Downsizing - Have to move the BX2200 & Attachments --- Need advice please

[r0GuE]

It is nearly certain that I'll be moving and I'll only be able to use a very small mower at the new place. I have a 330 hour, meticulously maintained (and documented maintenance) BX2200 with the loader, 60" deck and the Kubota rear bagger.

Can anyone recommend a good way to determine a fair price and a good outlet (TBN Classifieds?) to sell it? Should I trade it in on the smallest Kubota lawn mower at the dealership? Is it hard to sell used tractors "by owner"?

Thanks for any pointers folks!

 

[bironacad]

I have no idea but it is good that we have resources like this to check things out. Best of luck with the downsizing I will be doing similar stuff in about a year.

 

[TripleR]

This might help in determining value etc.

http://m.tractorhouse.com/Results?manufacturerName=KUBOTA&modelName=BX2200&categoryId=1111

 

[Kitz]

I would check tractorhouse to determine price and then try selling on your own ebay or tractorhouse. If you trade in they will rip you off

 

[bp fick]

If you are in a super rush, it can be a bit sketchy. However, with patience, Craigs will do you just fine and it is free. TractorHouse will also list it for you for free. Speaking of TractorHouse, it is a good place to get comparable pricing, just be aware that many of the prices you see are inflated and the seller never receives that large of a settlement.

Craigslist, for sure. No cost. No commission. Ebay and paypal eat you alive with fees, just saying. There is a good solid market for used BXs if you don't try and get an absurdly high price for it. Reasonably priced? They generate a lot of interest and sell in pretty quick fashion. You've got the loader and the deck. Good. It'll sell.

 

[r0GuE]

Thanks all! That will be a helpful guide. I definitely want to price it for a quick sale if this goes down, so I'll try to interpolate the numbers there and then discount a bit to offset the guys that probably ask too high. Thanks again!

 

[jim_wilson]

I just sold my BX23 - using Craigslist.

I had the same problem: trying to determine pricing. The number of BX23's out there for sale are few and far between - and most of them had far less hours than mine did (616 hours).

Here's what I did : I searched Craigslist nationwide by using sites like allofcraigs.com - Search ALL of Craigslist - and I found a few tractors for sale there. I also searched Ebay and places like Tractorhouse to see what was for sale. If you do all of that - plus search around on some of the other tractor sites you should be able to come up with 4 or 5 tractors like yours for sale. From what I have seen - 200-300 hours is pretty much normal time for a tractor of that vintage. If you've got all the maintainence documented then that will definitely help.

Just so you have some idea of how the deal might go down - here's how it worked out for me. My BX had loaded tires, a toothbar, 12" bucket on the backhoe - and a clamp on thumb on the backhoe (barely used). I priced it at $10,750. I also had the factory Workshop Manual, a 60" rear blade, and a 24" bucket for the backhoe - all of which I was going to sell separately. The dealer offered me $6500 on the trade in. When the Craigslist ad went in -I had four emails within a couple of hours. That was on a Sunday night. I had three people look at the tractor on Monday and Tuesday - and 3 more people who were offering my $7k to $8500 sight unseen. One of my initial responses was from a guy who was coming down from New Brunswick (I'm in MA) - and he sounded like the most promising one because he sounded serious. He showed up on Wed, looked the tractor over thoroughly - and offered $10k - with the rear blade, manual - and 24" bucket. I figured I would probably end up with about another $600 or so from selling those three separately.

So - my suggestion would be - do your research and find what you think is a good price point - and go a little higher (like $500 to $1000), clean up the tractor and make sure everything works. Get all of your records, etc. The put it on Craigslist. And take some good pictures - I had the Craigslist max of four - plus a link to a bunch more on my Photobucket site. So people could get a complete picture of what the tractor looked like.

 

[r0GuE]

Photos make the sale online with other items, I suppose tractors would be the same eh? Thanks much! Good idea adding a link to addl photos. I'm going to miss it. I have had it 11 years! A great little machine that I've put my heart in to maintaining. Including joining my first Internet forum. TBN!!!

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Contrary to what one person said that you'll get robbed by trading it in. Not always so. I've bought 13 Kubotas in 9 years. Still have 5, sold one privately, currently have one for sale privately and traded the rest to Barlows and rec'd a fair trade in price. Try the Craigs list sale and also get a trade price from a couple of dealers toward what you'll need/want to buy and see for yourself which one works best. Anyone on Craigs list that won't give you their name and a phone number to contact them just ignore. Also the guy on a ship/foreign country that will send you money just ignore.