Buying Advice 2006 JD 2210 information wanted

[kootch88]

I looked at a JD 2210 with a belly mower and FEL, 256 hours, 2006 at a dealer. Asking price is $10,200. Any opinions on the tractor and price? Also, I could not find what the bucket is rated for and would appreciate any input anyone might have on this. The tractor is clean as a whistle with not a scratch on it.

 

[GGB]

Assuming you have the JD 210 loader, my manuel shows a low number of 437 lbs, and a max of 721 lbs. The lower and upper numbers have to do with the pivot point of the bucket.

I don't have a scale to weigh my actual load so I can't say for sure how close I am to those numbers when I'm using the loader. However, I'd advise giving yourself a decent margin, even if you've got loaded tires and the weight box as recommended.

If you haven't operated a loader before, just remember what my Grandpa used to say: Slow and Steady. Better make extra trips if necessary-besides, why would you want to spend less time on your new toy? Keep your load low, make sure you attack any hills straight on, not at an angle, with your load to the lower side of the hill. Turn slowly with any load. Don't ask your tractor to do more than it was designed to do.

You'll soon get comfortable with operating it, and will wonder how you ever got along without it. I'm still amazed at what it allows me to do, and it won't tear up my yard like the skid loader, which I use for bigger projects. Both are a lot of fun.

 

[rockshaft]

I looked at a JD 2210 with a belly mower and FEL, 256 hours, 2006 at a dealer. Asking price is $10,200. Any opinions on the tractor and price? Also, I could not find what the bucket is rated for and would appreciate any input anyone might have on this. The tractor is clean as a whistle with not a scratch on it.

I went in to my local dealer to buy a 2210 in ~2004, the salesman talked me into the 4310! If I'd stuck with the 2210 I'd probably still have the machine, as the 4310 was just too big for me to consider relocating when I moved cross country.

I just picked up a new 2012 1026R (comparable in most ways to the 2210)- almost twice the cost of your deal, but I've been having tractor withdrawal since I sold the 4310, and used tractors in my market seem really hard to come by.

I hope it works out for you.

 

[megotatractor]

I still have my 2004 2210 and with 660 hours on it and going strong. You do need a lot of weight on the back for loader work, hydraulics are powerful enough to pop the rear tires off the ground in a flash. Major "pucker factor". It easily lifts and carries a bucketful of gravel or dirt. Be very careful to keep the bucket level when lifting a load higher than the hood or it will quickly cease to be "scratch free". A dented hood costs $700.oo to replace.

 

[Foxtrot08]

The 2210 is a lot like my 2305 I just got this past year.

I picked up my 2305 with a 126 hours on it for $12,300 in late may / early june of 2011. It now has a little over 170 hours on it and we didn't even have much snow - I just had a lot of projects to do.

A weight box is a *must*. I filled mine with concrete bricks - probably a good 500lbs plus the weight of the box. (It strains the 3pt Hitch system picking it up.)

Previous to getting my weight box (and the reason I did) I moved roughly 50 ton of stone, re-doing the foundation on one side of my house, new floor drains, down spouts, gravel around a new deck and a french drain in front of my house. (I live on a lake, so all the water went towards the front of my house - and the into my basement..)

While moving stone from the pile, to the hole - I got off the tractor. It was parked on the edge of the cliff, going into the lake I live on. Once I removed myself (6'1, 245lbs), the tractor nearly rolled over into the lake. (Oops.)

From that moment on, I had to get a weight box. And since then, I've moved another 20 ton of stone building my garage, probably another 30 ton of dirt around that was dug out building my garage, etc.

As for lift limiting - I haven't run across too much my 2305 wouldn't lift. For normal 'around the house' things, it will lift an entire bucket (full) of gravel/stone, it lifted 2 sections of concrete side walk 4 inches thick, high enough to put in a mid-sized dump truck (single axle, GMC 5500, so bigger then a landscaper F350 and the like.) I dug out / finished the dirt area for concrete, entire bucket loads of snow.



For the machine vs amount of hours, it seems like a good price. Is the loader a quick-disconnect? Because I hate to say it, but mowing with the loader on is actually a pain in the butt.

The only reason why I will ever get rid of my 2305 is:

1. to get a 2520 (because bigger is always better right? At least, that's how I justify it....)

2. To get a much bigger tractor when I move to more property. (looking at 20-40 acres.)

3. To get a NH Boomer 25 if they're decent (my local NH dealer is awesome. Both of our farm tractors came from there.)

 

[bones72]

Bought 2210 2006. With 62inch mmm, FEL with quick disconnect and48 inch front mount snow blower for $11000. 200 hundred hrs. Very happy so far. Bones72

 

[dixstir]

buy it ,they are fine little tractors ,I had one for a while had a few problems with it ,traded it back to the dealer and got a 2010 2305 169 hours as of today ,no regrets.