Boomer 8N will go across the auction block

JayC · Apr 7, 2011

I don't know if it will be shown on TV, but as I was looking through the Barrett-Jackson auction catalog I spotted a Boomer 8N. Today starts the Palm Beach Barrett-Jackson sale. The Boomer 8N is lot 29. It will be selling as just the tractor. I'm quite curious to see how it does.

Barrett-Jackson Auction Company - 2009 NEW HOLLAND BOOMER 8N

smstonypoint · Apr 7, 2011

I see that it sold for $23.1K after the buyer's commission.

Just curious.

Was the sale televised?

Any thoughts on how the buyer made out price-wise? (I have no way of knowing the hours, but the tractor and tires looked pristine from what I could make out from the photos.)

Steve

JayC · Apr 7, 2011

Yeah, it would have been televised, but I missed it. It sold for $21,000 on air. If I had to guess, the Boomer 8N would have been new. B-J usually sells oddball stuff like this either new or fully restored.

Fastdraw · Apr 14, 2011

Boy whoever bought it bought a 21k dollar headache! What a piece, this thing was an overpriced, underdeveloped, play pretty! NH thought these would sell like hotcakes, but they couldnt give em away..lol..too many electrcal problems. I bet the Go pedal quits working in less thann 20hrs!

smstonypoint · Apr 14, 2011

Any idea of the MSRP on the Boomer 8N?

I noticed that a local (Upstate SC) NH dealer has had two on the lot for several months.

Steve

Reg · Apr 14, 2011

Maybe some of the Boomer 8N's target demographic remembered their fathers' and uncles' HD nostalgia ventures ?

Nahh, 50 years ago was 50 years ago.
1907 design (if there WAS "design") belongs in 1907

For tractors, for motorcycles, I'll go with CURRENT designs.
{I don't drive my father's Oldsmobile either}

Fastdraw · Apr 14, 2011

The MSRP was supossed to be around 32k, but there were too many problems, not enough buyers and a bad economy. It failed miserably..lol...now they just about cant give em away.:thumbsup:

jinman · Apr 17, 2011

Fastdraw said:
The MSRP was supossed to be around 32k, but there were too many problems, not enough buyers and a bad economy. It failed miserably..lol...now they just about cant give em away.:thumbsup:

Yep! The handwriting was on the wall from the beginning. Too bad. . . it was and is a fine looking machine. Now, the CVT is orphaned along with the Shibaura tractors. I just hope all of those who own them have good luck keeping them running. I would love to own one, but I would have a hard time working it hard like my TC45D. But gosh! They sure are pretty.

stlawrence · Apr 18, 2011

I gotta tell you, I am loving my new 8N. The CVT transmission is great - all the power and convenience, but none of the whine of a hydro tranny. Plus, power to boot - did I say that already?

The prices they are moving them at are a tremendous value now - a 50 hp state-of-the-art tractor for a price in the 20s. You just can't beat that.

I'm glad they weren't selling, because I would never have been able to afford one at the list price. I was looking in the 35 hp range, because that's what I could afford, but was able to get this because NH had bad luck in their timing.

I was not pleased with the dealer delivery and their attitude, but I bought it from an out-of-state dealer and poor service and shyster tactics are the price of the discount. They know I am not a long-term service customer, so why shouldn't they try to stiff me? (By the way, I did run the final price by my local dealer, and he couldn't touch it.)

So. Good tractor. Good price.