Lions_TX
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To a John Deere? To a Kubota? To a FarmPro? To a Mahindra?
Here is my dillema... I see Yanmar advertised as priced "thousands (of dollars) below other tractors and i am curious as to how accurate that is.
For example: I seen a Mahindra 26hp, front wheel assist, hst, with FEL with 40 hours on it. The list price new was approx. 18,000, it was for sale for 12,500. A saveings of over 5000 bucks or over 1/4 of the original price. I would imagine that, that price would continue to drop as more hours were put on the machine.
OK so a brand new Mahindra 20hp, with loader cost approx. 11,500 with a 3 year warranty. Using the same formula as the larger machine, by time it has some hours on it, it will only be worth about 8,000. A comprible Yanmar with ??? hours on it presently goes for approx. the same and it does not have the pto shield or ROPS and minimal if any warranty.
So, my question is this, are Yanmar tractors that good that they hold such a high resale value even though they have high or unknown hours on them? With such high resale value can they really be compared to a Deere?
When i had first began looking for a tractor, i had seriously thought that Yanmar was the way to go for me, at this point i am not so sure.
Here is another example: A 2wd small Yanmar with no pto shield, nor ROPS, sells for approx. 3000 with a short limited warranty. A brand new comprible FarmPro with the shield and ROPS and a 30 month warranty sells for approx. 4000, thats brand new everything from the bottom of the tires to the top of the exaust stack, to me the extended warranty with all new parts is well worth the extra 1000, not to mention that the ROPS is worth that. So is Yanmar that good that it is worth more then a brand new machine with such a warranty and safety equiptment? How can such be marketed as "thousands less"? One with common understanding should be able to see that "upgrading" the safety features would make a used machine more then a brand new one, and it is still short the warranty period.
I'm really confused why these tractors are worth so much? Why do other tractors loose such value after so many hours but a Yanmar that is starting with so many hours is worth so much?
Do Yanmar hold their resale value that good? Like if i buy a rebuilt Yanmar and put 80-100 hours (about 2 hours a week) on it in a year, how much is that going to devalue the tractor considering it has hundreds if not thousands of hours on it to begin with?
Now before any one confuses my concern with bashing i would like to make it perfectly clear that i am considering a major purchase. The cost of a 8000.-12,000. tractor buys alot of Toyota truck that i am very sure will hold its value. It can also buy me a very solid used tractor from several other brand names and again i am pretty sure it will hold its "used" value. I just want to know what is so special about them that they command such high prices? Is a 20 year old Yanmar really worth the same as 10 year old Kubota? Is it really worth the same as a brand new FarmPro? Is it really fair to compare price differences to a name like Deere?
Here is another issue of concern, it is my understanding that in the places these tractors are originally used they are used under a co-op system. I could well imagine that if i had to share my tractor with a bunch of my neighbors, we would have no problem turning the 3 digit hour meter over in a year, defently in 2 years. That is why i say unknown hours.
If any one can shed some light on these concerns/issues i would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks...
Lions
Here is my dillema... I see Yanmar advertised as priced "thousands (of dollars) below other tractors and i am curious as to how accurate that is.
For example: I seen a Mahindra 26hp, front wheel assist, hst, with FEL with 40 hours on it. The list price new was approx. 18,000, it was for sale for 12,500. A saveings of over 5000 bucks or over 1/4 of the original price. I would imagine that, that price would continue to drop as more hours were put on the machine.
OK so a brand new Mahindra 20hp, with loader cost approx. 11,500 with a 3 year warranty. Using the same formula as the larger machine, by time it has some hours on it, it will only be worth about 8,000. A comprible Yanmar with ??? hours on it presently goes for approx. the same and it does not have the pto shield or ROPS and minimal if any warranty.
So, my question is this, are Yanmar tractors that good that they hold such a high resale value even though they have high or unknown hours on them? With such high resale value can they really be compared to a Deere?
When i had first began looking for a tractor, i had seriously thought that Yanmar was the way to go for me, at this point i am not so sure.
Here is another example: A 2wd small Yanmar with no pto shield, nor ROPS, sells for approx. 3000 with a short limited warranty. A brand new comprible FarmPro with the shield and ROPS and a 30 month warranty sells for approx. 4000, thats brand new everything from the bottom of the tires to the top of the exaust stack, to me the extended warranty with all new parts is well worth the extra 1000, not to mention that the ROPS is worth that. So is Yanmar that good that it is worth more then a brand new machine with such a warranty and safety equiptment? How can such be marketed as "thousands less"? One with common understanding should be able to see that "upgrading" the safety features would make a used machine more then a brand new one, and it is still short the warranty period.
I'm really confused why these tractors are worth so much? Why do other tractors loose such value after so many hours but a Yanmar that is starting with so many hours is worth so much?
Do Yanmar hold their resale value that good? Like if i buy a rebuilt Yanmar and put 80-100 hours (about 2 hours a week) on it in a year, how much is that going to devalue the tractor considering it has hundreds if not thousands of hours on it to begin with?
Now before any one confuses my concern with bashing i would like to make it perfectly clear that i am considering a major purchase. The cost of a 8000.-12,000. tractor buys alot of Toyota truck that i am very sure will hold its value. It can also buy me a very solid used tractor from several other brand names and again i am pretty sure it will hold its "used" value. I just want to know what is so special about them that they command such high prices? Is a 20 year old Yanmar really worth the same as 10 year old Kubota? Is it really worth the same as a brand new FarmPro? Is it really fair to compare price differences to a name like Deere?
Here is another issue of concern, it is my understanding that in the places these tractors are originally used they are used under a co-op system. I could well imagine that if i had to share my tractor with a bunch of my neighbors, we would have no problem turning the 3 digit hour meter over in a year, defently in 2 years. That is why i say unknown hours.
If any one can shed some light on these concerns/issues i would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks...
Lions