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Kind of curious as to what kind of luck people out there are having selling tractors/machinery?
Are people sitting on a lot stuff? Prices up or down? I personally think people are having trouble moving stuff-lot of ads on here have the same stuff being listed many times at different lowering prices. Maybe the market is cooling now.
 
I had a tractor for sale most of the fall, ended up trading it for another one. It seems to be a tough time to sell stuff.
Zach
 
Your intuition is correct.

Things are not moving even though prices have fallen substantially.

Dean
 
Had a nice straight 880 gas for sale 3 mos. , got one offer and I took it ( 1800.00 ) I don't think anyone is buying unless then can steal it . Just my two cents worth.
 
I think unless you have somebody who really,really has been looking for a specific model, you aren't going to be seeing people overspending on anything. I see a lot of really nice restored tractors for sale for prices that you would of paid for them unrestored 5-10 years ago. I think some people are just in need of cash or overspent on stuff and are just trying to get out from underneath what they overpaid for. Just my 2 cents.
 
The farm machinery that people make a living with market still seems hot. If you want a new Deere combine for next fall your not going to get it unless you ordered it two months ago. Dealers around here did brisk year end business on new and used machinery. I would say used machinery prices are firm to up as some are buying good used instead of new. Was just watching the news and they were interviewing a snowmobile dealer. He was having a tough time finding new sleds to sell. His mechanics were also all running overtime trying to keep up.
 
Couple of months ago I sold a Case 580CK hoe for an elderly friend. Almost every "buyer" just knew that I was going to nearly give it away. One clown excitedly told me that he had $1500 and could get it off my property that same day. I'm sure he would have.

Finally found a guy who was serious, both of us got a decent deal. I've got a surplus lower-end trackloader but I don't want to put up with all that nonsense. Haven't advertised it lately.

Those "buyers" were sure that every seller was desperate. I told them to hang on to their shovels.
 
Trying to sell some of your extra stuff off is VERY TOUGH right now. This summer in Ohio they had a consignment sale and alot of older tractors showed up of all brands. I think since they had a bigger name auctioneer hopes were high for good prices. Well some did sell good , but most of the common ones sold really cheap.

But then I went to a local sale last month and it was from an older person selling off his stuff and moving. Only had 1 tractor and lots of tools and everything really seemed to sell very good ! just like this type of auction always had.
Gave me hope for my stuff , but I'd have to sell it all off at once and move or kick the bucket first.
 
I have a parts business that was mostly web based. I shut down the web site last spring due to lack of activity. Used get at least an order a day but slacked off to an order a month.

Coincidentally I have a Ford Tractor Parts business for sale if any one is interested.

At one time I was doing a full restoration a month but now I am down to a couple a year.
 
I have a parts business that was mostly web based. I shut down the web site last spring due to lack of activity. Used get at least an order a day but slacked off to an order a month.

Coincidentally I have a Ford Tractor Parts business for sale if any one is interested.

At one time I was doing a full restoration a month but now I am down to a couple a year.
 
I'll bet a lot of those "buyers" are actully "sellers" trying to take advantage of a down market. Happens all the time.
I know several guys that if they are buying it, they tell you how "bad" things are. But if they are selling the same exact piece, they tell you how things are really turning around and they have a line of buyers if you don't buy it.
It's the same lying game that has gone on since we stopped bartering and began using money.
 
I agree with others that we are in a buyers market.

A frugal uncle that raised my dad bought a lot of property during the late 1920s and very early 1930s as he had money when no one else did.

When they settled his estate in 1933 I think he had 23 quarters of western Kansas land. His wife once commented that she couldn't stop him from buying land but since he put her name on the deeds too she could see that he didn't sell it and did pay the taxes on it to keep it. Guess it worked.
 
LMAO... you might be right. I generally take everybody at face value, until they prove otherwise.

This was pretty close to bottom for a hoe. I figured that was life, dealing with bottom-feeders.
 
(quoted from post at 19:21:10 01/10/10) LMAO... you might be right. I generally take everybody at face value, until they prove otherwise.

This was pretty close to bottom for a hoe. I figured that was life, dealing with bottom-feeders.
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I sold a few tractors in the last couple of years and it seems now that people don't buy unless they have to. Three years ago I would get a bunch of lowballers, now I get just serious calls from people who need that exact hp ,style piece of equipment at a good price.

I don't plan on buying anything either, as you don't know how long it will take to sell it. I would rather have access to my $$$, than sitting under a shelter losing money.
 
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