Price Check Another "fair price" question

[hardcrab]

Another \"fair price\" question

Hello to all- Yet another "is this a fair price" question. Presently I have a Yanmar 1500. Gotten alot of good use out of it, but a little light weight, and I'd like a FEL. Rather than try to upgrade a 30 year old tractor, I started looking for a newer one. A "big" dealer in town has a KL2554 with a Kioti loader on his lot- 60 hours, like new condition. Dont know what year. Tires appear to be Ag tires- Ive seen remarks about "R4" tires- what are they? I realize this is a discontinued model, doesnt have live PTO, and has straight gears, but neither does my Yanmar, and I get along fine with it. Dont think I'd miss what I never had. Anyway, price is $8500.... and he will not budge on it. So.... think this is a decent deal? Sounds like alot of tractor for the money, but I would like other opinions. Thanks in advance-

 

[DK35vince]

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60 hours, like new. The price sounds reasonable to me.
R-4 tires are usually much wider than Ag's with a less agressive tread.
Ag tires will have better traction, but R-4 will do less turf damage.

 

[cag]

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DK35vince R4 tires would that be the same as industriel tires just curious thanks in advance cag.

 

[Inspector507]

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R1=Ag tires
R3=Turf tires
R4=Industrial

25HP Gear tractor with loader?........sounds reasonable to me

 

[KiotiJohn]

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Sounds like a great price for that tractor with loader. Of course, be sure the 50 hour service has been done or will be. The oil should not be dirty/black. Check which oil filter is on it to see if it's a replacement. Does it look like there is no wear on the bucket pivots? Is there grease in the loader connections? Here are some pics of the different tire options.
R1 AG tire John

 

[KiotiJohn]

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R3 Turf

 

[KiotiJohn]

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R4 Industrial

 

[cag]

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Thanks guys for the pics and info /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif cag

 

[hardcrab]

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Thanks for all your input.... think I'll swing by there after work thursday and see if I can join the club.

I suppose the R4 tires are a good compromise between turf and ag.

 

[KiotiJohn]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I suppose the R4 tires are a good compromise between turf and ag.)</font> I find them to be so. Although I've never used Turfs, I've read and heard a lot of people that say they get slippage at inopportune times. But then that happens with all tires at some point! Seriously, unless I just go over and over a spot and turn the tires back and forth a lot, I get little damage to my grass. I have one spot that I'm going back and forth through to another property right now and it's pretty compacted, but not torn up. John

 

[cag]

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John after my lesson in tires I would probably choose R4 over the others there more expensive but wouldn't mind paying the difference. cag

 

[HERKYEC130]

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I ordered the turfs and after reading everyones reviews I began to question myself. I've always used Industrial tires in the past.
After using them I feel safe to say that the less aggressive tread design is great for my lawn.
I do little projects around town for people and they always seem to feel better when I tell them what kind of tire I have on my tractor.
The only time that my tires do any damage is when I have the 4 wheel drive engaged.
I used them this past winter for snow removal and I had no problems at all. I have some swampy areas in my pasture that I drive through but haven't had any problems there either.

 

[sl3uth]

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Do Turfs and R4s fit on the same rim?

Sam

 

[cag]

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SL3UTH I'm still in the learning prosses here and probably will be for a while but I think its safe to say that yes you would use the same rims. cag

 

[cag]

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HERKYEC130 After learning from this post I was talking with my neighbour he's got the industrial tires on is tractor and he's very happy with them he would not change them. cag

 

[KiotiJohn]

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Generally, I believe the turf and R4s use the same size rim 16.5, while Ag R1s use 16. That's for the CK20HST anyway. Probably same rims on other models as well, but check the website for your model. John