Buying Advice Looking to buy a CC7205, need advice please

[siffordm]

I need a tractor to scrape a 1/4 mi. drive way, mow, and box blade underbrush. I have been looking for a while now and have come across a late 90's Cub Cadet 7205 with 289 hrs on it. It looks pretty good and they want $4,000 for it. The guy selling the machine said it stripped out the PTO while running a tiller and he had that repaired "better than factory"(?). I read earlier that this is an overrunning pto and it slips and wears out the shafts and causes them to slip.

My questions are, are these good tractors?

Is that pto thing a one time deal or reaccuring? at $800-$1000 a pop wouldnt think it would be worth it to do this every couple hundred hrs.

Is $4,000 a good price?

and how hard parts to find for these tractors?

My other option is an 80' Yanmar 1610D

 

[scoutcub]

Good little tractor. 4K is a VERY good price in my opinion.

Good luck!

 

[siffordm]

Are loaders hard to find for these tractors?

 

[Licklog]

I've had my 7205 for about 5 years now and have had very few issues with it. Use it for driveway grading and smoothing, post hole digging, etc. Have a 5 ft box blade and a 6 ft blade that it manages pretty well. Added some rear remotes which help with the top link. Don't do any mowing myself but my neighbor who owned it before me kept his 5 acre pasture cut with it. No issues with the PTO.

I have a FEL on it that came with the machine. The FEL is invaluable. If you need to buy one they should be available from Woods or other manufacturer. The tractor is the same as the Mahindra 2015 which I believe is still in production so you can get one there. $4,000 is a good price with those hours and no FEL.

Might want to check on the fluid service. That many years with low hours means it sat around a lot.