$300 Holy Cow

[savageactor7]

Farm equipment doesn't benefit from the 'economy of production concept'. Suppliers are always changing lines from one limited production item to the next.

 

[InlineDieselFan]

I have a broken headlight, dented hood and skewed hood, grill, and guard under the hood. bent everything back the best I could with a little force and a hammer and called it good. My tractor is a tool and the cost of fixing that tool was so much I about choked to death.

BTW wait until you somehow wind a stick through all of the guards and punch into the radiator, $400 later and a lot of bad words. I did fix that.

Any brand of tractor parts are spendy, but that is sort of the price you pay to play. I only fix what I need to on my tractor.

steve

 

[FrogLick]

I certainly understand your desire to keep your tractor looking nice and in good repair, but for $300 I'd buy a roll of heavy duty clear tape to keep the water out of the housing and spend the other $295 on something else.

 

[Danno1]

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Well, I'd go just a bit beyond the duct tape.

For $300, I'd get some 1/16 Lexan, cut out the proper shaped patch, and glue it in w Devcon Plastic Welder.

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[Tig]

My dealer (in Canada) once mentioned that assemblies are cheaper than parts. I wish I had paid more attention so I could clarify. In my case I needed front rims. The rim ordered as a "part" was more expensive that the rim ordered as an "assembly" even though they were the exact same thing.
I hope this makes enough sense for someone to corroborate.

 

[ray66v]

The production cost for a repair part is almost nothing, because the cost of producing the part, has usually already been budgeted to be covered in the manufacture and sale of the vehicle.

They do include costs for: materials, packaging, warehousing, inventorying, multiple shipping costs, middle man, and retail markups.

I Have considerable experience in the auto repair field. A While ago, when I looked up a lot of the parts prices on my compact tractor, I found they are roughly 2 to 3 times what a comparable automotive part would cost.

The shippers, middle men, and the retailers, need their profit on the parts to be able to exist. But I can't help but feel the manufacturers, at least in better economic times, are profiteering on our misfortunes.

 

[Brahmus]

Haha, i did something similar on the headlight of my L4240. Near the same price but was $100 cheaper through messicks I think. I needed up plastic welding the mounting brackets back but had to pay $20 for the bulb!!!! She's been running like that with no issues cept for that small crack in the back.

 

[phyxer]

If it were me, and I'm sure it will be sooner or later, I'd just put it on the list of things I MIGHT fix/replace IF I ever decided to sell the tractor AND I thought it would help me make an equitable (for me) sale.

Troy

 

[argeaux]

I'm not saying its fair, but its just the way it is.

It's only "the way it is" if people put up with it.

 

[PeterK]

I have 3M ScotchCal lens protectors on my vehicles. It goes on clear and is fairly thick but nearly invisible at 5 feet. This place sells it in bulk and might be what you need. (cost $25 for 1 fllot x 6 incles) suvlights.com 3M Paint and Lens Protection Film (clear & yellow)