New Tractor Sales Are Declining

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

What doesn't make sense to me is the price of these small compact tractors in comparison to the price of a car these days. The compact tractors cost more then the cars do.

 

[Yander]

Exactly. For the most part, this forum is about 'hobby tractors', not ag use units.

LOL, yeah, you know how you can tell that the guys on here aren't grain farmers? If they are posting in these forums right now, during harvest.

 

[Hay Dude]

LOL, yeah, you know how you can tell that the guys on here aren't grain farmers? If they are posting in these forums right now, during harvest.

We’re still doing hay and will be until early November.
Then it’s on to lime, then fertilizer through the winter.
In fact, I have 75 tons of lime coming at 6AM tomorrow. Once thats spread, we are dropping another 30 acres of 2nd cutting.

3rd cutting getting close to starting. Have a really nice clean field ready to cut in maybe 2 weeks.

I just take my iPad or Iphone with me. Easy to check in from the tractor or truck.

 

[5030]

Just saw this ad popup on Facebook. Haven't seen advertising in years.

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The question is of course, $8,000.00 off WHAT?? MSRP can be anything they want it to be. Tractors don't come with window stickers like cars and trucks do.... And I see that asterisk as well...

 

[5030]

LOL, yeah, you know how you can tell that the guys on here aren't grain farmers? If they are posting in these forums right now, during harvest.

I grow hay so no grain here except the corn I roast in my bio mass stove.

 

[Yander]

We’re still doing hay and will be until early November.
Then it’s on to lime, then fertilizer through the winter.
In fact, I have 75 tons of lime coming at 6AM tomorrow. Once thats spread, we are dropping another 30 acres of 2nd cutting.

3rd cutting getting close to starting. Have a really nice clean field ready to cut in maybe 2 weeks.

I just take my iPad or Iphone with me. Easy to check in from the tractor or truck.

Ok, so we have one Hay farmer reporting in, waiting for the grain farmer to report in

 

[Hay Dude]

Ok, so we have one Hay farmer reporting in, waiting for the grain farmer to report in

I am also helping a friend with beans

 

[Bobctat2035]

What doesn't make sense to me is the price of these small compact tractors in comparison to the price of a car these days. The compact tractors cost more then the cars do.

Mostly to do with mass production. If there were as many tractors as cars then they would become much cheaper.
Have you looked at SXSs? I bought my 4 seater Polaris Rzr about 10 years ago new for 17k. Now they start at 27k and go over 40k.

 

[Alan W.]

All of this just convinces me to keep my older Kubota. About the only frill it has is electric start
I will be doing some updates to it and after reading about electric mirrors in a previous post its got me thinking.
My son was looking for a good mpg car and saw that Somerset Toyota had one coming in and it was advertised as msrp of $28k. When it came in I went with him to look at it and the dealer had a market adjustment sticker on it adding $6000 to the price. It was an ugly confrontation.
He went to the Danville Ford dealer and found a vehicle he liked with no market adjustment or document fees. Like everything it pays to shop around.

 

[EddieWalker]

What doesn't make sense to me is the price of these small compact tractors in comparison to the price of a car these days. The compact tractors cost more then the cars do.

Even crazier when comparing the cost of a UTV to a car. I can buy a brand new Kia for less then some of the UTV's out there!!!!