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AllenArmory
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Buying Advice Help me find a tractor to manage my 40 wooded acres
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TSO
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What ever happened with that new TYM?
murphy1244
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No deal.
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AllenArmory
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Not totally off the list yet.
TSO
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Ah ok, just curious. Personally, I wouldn't buy a used machine for the same price as a new maybe, unless that used one was WAY more tractor. In this case, that's not present. Plus, that particular TYM, in this group, still has the strongest loader, plus a 5 year warranty.
Again, it would all depend on the stability of the dealer.
Again, it would all depend on the stability of the dealer.
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AllenArmory
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Speaking of TYM, I went to Roberts Tractors in Wylie and the owner showed me this TYM T430:
http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=10210915&dlr=1&pcid=2993542
Price? $12,500.
It has a shuttle shift and doesn't have a QA bucket, but it looked pretty clean. 700 hours on it.
What do you guys think? He also said that if I buy any tractor from him and don't want it within a year down the road, I can trade it in and get full credit for a more expensive tractor. He sounded like a pretty stand-up guy. He also complimented the dealer in Caddo Mills, which I thought was good of him.
http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=10210915&dlr=1&pcid=2993542
Price? $12,500.
It has a shuttle shift and doesn't have a QA bucket, but it looked pretty clean. 700 hours on it.
What do you guys think? He also said that if I buy any tractor from him and don't want it within a year down the road, I can trade it in and get full credit for a more expensive tractor. He sounded like a pretty stand-up guy. He also complimented the dealer in Caddo Mills, which I thought was good of him.
airbiscuit
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WOW! If that's true (ask for someone who can corroborate that), that's amazing. Your getting a 40+hp for little more than you have already saved. You could buy it and tell him to be on the lookout for a low hour 40+hp hydro.
I had a 34hp hydro, and sold it to get a 40hp shuttle. I'll admit the hydro was nice, but I don't feel I gave up much with the shuttle for how I use it - much like you will be using it. There is a huge difference in traction and ability in the heavier/larger frame tractor.
You know, once you buy a tractor, the next thing you do is start looking for your next tractor:laughing:
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2ndhalf
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Did you drive it? What did you think if you did. Did it have maintenance records or did the dealer know how it was maintained? It looks nice but I would ask all of that. If they can make you feel confident it was maintained in the 700 hrs it was used then you could have a good deal. Ask the dealer if anything is wrong with it? Always ask them that, a large percentage of the time they are honest guys who cannot lie if you ask them that.
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I won't comment about which tractor of the ones you're looking at is the best option, except to say that you should drive several and determine which you like best. I'll also say that personally, I very much like having both a hydrostatic transmission and a SSQA loader. Both of those features are great. I mostly use my pallet forks instead of my bucket, and I spend lots of time with no implement on the FEL at all, which increases visibility and decreases wear on the front axle (I reckon).
That said, I'll say that I wouldn't be too bothered by the aesthetics of the Kubota. I agree to make a lower offer that will allow you to budget a full fluid and filter change using Super UDT fluid. All fluids and filters should run you around $4-500 approximately. After that, a coat of wax, some, armorall on the plastic, and some quality time getting to know each other with a grease gun and a can of fluid film, that tractor will look very nice.
That said, I'll say that I wouldn't be too bothered by the aesthetics of the Kubota. I agree to make a lower offer that will allow you to budget a full fluid and filter change using Super UDT fluid. All fluids and filters should run you around $4-500 approximately. After that, a coat of wax, some, armorall on the plastic, and some quality time getting to know each other with a grease gun and a can of fluid film, that tractor will look very nice.
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AllenArmory
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I didn't drive the TYM T430 since I was still really wanting an HST and SSQA. Most of the tractors on his lot didn't have the SSQA. But his offer of allowing a trade-up to a more expensive tractor got me thinking that I could go for a smaller (24-30hp), more basic tractor first and then trade up next year if it doesn't fit the bill.
