 7:10pm

Was informed by my local dealer today. They inquired if i would like to trade up from my Legacy XL.

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Pre-WW2 A-C tractors on steel wheels...because I'm too cheap to buy tires!

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Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 6:00pm

So it that it for Simplicity or will this model be upgraded ?

Posted By: Ages Cat
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 8:23am

When I asked my dealer, he said that the Legacy XL will be available in 4WD only. 2WD will not be made in 2021.

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Curt Anderson
HD3, HD5B, HD6E, HD6AG,HD6B dozer, I-400, 615, 616,(2) 620, 720, ACP25 lift truck, 1956 D Special Grader, AC 540 loader, AC 655 crawler loader, AC #84 plow, Simplicity lawn tractors.

Posted By: GreenOrange
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 9:05am

Dang - I hadn't heard that. I've got a 2018 4WD with 3pt/PTO that I love - great tractor. I'm sure it's just a matter of numbers. I have a friend who works for Briggs (he was a Simplicity Mfg. employee that went through the transition) who said that they really don't build many Legacy tractors. The numbers are just too low for them to realize the economies of scale to justify greater investment in the line or a lower sticker price. They can't compete with the others in the size for the $. That's why a Diesel option never re-emerged.

One interesting thing he also told me was that the Legacys are not built on the normal production line. When they do a run, they have a separate area and there are only about 6 employees who build them - he likened it to the production of some of the limited run cars out there.

Posted By: farmtoybuilder
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 1:22pm

4wd is only way to go! Couldn't give me a new 2wd tractor or any size to use today! Love our FWA ones! We started selling FWA when they first came out and many thought we were nuts. But all them have them today!

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5 different TT-10's,5 TT-18's Terra Tigers,B-10,2 B-207's,B-110,2 B-112's,HB-112,B-210,B-212,HB212,2 Scamp's & Homilite T-10. Still hunting NICE HB-112 & anything Terra Tiger & Trailers for them.