To the Canadian guys: Kahn Farms LTD. good/Bad???

JD Seller · Jan 27, 2019

I am looking at some equipment at Kahn Farms LTD. Stratford, OT. Anyone dealt with them much???? Good or bad deals???

Michael Soldan · Jan 27, 2019

Are you talking about Hahn Farms? They have a good reputation!

centash · Jan 27, 2019

Dealt with them years ago, refuse to now. No negotiation at all on their machinery which is in my opinion overpriced to begin with. Some items have sunk into the gravel having sat so long in one place. Used tractors are cleaned up and painted, look nice but leaves one wondering about their mechanical condition. In all fairness, I did not purchase any high valued machinery from them so I cannot attest to it's performance on farm......I'm sure you win some and then loose some. Better choice in my experience was the local brand name dealers not the jockeys.
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CDN 400 · Jan 27, 2019

They use a lot of lipstick and some how every tractor they buy is a "One Owner".

steve706 · Jan 27, 2019

Centash is right if you?re talking about Hahn farms, I made the mistake of buying from them. I was warned off by a neighbor and didn?t listen, took me months to get my money back, tractor ended up heading south to the US where they haul most of their not so great equipment. They collect up whatever they can all year, wash em, paint em, then have a liquidation auction in December that clears the place out. Considering it?s January, the odds are they just got it in, or it?s so bad nobody bought it last month. IMHO, it?s risky enough buying from them if you live in Canada, good luck if you live in the US.

Bruce from Can. · Jan 27, 2019

They only buy and resell, they have no dealership franchise. If you have a line of late model equipment and are selling out, changing from say Dairy to cash crop and need to divest equipment you no longer need, they will come to your farm and give you a quote on your equipment and buy it outright. Sometimes this will work better than taking your equipment to a consignment auction and paying trucking and commissions and taking a chance on getting a fair price. I find that equipment in Hahn?s ads always looks too perfect and too pricey. This being said , they have been in business for many years, so they must be doing something right.

SVcummins · Jan 27, 2019

Wonder where they got the zamboni machine ?
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newfarmer9 · Jan 30, 2019

Their equipment is all priced at the very top end of the market, for equipment that is not in top end condition. As stated by others they "pretty" the equipment up, but much of it has issues and has been sitting there so long it has sunk in to the gravel. They no longer put prices on their print or online ads, just "Call for Price".

They also run a big "Unreserved" "Inventory Reduction" auction each fall. Everything is run through the ring, and then surprise surprise most is back in their retail inventory a week or two later. Not really unreserved.

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