ponytug
Super Member
Personally, I think used tractors are a complete crapshoot. You have no idea if it ran out of oil, the guy's handyman ran once without cleaning the radiator and cooked it, or the time they used it as the middle link on a chain of trucks to rip out a monster stump.
"You paysa your money, and you makesa your choice..." Your usage will also impact what the perceived value is; do you need it to be ready 24x7? Can it be down for three weeks?
Sometimes you luck out into sweet deals my neighbor bought a Kubota for 40% of list, with 42 hours on it in two years.
YMMV.
I wouldn't trade my PT for anything. My neighbor down the hill tipped his yellow tractor driving it on a road on one of his slopes. He lived. The tractor has been there two weeks. It's going to take a team of guys to get it turned around and pulled up. You can't get another vehicle close enough to anchor a winch, there are no trees, and I think the nearest 1845 is Carl's in Washington. The slope must be 40 degrees and goes up three hundred feet, so it would take a couple of semi wreckers to pull it from the top.
My point is, if you need a PT, you need one and there is no substitute. If you don't absolutely need one, you have choices, and those choices involve tradeoffs, one of which is price.
All the best,
Peter
"You paysa your money, and you makesa your choice..." Your usage will also impact what the perceived value is; do you need it to be ready 24x7? Can it be down for three weeks?
Sometimes you luck out into sweet deals my neighbor bought a Kubota for 40% of list, with 42 hours on it in two years.
YMMV.
I wouldn't trade my PT for anything. My neighbor down the hill tipped his yellow tractor driving it on a road on one of his slopes. He lived. The tractor has been there two weeks. It's going to take a team of guys to get it turned around and pulled up. You can't get another vehicle close enough to anchor a winch, there are no trees, and I think the nearest 1845 is Carl's in Washington. The slope must be 40 degrees and goes up three hundred feet, so it would take a couple of semi wreckers to pull it from the top.
My point is, if you need a PT, you need one and there is no substitute. If you don't absolutely need one, you have choices, and those choices involve tradeoffs, one of which is price.
All the best,
Peter
Actually, it seems to me that the resale value on PT's is terrible comparable to CUT's, mainly because most people do not know what they are. This is probably much less true on the smaller ones like the 425. Also, the larger ones have typically been used commercially and have seen a hard life which also lowers their value.
Ken