Are CUT Manufacturers pricing themselves out of the market?

[DarkBlack]

It is? Could have fooled me. You do have a shovel I Presume and a wheelbarrow?

You don't want to do manual labor so you opt for the luxury way instead. Whatever.

You’re being ridiculous

 

[bmaverick]

Absolutely. One good answer that works for everyone is to buy low hour used equipment. Tractors that have been used enough to be proven, but not enough to be worn.

I am old enough to remember another time - the 1950/60s - when new prices got totally out of reach.
What happened back then was independent & inexpensive repair shops sprang up everywhere almost overnight. Maybe that will happen again.

Nope not today. Modern tractors need a repair dealer. There is no Right-2-Repair laws on the books. This is a double hit against buying new or slightly used.

I bought refurbished/restored to better than new back in 2014.
It is a 1981 model, no computer gizmo limp home or DEF junk.
After 2020, the price went up by $2K for the same machine.

Machinery Pete use to keep a log of how compact tractor sales would dominate and NOT ever taper off. He began this in the late 90s. I had downloaded his last PDF somewhere for the units sold.

If I had to replace my machine due to a major accident, for $24K the RK25 with loader and cab would be the new machine. About half would be covered by the home/farm ins. Since last year till now, I've not seen many reliable machines out there in my entire region on CL or FB to consider.

A neighbor recently had a outbuilding fire. Took out 2 tractors and a Dodge Durango. His ins. is covering the damages for all of it.

 

[Bearsixty7]

My problem is my anchor point. When John Deere was feeling the footsteps from Kubota, they came out with the more affordable 3032E (around 2010). You could buy one with a loader and a free back blade for $15,000. Now it would be $32,000+ without a back blade. My brain hasn't kept up.

Local Deere dealer had a 3038 with loader for 17.9K back in 2017/2018.

Once covid hit, they went nuts and haven't gone back to reasonable yet.

 

[Bearsixty7]

Sales of CUTS and SCUTS are both down. Prices on used ones are also way down, currently a market glut. Good time to buy if you have the resources and need. With tariffs on steel, I only see prices of new ones going up, on both tractors and implements.

I was going to say the same thing, local Kubota and JD dealerships have full lots of tractors and implements looks like several to choose from at 32-100 HP at JD, and a few bigger Ag size as well.

 

[2manyrocks]

once they extend the DPF rules to smaller diesels, only dealers will be able to deal with the limp modes. Once they get a certain age, I doubt they will repair them because they want to sell new units. the 1980's yanmars might still be running.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

CUTS and SCUTS are always luxury purchases. Inflation has curtailed many of those. I buy my tractors and implements for business purposes, consequently, not interested in diminutive tractors at all and builders are more interested in large units anyway today. Large units equal high cost equals a larger return on equipment prices.

Used units still command a high price unless they are ancient and then buyers of the ancient ones come on here for advice because they don't work right...

Are you saying that it's a luxury to have a CUT that meets your needs? Plenty of landscapers around here have CUT's
How is it a luxury for a homeowner that has needs for a CUT?

 

[Mtsoxfan]

It is? Could have fooled me. You do have a shovel I Presume and a wheelbarrow?

You don't want to do manual labor so you opt for the luxury way instead. Whatever.

Same applies to you, rack and roll that hay.

 

[2manyrocks]

I can remember seeing people pitch fork hay onto a wagon pulled by mules. An old 2N was a luxury item.

 

[DK35vince]

Same applies to you, rack and roll that hay.

Amish don't need a tractor to do hay, why can't he.
Guess he doesn't want to do manual labor

 

[Mtsoxfan]

Oh to be high and mighty, and rich, so above the common folk. Has a track record of that.