fit2btied
Well-known member
Looked at a JD 5300 this morning. It is a one family, father/son tractor with 2705 hrs. The son is an auto/farm equipment mechanic. The tractor looks to be in near new condition and was always shedded. 3 cyl. diesel, shuttle shift - 9 forward - 3 reverse, 2WD, rollbar w/canopy, FEL with 6' bucket, pallet forks, and bale spear, decent tires, two sets of hydraulic remotes to the rear, all lights and guages work. It should be enough tractor to do anything I would ever need to do. He was asking $17,000, which is pretty much in line with what is on tractorhouse.com. Got him to come down to $15,500. Trying to decide what to do. This would be a 'rest of my life' tractor and should last for the boys also. Will talk to him again Monday and see if he'll take my IH 454 in trade. If not, I know he would put it on his lot on consignment. Thoughts? Would you or not? Thanks.
The tractor is just a hair over 5 miles from my house, with only the last half mile or so on a major road. It's too wide for my trailer so I'll probably just drive it home. She still loves me enough that she said she would feel better and it would be safer for me if I let her follow me in the truck. :heart: Since I already paid for it, I'm fairly sure she wouldn't try to run over me. 
