difficulty selling used B7800

[MessickFarmEqu]

Originally Posted by z0lt3c

Just alot of tire kickers who expect to buy for pennies on the dollar and don't know what they are looking at.

Tire kickers like that have been the norm for the last year. Don't feel bad. Your priced right, it just take more time than usual to move bare tractors without implements & loaders. We often put loaders on slow moving tractors to help them go. We just took 6 months to move a rough B7800 with 1700 hours for $7000. If your having trouble, most dealers will sell on consignment for you.

[Ductape]

Originally Posted by z0lt3c

I was asking $8250 for the bare tractor no loader or $10K w/ my FEL setup, ATI adapter and 2 skid buckets.

I just have to ask........ why go through the trouble of removing the loader, bracketry, and plumbing to have a loader in your yard that (to my knowledge) only fits one model of tractor? I can understand the backhoe..... that'll sell by itself no problem. But the loader?

[z0lt3c]

thanks...

[eric and his rtv]

to me, looking at your setup, the tractor looks like it has around 2000 hours on it --

it appears to have been stored outside --

it still has the ID numbers on it from the rental shop where you purchased it -- a sign (to me) that it was rented out - ie, used and abused

the front bucket is a mess, with weld marks all over it, making one wonder what you did with it

the rear 'hoe looks like something out of the 60s -- especially with it needing service.

both my b2410 and b2400 with 950 and 1100 hours on them look newer and fresher than your rig -- and i do use them as tractors, not lawn decorators.

that's just me -- i would pass on it.

[whistlepig]

When I was looking for used tractors three years ago I would have bought yours in a second at the price you are asking. I found very few used tractors then and the ones that I did find were not in as good condition as the one you are selling. And they were asking within $1,000.00 of new price. I ended up buying new. I think it is the difference in the economy now verses three years ago and not your tractor.

[LBrown59]

Originally Posted by z0lt3c

I was asking $8250 for the bare tractor no loader or $10K w/ my FEL setup, ATI adapter and 2 skid buckets.

Here are the two lines I keep hearing;

1*1) I will just buy a new one and sell it when I'm done.

> This is exactly what I am trying to do w/o much success. I think it's harder then it sound w/ 0% financing deals.

2) I won't save that much if I buy used.

> This is not true. To buy a new machine similar to my B7800+FEL package I think it would run close to $16K. That's somewhere around a 35% savings to buy used.

I have not seen a cheaper B7800 advertised that actually sold. In the end, the worst case is... I am stuck with my Kubota. I think I can live with that, so I don't see any reason to give it away. It will just continue to be a garage queen.

1*Just like you're doing.

[bill in ny]

i agree with eric. a wash and wax would help.

[MessickFarmEqu]

Originally Posted by z0lt3c

Care to share what a typical arrangement maybe between a dealer and consigner? I assume the dealer gets a cut, is it usually a flat fee or a %? I was wondering if I could trade it in for an older, cheaper tractor in dealer inventory and get some cash back... I assume this would be unusual?

I can't speak for others. We kinda come up with the terms we do on a case by case basis. % or flat fee, also depends if your using the cash towards a new machine. Typicaly we don't do trades with cash out, but I can't speak for everyone. It messes with the way we floor plan equipment when we do that. I guess a dealer could, but if they where willing to odds are your getting a raw deal in the process.

[taborekle]

Originally Posted by z0lt3c

I am also listing the tractor "for barter" in some local craigslists board and I have actually been seeing more activity in trade. I have gotten offers of a 92 corvette and a 79 Trans Am so far... neither really my type. It makes an interesting situation where if I can trade for a car, I can sell it at wholesale auction easier then the tractor.




I'm just trying to advertise the "lowest price" and the loader is customized. I have $$$ into this loader that I will probably not recoup, w/ the ATI bracket and custom buckets. I have a feeling I could adapt it to another tractor down the road... so if somebody is just looking for a machine to mow or use the 3pt, maybe they wouldn't need the loader. The manual makes the disconnect process very simple, although I have never done it!



Care to share what a typical arrangement maybe between a dealer and consigner? I assume the dealer gets a cut, is it usually a flat fee or a %? I was wondering if I could trade it in for an older, cheaper tractor in dealer inventory and get some cash back... I assume this would be unusual?

I recently went with a friend of mine (we used my PU truck and trailer) to travel from our home in Southern Maryland to upstate NY for him to inspect and then buy a tractor that he had found on ebay.

I'm with the poster that suggested that you expand you're local market base. If you have a good enough deal, get out of the local market and advertise in the surrounding states.

Just make sure you accurately describe the machine.

[Charlesaf3]

the economy is bad. Things just aren't worth what they were 3 years ago. And won't be for a while. That's what happens in a recession...