riderpriderking
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Hi everyone,
A guy is selling his 2008 5740C for $12,500 CAD. It has 1200 hours and comes with a bush hog, finish mower, box blade and rototiller. He says the AC doesn't work and there are a few pieces of glass broken on the cab, some lights need repairing. He figured $4k to replace it all. I might go look at it this weekend, I really only need the bush hog, but my 4944HST has had some PTO issues so it would be nice to have some redundancy in the tractor department. I would definitely sell the tiller, finish mower, probably the box blade. Might even take a chance on selling the tractor for money if I thought my 4944 was dependable enough.
Any things I should look for? I've read a bit about the reverse gears being poor. With 1200 hours you would think the gears would have been ground at least a few times. That's probably my main concern although he says it shifts good. Anything else? Does this seem like a good deal? Anyone out there with a 5740 or LS U5030 that have over 1000 hrs?
I've had good luck getting parts from my NH dealer, you just add MT to the front of the LS part number to get the NH part. I'm not terribly concerned on that front, plus I have an LS dealer an hours drive away which isn't bad. Just don't really want to take on someone else's liability, but he says he sold farm and has financial issues which is why he needs the money.
Thanks for the feedback.
A guy is selling his 2008 5740C for $12,500 CAD. It has 1200 hours and comes with a bush hog, finish mower, box blade and rototiller. He says the AC doesn't work and there are a few pieces of glass broken on the cab, some lights need repairing. He figured $4k to replace it all. I might go look at it this weekend, I really only need the bush hog, but my 4944HST has had some PTO issues so it would be nice to have some redundancy in the tractor department. I would definitely sell the tiller, finish mower, probably the box blade. Might even take a chance on selling the tractor for money if I thought my 4944 was dependable enough.
Any things I should look for? I've read a bit about the reverse gears being poor. With 1200 hours you would think the gears would have been ground at least a few times. That's probably my main concern although he says it shifts good. Anything else? Does this seem like a good deal? Anyone out there with a 5740 or LS U5030 that have over 1000 hrs?
I've had good luck getting parts from my NH dealer, you just add MT to the front of the LS part number to get the NH part. I'm not terribly concerned on that front, plus I have an LS dealer an hours drive away which isn't bad. Just don't really want to take on someone else's liability, but he says he sold farm and has financial issues which is why he needs the money.
Thanks for the feedback.