John Deere Series 1 and 2 Subcompact

[certpilot]

I have been looking at the series 1 and 2 John Deere subcompact tractors. While they seem to be quite capable of many tasks, my concern is the amount of used tractors on the market with less than 100 hours. Does anyone have theories why people sell them with so few hours on them?

 

[KennyG]

I'm not sure where you are in Michigan but that is certainly not the case here. Used CUTs of any brand are hard to find and, if they have low hours are priced surprisingly close to new cost.

When you do see one such as you describe, I think it is just a sign of American affluence. People with small properties buy them, find they are very effective at taking care of tasks, but they only need to use them for 20 hours a year. After a few years they sell the CUT and buy a zero turn. I have 4 acres that needs a lot of work and do a lot of jobs for friends and still average less than 100 hours per year.

Or maybe just a mismatch. If you've got 2 acres, a zero turn may be the best fit. If you've got 20 acres, perhaps you really needed a 35 HP tractor.

 

[RalphVa]

My 1025R had low hours after nearly 2 years of suffering with it. Traded it for a 2025R and absolutely no problems, like its 4010 (a 2019E in today's parlance) before the 1025R (but the 4010 blew away its lead U joint off the engine after 9 years and 660 hours).

Ralph

 

[nightdevil]

Mine barely has 55hrs and I've had it for nearly 3 years. Love it to death but when or if I sell it. It will still be low on hours. I feel like I use it alot but Ilits just perspective.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

A lot of people have no idea of the size machine they really need. When you are new at the tractor thing, it's pretty easy to be intimidated by anything much bigger than a garden tractor. So people buy what they are comfortable with and then often realize that the sub compact or small compact machine doesn't really get much done very quick on their 5-10 acres .

So they sell and move up a frame size. We see this time and time again on the various tractor forums.

 

[mddorange]

I have been looking at the series 1 and 2 John Deere subcompact tractors. While they seem to be quite capable of many tasks, my concern is the amount of used tractors on the market with less than 100 hours. Does anyone have theories why people sell them with so few hours on them?

:welcome:
To the TBN forum Certpilot.

MVR hit the nail on the head.

When I went to buy my tractor, I went in to get a SCUT "B" model. After talking to the dealer, he convinced me that if I got the "B" then I would be back within less that a year to trade up. So I went ahead and got the CUT "L" model and I am sure glad that I listened to him. In fact, I wish that I had even got a bigger CUT. So at least there is one less SCUT with low hours out there.

 

[radios1]

people today like to save money, so they trade in a slightly used tractor for a new one, and wind up with a new tractor for less money, it's done with cars and trucks all the time, if you wait until a machine starts to wear, you get less money for it. this is My theory about it..

 

[McCann]

when we moved to our hobby/horse farm on 10 acres I bought someone's low hour 2210. Glorified garden tractor but with 3 pt. Tried for 6 years but basically just too small. Poor little guy got overworked most of the time but mowed well. Finally got smart (and safer) and bumped up to a nice used 4310 and found a nice mower. Most things don't do everything well.