Good Price for Steel JD Dump Cart?

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Suburban Plowboy

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I have a steel John Deere dump cart that was thrown in when I bought my 430. I have never used it, and I want to get rid of it.

Wondering if anyone here has a good idea what it would bring on Craigslist. Based on what I've seen online, I would guess that I could get $200 for it, but I don't really know.

Maybe I should just wheel it out to the goat shed and park it. I can't think of a use for it, but as soon as I sell it, I'm sure I'll need it desperately.
 
   / Good Price for Steel JD Dump Cart? #3  
If you park it chances are it’ll become a permanent mowing hazard and eventually rust out. My vote is sell it and move on. I personally have little to no use for a light duty off road trailer. You apparently don’t either.
 
   / Good Price for Steel JD Dump Cart?
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It won't be a mowing hazard or rust collector in the goat shed; it will just annoy the cattle who now use it as a salt block bar. Other than that, I think you're right.

Maybe I could cut it up, throw out or repurpose the green sheet metal, and use the rest as some kind of trailer.

Someone asked for a photo. It's a steel cart. Small area of rust inside it. I'm not moving everything in the shop to get a good picture, but the photo shows what I have.

I guess no one wants these things, because the previous owner threw it in when I bought the tractor. Maybe if it had "John Deere" painted on one side and "Snap-On" on the other...

09 03 19 john deere dump cart small.jpg
 
   / Good Price for Steel JD Dump Cart? #5  
$150 around here..
 
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I'd say you may get $200 for it, one way to find out. I'm sure someone out there is looking for one instead of one of the plastic ones the big box stores sell now.
 
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I'm going to look at the underlying hardware and see if I should get rid of the sheet metal and keep the rest. Two hundred bucks is not much money.

I guess the sheet metal could also be useful for projects.

I could turn it into a mobile smoker. That would be nice. That strikes me as a really good idea. I haven't had a smoker for two years.

Today I saw these things on Ebay for up to $700, but I have a feeling no one is buying them.
 
   / Good Price for Steel JD Dump Cart? #8  
I'm going to look at the underlying hardware and see if I should get rid of the sheet metal and keep the rest. Two hundred bucks is not much money.

I guess the sheet metal could also be useful for projects.

I could turn it into a mobile smoker. That would be nice. That strikes me as a really good idea. I haven't had a smoker for two years.

Today I saw these things on Ebay for up to $700, but I have a feeling no one is buying them.

Click on "sold listings" and see what some of them sold for, if in fact they did sell. I do this quite frequently.
 
   / Good Price for Steel JD Dump Cart? #9  
$120-150 tops. Stored outside it would be $50 around here.
 
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Were the ebay ones the model 80? Those are the only ones around here that bring any big money. I doubt you will get $200, when guys can buy a new plastic one for less.
 

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