Buy now or later

[son69]

I am trying to decide weather or not to purchase a new tractor now or wait until spring when i need it. I realize the price may be a little more in the spring, but i am thinking a 08 vs 07 may bring more in resale, like autos. Is this true? Does the year really even matter or is the hours more of a determining factor. If price is within $500 or $600 is it worth waiting. You advise is appreciated.

 

[Rara Avis]

I am trying to decide weather or not to purchase a new tractor now or wait until spring when i need it. I realize the price may be a little more in the spring, but i am thinking a 08 vs 07 may bring more in resale, like autos. Is this true? Does the year really even matter or is the hours more of a determining factor. If price is within $500 or $600 is it worth waiting. You advise is appreciated.

Depends...do they have one on the lot they are DYING to sell???

You can always find jobs for a tractor...even in the winter...

 

[son69]

They don't have on in stock, they will have to find one. I am concerned weather the price will increase a lot between now and spring. If it is only a couple hundred i would wait and order in the spring. If it is a grand or more i will buy now. Do the prices increase a lot from year to year, or do they stay close to the same. For the same price i would rather a 08 model vs 07. Thanks for the response.

 

[dgl24087]

08 will carry price increases. Local dealer says NH TN series, or whatever it will be next year (4000 series?), will increase about $3000. Not all lines will carry this amount of increase, as TN will upgrade to 4 cyl. engines.

 

[DmansPadge]

If you know what you want... I'd go ahead and buy. Year model really doesn't matter on resale. There are a bunch of people who couldn't even tell you what year model their tractor is. Hours and condition are more important.

 

[AndyinIowa]

I'd wait. The small tractor market in North America is showing signs of softening, which means bigger incentives, more 0% interest offers, and new model year discounts.

 

[Sleepy Ford]

The dollar is in such a free-fall lately and tractors are all manufactured overseas, it would seem prudent to take the bird in the hand rather than hope for two in the bush.

 

[froggy]

08 will carry price increases. Local dealer says NH TN series, or whatever it will be next year (4000 series?), will increase about $3000. Not all lines will carry this amount of increase, as TN will upgrade to 4 cyl. engines.

That is interesting as it would put the TN's in the same price range as the JD 5X25 series.

 

[MrJimi]

I have to agree with the other posters except for one little thing
If ya snooze, Ya lose
and it's happened to me more times than I can count, please give it some thought and I would go with the 2008 with a deposit NOW to lock in the price!!
Jim

 

[son69]

I tried that already. My dealer can't quote me a price on a 2008 model until the 2008 pricing comes out. I have to take posession by the end of the year to get the price i was quoted and to get the current financing. I talked to another dealer and they told me that there is no real difference in years, that if i ordered one in early 08 it most likley was built in 07. Dealer said they consider the year of the machine when it was sold to the customer and not when it was born.

 

[AndyMA]

As others have said model year doesn't matter at all except to Yuppies.

Andy

 

[390GT]

tractors are all manufactured overseas.

My tractor was manufactured in Georgia, USA. Greg

 

[BTDT]

I tried that already. My dealer can't quote me a price on a 2008 model until the 2008 pricing comes out. I have to take posession by the end of the year to get the price i was quoted and to get the current financing. I talked to another dealer and they told me that there is no real difference in years, that if i ordered one in early 08 it most likley was built in 07. Dealer said they consider the year of the machine when it was sold to the customer and not when it was born.

Say a tractor "born, as you say in 2007", is bought by you in 2008. So you go to the dealer for parts, and he asks what year it is, I don't think you will get the right part by giving him the "buy" date. I realize that model and sn will probably be needed, but just going by the year is kind of fishy. IMO.

 

[DmansPadge]

Say a tractor "born, as you say in 2007", is bought by you in 2008. So you go to the dealer for parts, and he asks what year it is, I don't think you will get the right part by giving him the "buy" date. I realize that model and sn will probably be needed, but just going by the year is kind of fishy. IMO.

What you say does seem right... but I'm not sure it is. I have heard numerous times that in fact the year model is determined by the date of sale and not the date of manufactor. I regularly order part for tractors and heavy equipment. If the model number doesn't tell the parts guy what they need to know... the first thing they say is that they need the serial number... nobody ever asks what year model it is.

 

[Bob_Young]

If there's something on the lot that you like and it's still there come late January to mid-February; your chances of getting a good price on the tractor will be high. Especially if you pay cash. Of course, it'll be a previous year leftover; not that it matters much.

This seems to work best for Ag equipment here in the snow belt.
Bob

 

[son69]

The dealer said that most everything goes by serial number. He ordered some in sept and they won't be in until feb but they would be built 07 but sold in 08 as new machine, not a leftover. he went on to say that produce these batches and dealers may get one that has a serial number that ends in say 245( 245th in that run) say in arpil. then order more in august and get early number ones say 089 bc they shipped from another location. I guess i am so used to the way cars and trucks work, tractors are a whole different ballgame.

 

[IXLR8]

I am looking at a Kioti tractor, I was told the 07 and 08 machine that I am considering are identical... except that the 08's will cost $1000.00 more. Higher cost blamed on higher costs of steel and transportation. I am trying to find what I need now... to save the money and be able to use it to help move snow... if it gets here.

 

[Sleepy Ford]

My tractor was manufactured in Georgia, USA. Greg

I appreciate the sentiment, but your tractor, unless very old, was assembled in Georgia, but it was manufactured by the Japanese. And please believe me, that does not make me happy. I can't help but believe, if the Stars and Bars were flying, we wouldn't have that sort of problem.

 

[390GT]

I appreciate the sentiment, but your tractor, unless very old, was assembled in Georgia, but it was manufactured by the Japanese. And please believe me, that does not make me happy. I can't help but believe, if the Stars and Bars were flying, we wouldn't have that sort of problem.

Manufactured, assembled, to me they are the same. I know the parts that make up the tractor are from all over the world. Engine is Japanese. Last I knew New Holland belonged to Fiat (Italian). The statement that the tractor was manufactured by the Japanese in not accurate. Greg

 

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