help with selling small tractor

raven2017 · Sep 20, 2017

Thanks. Well, Rock Crawler gets the credit for it. I had no idea how to fix it. I forgot and copied some of the stuff I was not supposed to have in it and made myself look like a moron. When he said specs, I put them all in there and made a mess with that as well.
I am glad that is done. I would kind of like to sell it, but it is not biggie if I do not, because these little tractors are quite nice to have. I like mine.

arrow · Sep 20, 2017

Boy has time changed things. (I know it always does but it still doesn't stop the surprise) In 1984 I bought a JD 750 and the 950. Grand total for the two was $22,200. I sold the 950 5 yrs later for 3K less than I paid for it with 800 hrs on it. Sold the 750 28 yrs later for $2300 less than I paid. As you can see, I also kept the littler tractor and seldom regretted it.

raven2017 · Sep 21, 2017

Well, I would say that was a good deal. Here I only have 43.7 hours on mine and am having to take $1500 less if I sell it. I would rather sell it than not, but I am not desperate to sell it.

Somebody said I was selling it to low and somebody else said I should take $13,000. Well, if I took $13,000, I would have to spend out of my pocket to pay it off. I financed it for a long time to get a lower payment per month.

I sold a mower I had had for years and only lost about $500. So...I had far better luck with that than expected.
Raven2017

arrow said:
Boy has time changed things. (I know it always does but it still doesn't stop the surprise) In 1984 I bought a JD 750 and the 950. Grand total for the two was $22,200. I sold the 950 5 yrs later for 3K less than I paid for it with 800 hrs on it. Sold the 750 28 yrs later for $2300 less than I paid. As you can see, I also kept the littler tractor and seldom regretted it.

CincyFlyer · Sep 22, 2017

raven2017 said:
Thanks. Well, Rock Crawler gets the credit for it. I had no idea how to fix it. I forgot and copied some of the stuff I was not supposed to have in it and made myself look like a moron. When he said specs, I put them all in there and made a mess with that as well.
I am glad that is done. I would kind of like to sell it, but it is not biggie if I do not, because these little tractors are quite nice to have. I like mine.

Did you finance through Mahindra? If the tractor is collateral, that will need to be paid off upon sale (look at the long thread on liens!)

fried1765 · Sep 22, 2017

raven2017 said:
Well, I would say that was a good deal. Here I only have 43.7 hours on mine and am having to take $1500 less if I sell it. I would rather sell it than not, but I am not desperate to sell it.

Somebody said I was selling it to low and somebody else said I should take $13,000. Well, if I took $13,000, I would have to spend out of my pocket to pay it off. I financed it for a long time to get a lower payment per month.

I sold a mower I had had for years and only lost about $500. So...I had far better luck with that than expected.
Raven2017

When you compare the sale of your mower ( that you "had for years" ) to a one year old tractor sale, you are comparing apples to oranges.
A used Mahindra Max HST sale simply cannot compete for buyers, with a new purchase from a dealer.
Will you provide a 2 year warranty, parts support, and zero percent interest financing?
I do not want a Mahindra Max HST, but if I did, I would absolutely buy a new one,..... unless yours was priced at 20% less than new.
I stand by my previous $13,000 estimate, if you have any serious expectation of selling the tractor.

newbury · Sep 22, 2017

fried1765 said:
When you compare the sale of your mower ( that you "had for years" ) to a one year old tractor sale, you are comparing apples to oranges.
A used Mahindra Max HST sale simply cannot compete for buyers, with a new purchase from a dealer.
Will you provide a 2 year warranty, parts support, and zero percent interest financing?
I do not want a Mahindra Max HST, but if I did, I would absolutely buy a new one,..... unless yours was priced at 20% less than new.
I stand by my previous $13,000 estimate, if you have any serious expectation of selling the tractor.

And probably if he keeps his Mahindra "for years" he will be able to sell it at a comparable % loss as he did his mower.