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<blockquote data-quote="LauraleesFarm" data-source="post: 1144562" data-attributes="member: 14261"><p>My experience with buying used older equipment is that you are picking up someone else's headache. We bought used tractors and balers and had nothing but one breakdown after another. That doesn't fly when you have a big field of grass on the ground. Repair bills ate into any profits we could have made. The tractor burned/leaked oil faster than it burned fuel. Some of the used equipment you could not even find parts for it when it broke.</p><p>That being said, buying new is not always a guarantee. The new Vermeer baler we bought was always breaking down too.</p><p>Some things are better bought new, others are okay if used.</p><p>A hay rake, a disc caddy, a tedder, trailers---probably not a bad choice to buy used. But the tractor and baler, for us, are best if newer and preferably under warranty.</p><p>My dad always told me that a good tractor will pay for itself. We sold our 85 horse Kubota on a trade in deal, and figured up that it had cost us $8/hr to run that tractor, based on what we paid minus what it sold for, and how many hrs were on it. I expect the resale value on this new 100 horse JD to be even better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraleesFarm, post: 1144562, member: 14261"] My experience with buying used older equipment is that you are picking up someone else's headache. We bought used tractors and balers and had nothing but one breakdown after another. That doesn't fly when you have a big field of grass on the ground. Repair bills ate into any profits we could have made. The tractor burned/leaked oil faster than it burned fuel. Some of the used equipment you could not even find parts for it when it broke. That being said, buying new is not always a guarantee. The new Vermeer baler we bought was always breaking down too. Some things are better bought new, others are okay if used. A hay rake, a disc caddy, a tedder, trailers---probably not a bad choice to buy used. But the tractor and baler, for us, are best if newer and preferably under warranty. My dad always told me that a good tractor will pay for itself. We sold our 85 horse Kubota on a trade in deal, and figured up that it had cost us $8/hr to run that tractor, based on what we paid minus what it sold for, and how many hrs were on it. I expect the resale value on this new 100 horse JD to be even better. [/QUOTE]
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