owkaye
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Hello,
I have a chance to buy an "old type" (serial number less than N60163) Kubota B7100 HST. It is a 4wd tractor with good tires, and the seller doesn't know the year it was manufactured, but it has more than 3000 hours on it. This seems like a LOT of hours for one of these little tractors, don't you think?
The seller's ad said the tractor needs a front drive shaft. I asked him how he bent or broke it and he said it did not have a front drive shaft when he bought it. He also said he bought it recently from an out-of-town Kubota dealer in Theodore, Alabama so he could resell it for a profit here in Biloxi -- which means he really doesn't know much about this tractor.
He told me he just finished putting a new front drive shaft on it, and he said it does run in four wheel drive now. I asked him if it starts hard and he said "sort of" which of course means "yes". He also said it smokes when it starts cold, but then when it warms up it does not smoke any more. Are either of these issues "red flags" that should discourage me from buying this tractor?
He's asking $2700 which I felt might be a great price until I learned that it has 3000+ hours on it. Now I'm not so sure his asking price is all that great. What do you think?
I'm planning to go look at it tomorrow, but since I have little knowledge of what to look for and what to ask, I'm hoping that you folks might give me some suggestions -- so I can try to avoid getting stuck with a lemon that might cost me more to fix than what I buy it for.
I have a chance to buy an "old type" (serial number less than N60163) Kubota B7100 HST. It is a 4wd tractor with good tires, and the seller doesn't know the year it was manufactured, but it has more than 3000 hours on it. This seems like a LOT of hours for one of these little tractors, don't you think?
The seller's ad said the tractor needs a front drive shaft. I asked him how he bent or broke it and he said it did not have a front drive shaft when he bought it. He also said he bought it recently from an out-of-town Kubota dealer in Theodore, Alabama so he could resell it for a profit here in Biloxi -- which means he really doesn't know much about this tractor.
He told me he just finished putting a new front drive shaft on it, and he said it does run in four wheel drive now. I asked him if it starts hard and he said "sort of" which of course means "yes". He also said it smokes when it starts cold, but then when it warms up it does not smoke any more. Are either of these issues "red flags" that should discourage me from buying this tractor?
He's asking $2700 which I felt might be a great price until I learned that it has 3000+ hours on it. Now I'm not so sure his asking price is all that great. What do you think?
I'm planning to go look at it tomorrow, but since I have little knowledge of what to look for and what to ask, I'm hoping that you folks might give me some suggestions -- so I can try to avoid getting stuck with a lemon that might cost me more to fix than what I buy it for.