Rough numbers for a B26

[Vaulter98c]

Obviously, I am considering a B26. I wont be buying the tractor until I get back from the Army in March/April, but I will be buying it ASAP I return. Im trying to play the number game right now, and I need a rough guess for the cost of the B26. Im trying to figure out where I am going to be after the tractor purchase, and what sort of timetable I am looking at, so I know which jobs to tackle first. I know a year is a ways away, but Im a preperation freak like that and its 4 in the morning and I have nothing better to do. I keeps me busy thinking until I ship.

So, what about am I looking at? I know howmuch I have and how much I will have. I know how much my basement will cost, and have a rough estimate on how much roughing in the rest should cost, so the tractor and a few small things are the only unknowns. The whole goal of buying before I build is so that I can do ground prep and stuff like that while I build my account back up. I just don't want to get cought up in a big job for my friends or my parents or sumtin (Im going to rent myself out to help make a return) and have to delay construction a few months until I can get back on my stuff. We don't have a real long season here and I don't want to try and mess with building in the snow (lasts like 6-9 months around here, and really only have about 3 good months to start building, and I just need to get done on the outside...

WOW, theres way too much there, if you dont feel like reading it, just throw out a B26 estimate. Sorry lol.

 

[Chris2520]

Just from hearing talk on the forum. i understand it to around 26 or 27000$

Chris....

 

[Vaulter98c]

ok
I thought 24.5-25 , anyone else have some numbers, because there is still a gap there

 

[gotcha]

ok
I thought 24.5-25 , anyone else have some numbers, because there is still a gap there

I believe you'al are talking about a stripped down version of the B26. They start around 26 to 27K at local dealers. That is stripped, no thumb but with the heavy duty 60" heavy duty edge. Whops, I didn't see the figures that Chris2520 listed in #2 and he is right on.
The Gotcha Man

 

[digger2]

Got a price from my dealer about 2 months ago on a basic "no frills" unit.
It did have the H.D. Fel bucket, no thumb on the hoe,and oh yeah how could i forget....a horn. Ready for this...almost $29,000 + tax!!!
There must have been some other options in there .Have'nt seen one for real yet,but from what i've seen and read,they do
seem like quite the little machine. digger2

 

[crazyal]

I never did ask where up here is, lol. 6 to 9 months of snow, that sucks. You can cound on snow from mid December to late March with chances of it happening as early as late October and as late as May. Of course April is mud season in Vermont and is another thing to avoid while building. I only ask because if you're in Alaska/ Canada or somewhere else remote you may find higher prices than say North Carolina.

For me I cleared the lot in fall of 03 and summer of 04 as well as building a driveway. By spring of 05 I dug the hole for the foundation and by fall I had it dried in. I think I poured concrete in early July and by October I had Tyvek up and shingles on. I only had my step brother for help. I hired out the cement and my house is a post and beam that the timberframer installed. I installed the stress skin panels, having sheetrock and insulation all in one saved me lots of time.

Sounds like you are doing the right things and a year is not a long time when talking about building a house. Good luck with the budget, lol, I blew mine. It's very hard not to spend the extra money on the things that you know you really would like to have nicer and would require lots of work to upgrade later. For me it was the tub in thee master bathroom, I spent over 7k on that alone but a one piece tub is not something you easily install afterwards.

I've seen sale prices around $26K last fall on a cab B26. Not really what I was looking for so I didn't look too closely.

 

[Vaulter98c]

weve had about 5-6 for the last 3 years, but Its been as bad as 8 and 9 before, and we havnt had a bad winter in a while, were overdue.

I live in the snow belt in Ohio. I just bought 14 acreas of land in Novemeber and will start house prep ASAP I get back from the Army. This last year wasnt bad on the snow, even tho it was record year for my area, the temps were below 10* F for about 3.5 weeks straight, and its stuff like that that sucks. The mud becomes the other detering factor, because the 3 weeks before and after winter are hellish, we even managed to get a Komatsu 400 series stuck in our driveway doing work on a retaining wall at my parents place.

I might have been off by a month or so, but there is a really short window to get everything done outside before it becomes hard/dangerous (working in -temperatures... bad). Definatley less than 1/2 of the year.

One of the many reasons I am planning so much is because, well, Im planning! I think if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I have 1-3-5-8-10 year goals for this property, ending in the house with 2 car garage, a 2 vehicle(truck/tractor) garage+shop, inground pool between the two, and ending with a pole building being constructed over the pool connection the house and workshop. And, Im sure to get stuck with things the wife wants, which will throw me off schedule, but will be well worth the work in the end...

Call me the overachiever, especially because Im young lol. But, thanks for the figures, and I promise Ill shutup now.

EDIT*
OK, I lied. What exactly do you mean stripped down? From the research I have been doing, asuming thats all stock, I think Ill be fine with that? Am I missing something, the must-have item? Stock FEL/bucket is fine, and the BH comes standard, along with 1 set of worklights. And tires lol. What am I missing?

 

[Chris2520]

Well , as yall can see. I am a JD guy. but if a B26 is 27 to 2900$ and people say a L39 is 33000$ . unless size or lack of HST is a problem. this would be a no brainer.... if i was shopping for one of these. i would go with L39....

Chris...

 

[Vaulter98c]

well, he said 26-27, and one 29

Once units come out more in supply, Im sure price will drop a bit, atleast settling into the 26-27 range. I don't want to spend that much, but, thats the way it is.

And yes, Size is a crucial factor to me. Actually, weight more than anything. L29 is to "big" and weighs way to much for my towing considerations. a 6600lb+ tractor on a 1000lb+ trailer makes nearly 4 tons of weight to pull, thats alot, considering my vehicle is almost 3 tons. Im trying to stay at 2 tons +trailer, thats much better.

Maybe, maybe, if I could figure a way to load out a B2630 with a woods80x and the LA403, then maybe I would consider that unit, but it would be pretty close to the B26 price then, wouldnt it? Plus, the B26 has auto-leveling, FOPS, QA on the FEL, Still stronger FEL/BH, Double frame, better bydraulics, and more. If im going to spend over 20k, whats an extra 2-3k to get a better investment?

 

[bandit67]

if a B26 is 27 to 2900$ and people say a L39 is 33000$ . unless size or lack of HST is a problem. this would be a no brainer.... if i was shopping for one of these. i would go with L39.... Chris...

The similarly equipped B3030 would work fine for me, but for $2k more, I can justify getting the more capable B26. However, for $8k over the B3030, I have a hard time justifying the L39 in my situation. Now if I had enough extra cash laying around, I would just go for the L39, but the B26 should serve my purposes just fine within a price point I can live with, and in the same overall size with better capacities than the machine I initially wanted to get.

It all comes down to what you "need" vs. what you "want". Since I don't make a living with my tractor, and it's a convenience oriented toy, er TOOL, I have to stick with what I think can suit my needs & with what the CFO will approve (and this next one is gonna be a little bit harder sell than the first one was).