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Royse · Nov 9, 2016

There must be something special here, but I'm not seeing it.
Are these JD lawn trailers that different from the others?

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Steve Oller · Nov 9, 2016

Its all that green paint and yellow letters. I have a red one I bought at Wal-Mart I can make look like that and sell it for four times the money.

Traditional Farmer · Nov 9, 2016

They bring good money especially the ones with a brass tag.

Traditional Farmer · Nov 9, 2016

The ones from Walmart are junk compared to the JD 80 carts.

Royse · Nov 9, 2016

"The ones from Walmart are junk compared to the JD 80 carts."

I'm not a fan of Wal-Mart, but if you could expound on some
of the differences between them that would be helpful.
The one in this ad is obviously not new.
What makes it worth that price?
Who actually made them?

Steve Oller · Nov 9, 2016

(quoted from post at 21:17:13 11/09/16) The ones from Walmart are junk compared to the JD 80 carts.

ve had it for 15+ years and it still works , all I've done to it is put new tires on it this year, and I bet I gave a fraction of a price for it compared to the John Deere green one. Who got the better deal. Just because you pay more for something don't always make it better.

JayinNY · Nov 9, 2016

They are built very well, my dad has one he got
from his dad, we have used it for gravel and mostly
hauling firewood for at least 35 years, there a little
on the small side, but solid. I bought a toro wheel
horse one 16 years ago, it's bigger than the JD 80
but cheaply built. It's been beat using it behind my
atv dented ect but it still is useful.

Traditional Farmer · Nov 9, 2016

They are a heavy built durable cart and are collector items,apparent you fellows don't know much about the garden tractor world.That's about top price for that cart but I've seen real nice
brass tag JD 80 carts go for over $500.Whether you think its worth that or not is irrelevant that's what the market is on them.

Steve Oller · Nov 9, 2016

I don't give a fuzzy rats behind what the market is on one. John deere is the same color as horse manure.

JayinNY · Nov 9, 2016

It's not that hard to figure out, something from
Walmart today, vs something from JD built close to
35-40 years ago?? It's a no brainer.

JD Seller · Nov 9, 2016

Look at that cart close and you will find it is heavy built. The corners are not rolled sheet steel. They are cast solid pieces. The axles and wheels are heavy too. One man can hardly pick one of the JD 80 carts up. I can easily lift the "new" stamped carts up. I have seen real nice brass tag ones bring close to $1000 if in original paint and new like condition.

Royce I bet that there is Ford stuff you know the value on that I would find out of line. This is just some thing many JD collectors look for.

I personally have two of them but they are "Well used" and are worth maybe $150-250.

JayinNY · Nov 9, 2016

Sure you can!

JayinNY · Nov 9, 2016

You got that right, it takes 2 of us to lift ours into a pickup truck, dad has a 3/4 in sheet of plywood in his to protect the cart floor too, yes the corners are cast pipe, what is the brass tag all about?

Moonlite37 · Nov 10, 2016

Just pass on it.

gtractorfan · Nov 10, 2016

Got the Woods one long ago, added an extra set of wheels and doubled the sides, reinforced the hitch. It's been beat around pretty well and never kept inside. I gave it to the kids when I made the other one. It comes apart like a tinker toy, incl. the wheels off the axle.

rockyridgefarm · Nov 10, 2016

Steve Oller,

If you painted yours green and tried to pass it off as a Deere, you'd be a scam artist, and anyone who knew anything would laugh at you when they came to look at it.

Ever hear of Wal-mart specs? They're so big, they can dictate what they want from a manufacturer. Mostly what they dictate is "cheap". Thinner steel, lower quality tires, bushings where bearings should be. It's gotten worse over the years. Since yours is 15+ years old, maybe yours is a better one. I never go to Wal-mart, they're prices might be a little better, but the quality of their stuff make them no bargains.

Royse · Nov 10, 2016

Thanks JD Seller, I was assuming it was older, heavier material
but still thought that was a high price. I figured there must be more.
I gave the two non-JD one's I had away because I never used
them so it's hard for me to see the reason one of these would
be worth that much.

"I bet that there is Ford stuff you know the value on that I would find out of line"

I do know of a few things like that. The remote hydraulic control
valve for the hundred and thousand series comes to mind.
New/aftermarket ones are cheaper than used ones.

BarnyardEngineering · Nov 10, 2016

(quoted from post at 21:41:58 11/09/16) I don't give a fuzzy rats behind what the market is on one. John deere is the same color as horse manure.

Yeah, and if you happened to have one of those carts in premium condition and found out that it was worth $400, you'd just roll it out to the road and let the trash man take it, right?

Geo-TH,In · Nov 10, 2016

People are confused, JD green is the same color as money, that's why they cost so much.

Traditional Farmer · Nov 10, 2016

Just that some of them had a brass tag instead of a sticker makes them worth more to collectors,JD also made a larger version they sold in Canada and they bring big $$$$.

bmack95hd · Nov 10, 2016

Looks to be heavier material and tires are wider but it rusts the same as my 15 year old Sears model. I wire brush, primer and paint mine every year. I think it will last me another 15.

JD39B · Nov 11, 2016

We have one that was bought new in 1979.
Can't hardly dent it, never rusted and is as
heavy duty as they come. Go get you plastic
walmart cart and I'll stick with my old
green cart. Price dictates durability ad for
almost 40 years this is the best garden cart
I've ever seen of any color.

Royse · Nov 11, 2016

"Go get you plastic walmart cart"

As I said, I gave away the carts I had.
I have no use for any of them.
I only wanted to know what makes this model so special.
Apparently it is 1) old, which equates to well built 2) green
3) something the collectors like right now.

Ok, I get that. I love antique trucks and tractors for the quality.
Not knocking JD either, I grew up on one and still have it.

Collectible items I'll pass on for the most part.
Beanie Babies come to mind. Thousands of dollars a few years
ago. Can hardly give them away now unless they have errors.

Leroy · Nov 11, 2016

Swap meet today,one marked sold, never did see the price. A second one that did not look quite as good at different vendor was priced at $285. Vendor the sold one was at had a No 7 cart for a hundred and it was smaller and a lot lighter in weight.

fixerupper · Nov 11, 2016

You get what you pay for. I bought a high dollar stainless gas grill a few years ago at Ace hardware. The price could choke a horse but it is a very high quality item that does the best job of grilling I have ever experienced. Not long after I bought it I happened to be in a Deere dealer and low and behold there was my grill on the showroom floor, the exact same grill except for the john Deere name. The price tag was the same as what I paid. The parts man told me customers were shocked at the high price and blamed it on the Joh Deere name on it. That grill wasn't on the show room more than a few days before it was sold. This dealer was in rural, non suburban yuppie country.

Royse · Nov 11, 2016

(quoted from post at 21:25:06 11/11/16) You get what you pay for. I bought a high dollar stainless gas grill a few years ago at Ace hardware. The price could choke a horse but it is a very high quality item that does the best job of grilling I have ever experienced. Not long after I bought it I happened to be in a Deere dealer and low and behold there was my grill on the showroom floor, the exact same grill except for the john Deere name. The price tag was the same as what I paid. The parts man told me customers were shocked at the high price and blamed it on the Joh Deere name on it. That grill wasn't on the show room more than a few days before it was sold. This dealer was in rural, non suburban yuppie country.

I believe in "you get what you pay for" in many cases.
Grills are one of them.
I saved up some money to buy a nice one after getting tired of
the cheap ones and their failing burners and non-working igniters.

The first "good" one I bought cost me more than double the cheap ones.
It had 1.5 times the BTU output, lasted four times as long physically
and burned half the fuel per year. That was a BIG shock to me!

The igniter never quit in all the time I owned it. Ten years or
so on memory. The burner finally rusted out.

I gave it to my brother when I got a new one.
He put an aftermarket burner in it and uses a long propane
lighter to light it because the original igniter didn't line up.
Still works well for him.

My "new" one is now about 6 years old.
I cook on it, like all the rest, year around.

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