Lk3054 value

[papa]

I am looking at an LK 3054 with about 300 hours on it. I don't know the age. It comes with a KL128 loader with a 5' bucket, aux. hydraulics, 5' brush cutter, 5' box blade, 6' angle blade, 5" hydraulic feed wood chipper a 5' brush rake, a small single cut blow and a backhoe attachment with 2 buckets. There is also a trailer to haul the whole lot with. I know that there have been some problems with the backhoe attachment, I don't know about the front end loader. I've not seen much on the value of these older machines.

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by papa

I am looking at an LK 3054 with about 300 hours on it. I don't know the age. It comes with a KL128 loader with a 5' bucket, aux. hydraulics, 5' brush cutter, 5' box blade, 6' angle blade, 5" hydraulic feed wood chipper a 5' brush rake, a small single cut blow and a backhoe attachment with 2 buckets. There is also a trailer to haul the whole lot with. I know that there have been some problems with the backhoe attachment, I don't know about the front end loader. I've not seen much on the value of these older machines.

that is not such an old machine and 300hrs is barely broken in. It is still in the lineup as a TLB but under a different designation. It is a little tough to assign a value because of all the attachments in the package you mention. I'd guess the tractor and BH alone would be worth somewhere in the range of 11-13K. Not as much as a CK30 TLB and perhaps even a bit less than a CK20 HST TLB with the same hours as the CKs are newer models with lux features. Are the attachments in good shape? Are they name brand or value brand attachments? What is "a small single cut blow"?

[rtimgray]

My dad has an LK 3054 with loader and backhoe. I have spent several hours on the machine, and personally, I love it. I have a DK 45, so it took a little getting used to when using the loader and backhoe (have to take smaller bites). I will say that his backhoe is PTO driven and it is slower than the backhoe on my DK 45, but still serviceable as a small hoe on a small tractor goes.

Maybe you can take advantage of the low re-sale value that Kioti's supposedly have. It sounds like a good package deal, depending on the price obviously. The 3054 is probably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Kioti design that is around in the US, but I don't know how many evolutions it has gone through. I would doubt that parts and support would be an issue with it.

Good luck.

[rtimgray]

Any chance it is a "small single cut Plow" - that was my best guess.

Take care.

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by rtimgray

Any chance it is a "small single cut Plow" - that was my best guess.

Take care.

That makes sense. Maybe a middlebuster or subsoiler. Best I could come up with was some sort of snow moving device.

[papa]

sorry about the typo-it was supposed to be a plow-I haven't seen the implement, but my guess is it's a single bottom sub soiler type of thing.

Thanks for your responses. I don't know the condition of the implements, most of them are said to be in good condition. My best guess is that many are part of a package deal that was purchased with the tractor.

[Jimmyb33]

Just for reference, I bought my 1999 model LK3054 with the same LK128 loader and a 5' boxblade last year. The hour meter had stopped at 420 hours and I don't really know how many hours it had on it but the guy I bought it from guessed another 100 since the hour meter stopped. So I guess it had 550 - 600 hours on it. It had been stored outside so tha paint is pretty faided and it has a little rust on it. The hood is dented in a little bit and the front grill is missing. Oh yeah.. the top of the ROPS is missing too. So, it's not in the best of shape, but it does run very good and the hydraulics are strong. I paid $7k for it. It was a little more than I wanted to spend on it, but it was the only one I could find that was in the right hp range with 4wd and a loader in 250 mile radius. I don't have any regrets!! Good luck with yourse!

jb

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by papa

sorry about the typo-it was supposed to be a plow-I haven't seen the implement, but my guess is it's a single bottom sub soiler type of thing.

Thanks for your responses. I don't know the condition of the implements, most of them are said to be in good condition. My best guess is that many are part of a package deal that was purchased with the tractor.

How much is the guy asking for the package? If the implements are decent (brand name or good value brand like King Kutter) then I'd guess the extras and attachments alone would be worth something close to $3000 on the used market (assuming $500 each average (rake and subsoiler less, chipper and bushhog more). With the rear remote installed ($300+)and an extra BH bucket ($400), it certainly sounds like a nice one stop shopping opportunity if the price is right.

[papa]

Thanks for the information on the LK 3054. It belongs to a relative who has a debt to repay. We're looking at the equipment as all/part of payment. Right now I'm just trying to find out what the stuff's worth so I can know where his asking price is in relationship to market value. I've not seen it up close so I really don't know anything else about it. I'll get back to him, get more information and his asking and repost. Thanks again. It's been kind of hard finding information on these tractors, it doesn't seem like there are a lot of them out there for sale. Any ideas why?

[IslandTractor]

Originally Posted by papa

It's been kind of hard finding information on these tractors, it doesn't seem like there are a lot of them out there for sale. Any ideas why?

It is one of Kioti's older models and Kioti's sales have only been really taking off since the CK and newer DK series hit the market. I suspect the reason you don't see a lot of them for sale in comparison to JDs or other orange TLBs is simply that there were not huge numbers sold.