Value of my (future) b7800

[nch209]

Nobody here cares what color tractor you drive. I've got green and two different shades of orange.

I don't understand this loyalty to green . . . or any other color. But whatever makes your putter flutter.

Fine points, but from my perspective I was around farming all my life, then out of college to Washington DC for work… then comes wife, kid, and before you know it 10 plus years pass by. All of those years dreaming about farming and the outdoors. Finally saved enough coin for a small piece of land, and might as well drive what I grew up around and dreamed of for so many years. 10 years of city living in this rat race, well I feel its an earned thing! Most will not understand, unless you live around the beltway and came from small town USA.

But, you didn't put a value on my soon to be orange machine. Care to take a stab at it>???

 

[whistlepig]

The B7800 was discontinued a few years ago. The B3030 replaced it and is almost identical. People price things differently. I would look up the price of a new B3030 with the attachments you described and then set your starting price about 30-35% lower. I do know that when looking for used before buying my B7800 new that 30% for used was the breaking point for me. If I could buy new for only 30% more then I could buy used I bought new for the warranty. That's what I did. But I'm not everybody. At the worst you have a pleasant problem.

 

[nch209]

Thanks for all the info. Lots of great info throughout this site!!!

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

The B7800 was discontinued a few years ago. The B3030 replaced it and is almost identical. People price things differently. I would look up the price of a new B3030 with the attachments you described and then set your starting price about 30-35% lower. I do know that when looking for used before buying my B7800 new that 30% for used was the breaking point for me. If I could buy new for only 30% more then I could buy used I bought new for the warranty. That's what I did. But I'm not everybody. At the worst you have a pleasant problem.

I had a B7800 for 3 years and it has been my most used tractor with the BX25 behind it for use. The B3200 replaced the B7800, I traded the B7800 to a L3240 and then traded it to a B3200, liked the size of B better. The B3030 was the Deluxe B and about $3000 to $4000 more.
I to started my tractor life 11 years ago pricing Green $3000 more than Kubota and then Blue at $2500 more than Kubota and then bought a BX2200 MMM FEL for a year and it did so much above and beyond my expectations that I traded it to a new B7800 FEL and bought a BX1500 MMM for mowing. Original Balance: $13,702.24 Date: 12/27/04 looks like this is what I paid for it new with 36 mo 0 down and 36 mo 0% int. Now, for those that ask "Do Kubotas hold their value". Look at todays used prices and decide. I would estimate yours to be worth $9 to $10 thousand dollars now and a year from now if you maintain it and clean it up and not add a lot more hours to it but my estimate is pure speculation based on to many variables and almost pure speculation.
If you sell for $10,000 then the total cost of ownership for the B7800 would be between $3 and $4 thousand dollars for roughly 10 years or $300 to $400 a year plus regular maintenance and probably no repair costs. Here are some reasons people buy Kubotas.
When I was "young" I dreamed of owning a Corvette. Now that I'm old I've owned over 160 different cars and trucks, yes, a couple of Corvettes (1967 and 1977) and after aquiring them I learned they are just sporty Chevrolets which I liked very much but child hood memories are rarely fulfilled to the enlarged status which itself can possibly cause the usual disappointment when the "dream" is attained. Not always, but usually.
Use the Orange for a year and you may give up on your childhood dreams but if not, good luck and enjoy your year of seeing why we like Orange.

 

[JimRB]

I bought a green tractor new 17 years ago. It still works fine. I don't buy and sell things. I buy good and hang on a long time. If you want green you might as well get one and get it out of your blood or keep it in your blood. If orange was another color I might have bought an orange. JohnThomas has a lot of good points but I never learned how to buy and sell. I just seem to buy and hold.

 

[nch209]

I had a B7800 for 3 years and it has been my most used tractor with the BX25 behind it for use. The B3200 replaced the B7800, I traded the B7800 to a L3240 and then traded it to a B3200, liked the size of B better. The B3030 was the Deluxe B and about $3000 to $4000 more.
I to started my tractor life 11 years ago pricing Green $3000 more than Kubota and then Blue at $2500 more than Kubota and then bought a BX2200 MMM FEL for a year and it did so much above and beyond my expectations that I traded it to a new B7800 FEL and bought a BX1500 MMM for mowing. Original Balance: $13,702.24 Date: 12/27/04 looks like this is what I paid for it new with 36 mo 0 down and 36 mo 0% int. Now, for those that ask "Do Kubotas hold their value". Look at todays used prices and decide. I would estimate yours to be worth $9 to $10 thousand dollars now and a year from now if you maintain it and clean it up and not add a lot more hours to it but my estimate is pure speculation based on to many variables and almost pure speculation.
If you sell for $10,000 then the total cost of ownership for the B7800 would be between $3 and $4 thousand dollars for roughly 10 years or $300 to $400 a year plus regular maintenance and probably no repair costs. Here are some reasons people buy Kubotas.
When I was "young" I dreamed of owning a Corvette. Now that I'm old I've owned over 160 different cars and trucks, yes, a couple of Corvettes (1967 and 1977) and after aquiring them I learned they are just sporty Chevrolets which I liked very much but child hood memories are rarely fulfilled to the enlarged status which itself can possibly cause the usual disappointment when the "dream" is attained. Not always, but usually.
Use the Orange for a year and you may give up on your childhood dreams but if not, good luck and enjoy your year of seeing why we like Orange.

Awesome reply, more spot on than you know! Thanks

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Fine points, but from my perspective I was around farming all my life, then out of college to Washington DC for work then comes wife, kid, and before you know it 10 plus years pass by. All of those years dreaming about farming and the outdoors. Finally saved enough coin for a small piece of land, and might as well drive what I grew up around and dreamed of for so many years. 10 years of city living in this rat race, well I feel its an earned thing! Most will not understand, unless you live around the beltway and came from small town USA.

But, you didn't put a value on my soon to be orange machine. Care to take a stab at it>???

Actually, I understand perfectly. I grew up on a farm in Oklahoma, and then moved to the Dallas, Tx area and joined the rat race for 30 years. I bought 30 acres of land a little over a year ago, and I'm slowly trying to whip it into shape while holding down a full time job that requires a lot of travel.

Back on the farm, we had John Deere, International Harvester, Allis Chalmers and Minneapolis Moline tractors. My dad bought what he could afford that would do the job. There was no extra cash available to be loyal to any color.

But everyone should buy what makes them happy. Heck, that's why we put up with the rat race in the first place. If green is what makes you happy, then that's what you should buy.

I haven't seen a B7800 sell around here. But based on the asking prices I see for B7500's, I'd say $12,000 would be a good asking price and you'd probably get somewhere in the range of $10,500 - 11,000 if you were in my area. But prices may be higher up there in your area.

 

[nch209]

Actually, I understand perfectly. I grew up on a farm in Oklahoma, and then moved to the Dallas, Tx area and joined the rat race for 30 years. I bought 30 acres of land a little over a year ago, and I'm slowly trying to whip it into shape while holding down a full time job that requires a lot of travel.

Back on the farm, we had John Deere, International Harvester, Allis Chalmers and Minneapolis Moline tractors. My dad bought what he could afford that would do the job. There was no extra cash available to be loyal to any color.

But everyone should buy what makes them happy. Heck, that's why we put up with the rat race in the first place. If green is what makes you happy, then that's what you should buy.

I haven't seen a B7800 sell around here. But based on the asking prices I see for B7500's, I'd say $12,000 would be a good asking price and you'd probably get somewhere in the range of $10,500 - 11,000 if you were in my area. But prices may be higher up there in your area.

Thanks for the response! As I mentioned to an above member, once we get settled in I may be pleased with Orange, gotta give it a shot. Perhaps the "upgrade" money would be better served spent on a bigger future shop/garage. Great forum! Thanks

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Regardless of which color you wind up with, the good news is that it's hard to find a "bad" tractor these days unless you just get unlucky. Best of luck, and please keep us updated on things.

 

[varmint]

I'd think that since we live in a pretty affluent part of the country, and people can buy what they want, often, you should easily be able to get $12,000 for the B7800 with the attachments, if they clean up well. I sold an 80's B8200, gear drive tractor with an aftermarket Bush Hog loader and a good 5' Deere rear blade, all pretty clean and cared for, quickly for $7500 and I had two other potential buyers if the first guy chose not to take it. It had a set of good snow chains, but nothing else. Around 600 hours... Still, it was a 25 year old tractor, with maybe 21 hp at the flywheel. The B7800 is a very useful tractor, IMHO, if matched to the right sized property. You may grow to really like it?