Cheap bx24 need advice

[Aj10523]

Hey everybody I got a call from a friend that told me about this bx with 250hrs. I went and took a look at it and from the looks it needs a front seal and hst fan. The bucket is a complete mess the hood is cracked the seat is torn the front bumper is pushed back. The guy is asking $6,500. I did not drive it but was told that everything drives fine. I would drive it before I bought it. I did not talk to the guy yet and I'm sure he did not know the fan was destroyed. Does anybody know how long it takes to destroy a trans without the fan? I guess a few of my question is does anybody think it's an ok investment. I have a bx23 and would only fix this up and sell it. What would be a good price to sell a 24 that was left outside for it's whole life?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Any welding shop can straiten the bucket up. The rest you can fix easily. My main concern would be if the tranny got hot due to the busted fan? At a min I would change all the fluids.

Chris

 

[Argosy]

Smell the oil in the trans to see if it is burned.

What you get out of it will depend on what you put into it for parts and labor. You're bound to find more problems as you start tearing it apart. Somewhere, especially to resell, you've got to make decisions what to fix and what to leave as is.

 

[JoelD]

A good 24 with those hours would worth what $10k at least?

Wonder if he knows more wrong than he's disclosed?

Figure cutting edge new fan an time to install fluids filters and with luck quick flip coming into season

Joel

 

[Toddao]

Why is it for sale at a firehouse/rescue building?

 

[Aj10523]

Smell the oil in the trans to see if it is burned.

Did not even think of that thanks

Why is it for sale at a firehouse/rescue building?

The guy that is selling it is a volunteer there

 

[etcallhome]

Just wondering what in the crap he was doing to bend bucket ?? If that much damage with only 250 hrs and not sure how long fan blades have been missing....I would be cautious and agree smell hyd oil ..
Just wondering what model year is tractor ? If 6 or 8 yrs old not many hours for amount of items needing repair. If tractor is only a year or 2 old ,,someone was really rough on using the fel..stated front bumper bent back.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

The HST fan can set you back $6k. :thumbsup:

 

[hizoot]

The HST fan can set you back $6k. :thumbsup:

are you serious?

 

[etcallhome]

Almost $22 for JD2305 HST fan ,,,about $300-500 to have installed...or about 6hrs to do it yourself.