Re: An example of getting in too deep.

Posted by bison on March 22, 2015 at 15:37:24 from (69.168.144.135):

In Reply to: An example of getting in too deep. posted by robert major on March 22, 2015 at 13:51:52:

robert major said: (quoted from post at 13:51:52 03/22/15) Hi It's not always about what a new tractor costs, it's the fact that this one will have cockshutt still written on the hood that awful cab, it's older than me and it's still worth $5000 after he has 10 plus his time in it. I came up with this problem with our 96 Belarus. it needed big bucks spending to keep using it as a main tractor, is worth $7000 tops on a good day fixed, and is not the tractor I need for loader work now for my barn cleaning and baling work due to it's weight build and lack of air con and a few other nice things. We spent $37000 on a 2000 valtra and the difference is night and day. I know which one i want to spend 14 or more hours a day in during the summer. You couldn't pay me enough to run that pile for 14 hours plus a day, it's now our spare tractor. Regards Robert

And that is the problem,..its not so much the spending some money on a an old tractor but i like to get at least my input back out of it come sale time.I put maybe a 100 hrs a year on my two other 1855's as all i do is putting up a 1000 rounds of hay with them and this tractor was gonna be used for pulling the bale self loader and pitch in for one of the other 2 in case one has a break down during hay season.

But Bison, what would a new tractor of equal HP cost you?

I have no clue what a new 100 hp tractor cost,..i never bought one and i ain't about to either.

I never paid more than 5 grand for a good running tractor yet.

I have 2 other 1855's, i paid for one $3250, the other 3500.

I have an 1800 i got for $400 and spend another 350(injection pump) to get it running.

And i have two belarusses, one was 5 grand the other 4.

So you can see that the one i am working on is becoming rather pain fully expensive to a cheap SOB like me :)

This post was edited by bison at 15:38:22 03/22/15.

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• Re: An example of getting in too deep. Bret4207 04:16:11 03/23/15 (0)

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