Kevin M
Gold Member
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2009
- Messages
- 415
- Location
- goshen NY
- Tractor
- 48" bobcat walk behind , 60" Dixie Chopper Classic , 755 John Deere 4x4 70 ldr belly mower etc etc , 7610 Ford 4x4 7412 ldr and 10 ft rhino hogg
I don't make it a habit of trashing businesses on here, but maybe I can save someone else some aggravation. I was looking for a 770b loader for my Ford 1910, so I started calling some local dealers and salvage yards. I came across
Weavers' in Pennsylvania in a issue of Tractor House. I spoke to them several times asking about the condition and making sure they had all the brackets and pieces needed to mount this to my tractor. They reassured that they did multiple times ! They also told me that it was in good condition for its age, with NO welds, repairs, or cracks. They then told me they would take 1500 for it. Sounded like a good deal! ??? Today I hopped in the truck and drove four hours to there establishment, boy was I disappointed and mad. The front bracket was missing for starters which" they said they had!" Now the bad part, the loader frame had been patched and repaired (poorly) so many times I think the capacity would have been cut in half! When I said I didn't think it was worth 500 he then said I could have it for that much (500) and was still missing the front bracket and would take 100 hours of fabrication time to fix , Then replace all the lines ( Hard and Soft) at that point I walked away. The moral of this story have the email you pics of what your buying before you waste a couple hundred bucks driving there. The good thing was, I did check out some other local dealers and the weather was crappy so the day wasn't a total loss.
Weavers' in Pennsylvania in a issue of Tractor House. I spoke to them several times asking about the condition and making sure they had all the brackets and pieces needed to mount this to my tractor. They reassured that they did multiple times ! They also told me that it was in good condition for its age, with NO welds, repairs, or cracks. They then told me they would take 1500 for it. Sounded like a good deal! ??? Today I hopped in the truck and drove four hours to there establishment, boy was I disappointed and mad. The front bracket was missing for starters which" they said they had!" Now the bad part, the loader frame had been patched and repaired (poorly) so many times I think the capacity would have been cut in half! When I said I didn't think it was worth 500 he then said I could have it for that much (500) and was still missing the front bracket and would take 100 hours of fabrication time to fix , Then replace all the lines ( Hard and Soft) at that point I walked away. The moral of this story have the email you pics of what your buying before you waste a couple hundred bucks driving there. The good thing was, I did check out some other local dealers and the weather was crappy so the day wasn't a total loss.