KenPauling
A 7 foot International and Howse brand heavy duty lift type rotary cutter are near the same price. The Howse could be about $75.00 to $100.00 more than the International brand according to the dealer you checked with.
The dealer I checked with wanted $2,000.00 for a International pull type heavy duty rotary cutter (I don't know for sure if he priced it with the Hydraulic cylinder and hoses or not). I did not price a heavy duty International brand 8 foot pull type rotary cutter at his dealership.
I don't know if the price of $3,250.00 you got on a 8 foot heavy duty pull type International rotary cutter is a high price or not, and if it is new and hasn't been used, it doesn't make any difference to me, if it is a left over or not. Probably the new ones that they would get in would be just like the left over ones they priced you, and could be higher in price because of the way steel is going up all the time.
The price that I got on a 8 foot heavy duty pull type Howse brand rotary cutter was $3,280.00 (not sure if the dealer priced this rotary cutter with guards, hydraulic cylinder, and with hoses). This price is near the price that you got on a 8 foot heavy duty International brand rotary cutter. Most of the time that I have found, International and Howse brand rotary cutters are priced near the same price on the same size. One thing that I have found different on this size rotary cutter in a International and Howse brand, and there could be more, is the gearbox PTO horsepower. The International brand this size has a 75 PTO horsepower gearbox, and the Howse brand this size has a 100 PTO horsepower gearbox.
Anyway you look at it, all these different brands of rotary cutters are not cheap for the person trying to buy one of them, and me being one of them trying to find one priced right.
Cabinholler