kubota l245dt asking price

citygirlnotcountry · Apr 21, 2011

Hello guys. This website compared to others seems to have a lot more information. I no nothing about tractors but find myself getting a crash course as my fathers health has declined, his mental capacity has diminished. He was trying to sell the following tractor for 10,000. It didn't take much research for me to see that price was way out of line.
I am here to get feedback on what is a fair asking price for the following tractor. This is what I know: 1977 kubota l245dt with front loader which is factory installed, has the rollover bar, 2567 hours. Has a new radiator, water pump, thermostat, hydrolic hoses. He purchased it used about 6 yrs ago and put very few of the hours on it. It has been kept outside, there is surface rust on the front "arms" of it, the bucket itself looks a little deeper rust-no holes in it. It is not dented up the body is in good shape. The front tires look ok to this greenhorn, but the back tires do have cracking. He has the owners manual for it and we are located in Illinois. Any feedback would be appreciated, we want to sell at a fair price to move it, but not give it away or hold out for top dollar. Going to take pictures for the net when I post it.

Muhammad · Apr 21, 2011

Welcome to TBN.

moored4 · Apr 21, 2011

:welcome: To TBN If you post pictures here it will help you get better sugestions as to price:thumbsup:

nybirdman · Apr 21, 2011

Check Used Tractors For Sale at TractorHouse.com: John Deere Tractors, used farm tractors and farm equipment, tractors for sale, Case IH, New Holland, Agco, Kubota several on there but with less hours,you are looking at $5,000 to $6,000 max.Good project for some-one.

CompactTractorFan · Apr 22, 2011

Welcome to TBN!!! You also might get more responses in the Kubota Buying/Pricing section.

Diamondback · Apr 22, 2011

I owned the same tractor for about six years and used it quite a lot. No way to tell how many hours it had on it. Bought it used and never had the hour meter fixed, but I'm sure 2500 plus would be a fair guess. It too had some surface rust. Decided to get a bigger unit with backhoe so this one had to go. Did the research to see what to ask for it at and priced it at $5000.00 to the first interested party. With no hesitation, he eagerly said OK. All I did was crank it for him. He didn't even hop on or work the loader. May have priced it a tad low. So, as already mentioned 5000-6000 would be a fair amount to expect.

I miss that little machine every time I use the 3 point rear attachments on my new tractor. It was smooth as silk compared to the newer units.

Good Luck

Briana03 · May 2, 2011

Hey there! Welcome to TractorByNet!

I have moved your thread to the Kubota Buying/Pricing Forum. You will have better luck finding assistance there. :thumbsup:

chinooklr · May 8, 2011

I recently purchased an l45dt with FEL and kubota brush hog and gannon box scraper, tractor only has 315 hours on it. The seat was rusted out ($140 for new one) and needed fluid changed and fittings greased. I paid $4800 for it and in Central Oregon I am sure it would sell for about $7000 easily. I don't know your market over there but I would not ask less than about $6500 for that tractor here.