Buying Advice DID I PAY TOO MUCH?

[fried1765]

Is there a particular reason why used CUTS, and implements, are not readily available in Mexifornia?

 

[4570Man]

Maybe because all the liberals there don’t buy new tractors to start with?

 

[rScotty]

Where do you guys find these deals? I'm out in Commifornia and it seems like the vast majority of tractors for sale are east of the Rockies. SMH. B.

That's what I was thinking. Not only did he not pay too much; he got a real nice tractor and at a bargain price compared to what it would go for here.
rScotty

 

[Wagtail]

Where do you guys find these deals? I'm out in Commifornia and it seems like the vast majority of tractors for sale are east of the Rockies. SMH. B.

From what I've read on TBN, the reason is California's draconian emission laws. Anything that is pre-Tier 4 isn't welcome within the borders.

There was a photo/article of perfectly good 'government' surplus tractors with the engines bored out, being sold for scrap. The laws wouldn't let them be sold as working tractors because they weren't Tier 4.

 

[fried1765]

That's what I was thinking. Not only did he not pay too much; he got a real nice tractor and at a bargain price compared to what it would go for here.
rScotty

When I get it home, I will do some cosmetic work (paint), and I think I can make it look like new.

 

[fried1765]

From what I've read on TBN, the reason is California's draconian emission laws. Anything that is pre-Tier 4 isn't welcome within the borders.

There was a photo/article of perfectly good 'government' surplus tractors with the engines bored out, being sold for scrap. The laws wouldn't let them be sold as working tractors because they weren't Tier 4.

Who would check a used tractor for Tier 4 compliance crossing the border from Nevada, or Oregon, to California?
Does California have tractor compliance/enforcement personnel at each highway entry point?
Are their tractor police actually a division of their mattress police department?
Parts of the state are truly beautiful, but I can't imagine myself trying to live there.

 

[tjkubota93]

Who would check a used tractor for Tier 4 compliance crossing the border from Nevada, or Oregon, to California?
Does California have tractor compliance/enforcement personnel at each highway entry point?
Are their tractor police actually a division of their mattress police department?
Parts of the state are truly beautiful, but I can't imagine me trying to live there.

You'd be like large Marge pulling the tags off mattresses in pee wee herman.

 

[rScotty]

From what I've read on TBN, the reason is California's draconian emission laws. Anything that is pre-Tier 4 isn't welcome within the borders.

There was a photo/article of perfectly good 'government' surplus tractors with the engines bored out, being sold for scrap. The laws wouldn't let them be sold as working tractors because they weren't Tier 4.

Maybe.... but I haven't heard anything it from friends there. Were those reliable photos? Are you sure it wasn't just isn't fake internet "news"? That's what it sounds like from here.
rScotty

 

[Diggin It]

Who would check a used tractor for Tier 4 compliance crossing the border from Nevada, or Oregon, to California?
Does California have tractor compliance/enforcement personnel at each highway entry point?

Well, they DO have Inspection Stations along Interstates and other roadways blocking entry points where you must 'Show Us Your Veggies!!!'



https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pe/ExteriorExclusion/CalBorderStationMap.pdf

 

[Wagtail]

Maybe.... but I haven't heard anything it from friends there. Were those reliable photos? Are you sure it wasn't just isn't fake internet "news"? That's what it sounds like from here.
rScotty

All I can say is that it was a linked news story and subsequent thread here on TBN... the picture showed a row of Californian government (State DOT, County, Town... I don't know) large (50+ hp) JD tractors with large holes bored through the engines so that they could only be sold for scrap.