Buying Advice New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry

   / New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry
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#11  
Got a call from the dealer. They pulled it in the shop and looked it over.

Price is $6200 if they fix it, $4850 as-is. There is no maintenance history to review, prior owner did all their own maintenance, except it came into the dealer when they cracked the loader arm near the hinge pin behind the bucket. Dealership welded it up and added gusset plates to both sides, on the top side of the arm.

What is broken:

1.Engine- Hydrostat Transmission seal leaking $200 to fix
2. Hydrostat leaking at foot pedal linkage area, (control shaft that goes into transmission) $200 for the seal kit, but only one seal is needed. He says it appears to have been leaking for a while.
3. Decals are missing from hood completely, $60 for decals
4. Complete fluid and filter change(oil and hydraulic fluid), $200 in filter/fluids
5. They found a stripped out bolt(bolt spins) where the FEL frame mounts to the tractor frame by the rear axle. $20 for a thread insert, and an hour of shop labor.
6. Hood latch is bent and won't latch, so they'll adjust that.

I asked if they looked at the sloppy front driveshaft, and he said " Its about normal for a machine that has over 1000 hours". (My friend that went with me who has been a utility tractor owner for the last 20 years thought otherwise.)

I also asked if they were going to replace the turn signals that were broken off both sides of the ROPS? He said he didn't realize they were missing (I pointed this out to him Tuesday during my inspection, the hazards flashed on the dash but nothing flashed on the tractor)
I also failed to mention in my first post that the instrument cluster had a bunch of condensation in it from sitting outside in a blizzard last weekend so it was really hard to see the hour meter.
 
   / New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry #12  
Sounds like you may be able get a heck of a deal on a machine with tons of life in it. Not many folks can say that they got into a CUT diesel with loader and only 1600 hours for $6000. I paid about $33k out the door for mine.... You may have found one sweet deal there since they are addressing the issues. The turn signals... If it means something to you, all them to replace those as well, or make little brackets and put trailer/Jeep tail lights on the rops. They don't mean much to me, but if your going to driving it on public roads than having hazard lights flashing is a wise choice.

Good luck, it is sounding better and better!
 
   / New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry
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#13  
Sounds like you may be able get a heck of a deal on a machine with tons of life in it. Not many folks can say that they got into a CUT diesel with loader and only 1600 hours for $6000....

Good luck, it is sounding better and better!

What is a "CUT diesel" good Sir?
 
   / New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry #14  
CUT = Compact Utility Tractor
SCUT = Sub Compact Utility Tractor.
Diesel or gas engine variant.
 
   / New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry
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   / New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry #16  
Ah, that makes sense. Newb here.
Sun compact are ones like the Kubota BX, the LS MT-125, Massey Ferguson GC series, John Deere 1025 and others, the ones that look deceivingly like overgrown garden tractors. Trust me, they are much more than overgrown garden tractors!

Next up are compact tractors that have some range to the physical size, up to around 60 hp and somewhere around 5,000 lbs at the top. This is probably the most commonly discussed size/class at this forum.

Then you have Utility, and finally you have the Agricultural... Big working machines that can split the Earth in two.
 
   / New Holland Boomer 25 w/high hours inquiry #17  
If you are comfortable with watching over the servicing, it could be good! You don't get a recent model , 4 wd with a loader for close to that by me.
 

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