Are tractors selling these days?

dej(Jed) · Nov 25, 2009

Anyone having any luck peddling tractors these days.
Buyers here in Pa are few and far between these days.

Ray · Nov 25, 2009

I usually could sell a tractor within 3 weeks,now it might take 3 months.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 25, 2009

anything will sell, any day of the week, all depends on the price and how low you are willing to go.

JDemaris · Nov 25, 2009

Depends on your perspective. Anything will sell when priced to the market. Doesn't matter if it's a house or a tractor.
A guy hired me to buy him a tractor a few months ago. He's got $4000 burning a hole in his pocket and wants a tractor with hi-low range (or a very low 1st gear), three point hitch, live PTO, and a loader. Usually I'd had found many worth buying. But . . . just about every piece of junk I've looked at has an asking price starting at $4000 and none are what I'd call great condition. Not even close.
I bought two such tractors this summer. Both 32 horse diesels, three point hitch, live hydraulics and PTO, hi-low range, and loaders. Paid $800 for one and $1200 for the other. Both ratty but ran and could be used.
My point is . . . I see more tractors now, more then ever, with unrealistic prices on them. So yeah, those are not selling well. Same goes with overpriced real estate.
I'll further note that I'm always looking for "deals." Every reasonably price tractor, hoe or dozer I've looked at sold fast.

showcrop · Nov 25, 2009

Have you been by Macfaddens to see what Jim is selling next month?

Vito · Nov 25, 2009

Lower price points are still moving.Hard to buy them right and turn anything after getting them squared away.

Vito

JDemaris · Nov 25, 2009

Not yet. I'm wating until the list comes in the paper. He usually has it in the Pennysaver the week before.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 25, 2009

I don't mean to steal this thread, but would you mind sharing the meaning/significance of your handle, "showcrop." It has me curious.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

showcrop · Nov 25, 2009

The ad has been in Country Folks for a week or two now. I stopped in last friday. The yard was looking pretty full. Jim says of course he'll have a lot more.

showcrop · Nov 25, 2009

Glenn, I was telling someone that one of my Fords is a row crop model,{actually all five are) and it is pretty nice looking, and he said it's not a row crop it's a showcrop! So, I took it for myself.

JDemaris · Nov 25, 2009

I don't get Country Folks anymore. Got to cost too much. Years back, it was free like the Pennysaver and My Shopper. They used to leave a stack at our tractor dealership.

504-2 · Nov 25, 2009

They are selling like crazy but the prices have been cheap. We have sold 15 in the last three weeks.( Estate)

Traditional Farmer · Nov 26, 2009

Price is what sells if its too high its hard to sell.This time of year prices will be low especially this year with rising taxes and more people unemployed and some working less hrs.Plus buyers know that sooner or later they'll find what they are looking for at a bargain.Just bought a nice JD 316 with a mower deck and grass catcher from the original owner always garaged and well maintained for $200

71ford100 · Nov 26, 2009

I've been buying like crazy but everything but one was fairly cheap
(a loose 2n ford for 60 bucks! a W-9 for 90!)

newfarmer9 · Nov 26, 2009

Oh WOW! Where are you located? Tractors like that would be at minimum $500-$600 here in Ontario. Sure wish I could find some deals like that!

SARG · Nov 26, 2009

Macfadden's ????
You guys must live in my back yard.

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