Tractor Seabee
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- Joined
- Oct 5, 2011
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- Tractor
- Kubota BX25
My continuing Saga:
Around the first of the year I posted that I was down sizing, selling off the shop and tractor. Dragon Eggs and Shield Arc will get a kick out of this post as they helped me sell off by buying some stuff being they were close by. Wife convinced me that the 21 AC and 3000 SF house were too much for two old folks to maintain any more. She was set on buying a small house, no average, small yard, no fixers,house under 10 years old, and no need to have a shop and lots of tools/equipment. WELL, guess what:
1. House and Ac sold, sold off most the shop, tractor never sold for my target price or even close offer.
2. Moved into an apartment while looking in this sellers market for new housing. Tough, was outbid on 6 places, wife getting tired of close apartment living. Poor dog going crazy on a leash all the time. Loaded trailer with implements, drove it and the tractor to my mechanics place for temp storage till next season to try selling again.
3. Wife found a place she liked and would't take no for my answer to pass on it. In this sellers market the seller refused to entertain my and my inspector's work order. Said take it or leave it. She won, we bought it. I am now into it for $20K and still going. Slowly replacing my tools and shop stuff.
4. New place is 3/4 AC so have room to store the tractor so it is coming home next week. It will be handy to do the necessary and our changes to the landscaping, so, will have it one more year. Back to tractor maintenance and finish some of my upgrades. Now have welding equipment again. Picked up a Miller Thunderbolt AC buzz box for starters on arc for $40 at a GS, plan to upgrade to a DC unit as time goes along. Just picked up an OA set at the auction for $125. The two cylinders are almost $500 for new ones. Torch and hose junk but regulators good. Nobody wanted my drill press and band saw so still have those. On my way!
Consensus why I could not get $20K for tractor and implements (worth 35K new): Every body only wanted one or two items at my price but I needed to keep tractor to load stuff as it sold but tractor itself got no bites anyway. 2011 BX has 1500 hours and looks it but runs solid. Everybody said they wanted less than 500 hrs at a bargain basement price or they might as well buy new as they could not finance a used one. So, it might become yard art or find a charity that has a need for it.
Mark and Carl, can I buy some of that stuff back? Just kidding.
Ron
Around the first of the year I posted that I was down sizing, selling off the shop and tractor. Dragon Eggs and Shield Arc will get a kick out of this post as they helped me sell off by buying some stuff being they were close by. Wife convinced me that the 21 AC and 3000 SF house were too much for two old folks to maintain any more. She was set on buying a small house, no average, small yard, no fixers,house under 10 years old, and no need to have a shop and lots of tools/equipment. WELL, guess what:
1. House and Ac sold, sold off most the shop, tractor never sold for my target price or even close offer.
2. Moved into an apartment while looking in this sellers market for new housing. Tough, was outbid on 6 places, wife getting tired of close apartment living. Poor dog going crazy on a leash all the time. Loaded trailer with implements, drove it and the tractor to my mechanics place for temp storage till next season to try selling again.
3. Wife found a place she liked and would't take no for my answer to pass on it. In this sellers market the seller refused to entertain my and my inspector's work order. Said take it or leave it. She won, we bought it. I am now into it for $20K and still going. Slowly replacing my tools and shop stuff.
4. New place is 3/4 AC so have room to store the tractor so it is coming home next week. It will be handy to do the necessary and our changes to the landscaping, so, will have it one more year. Back to tractor maintenance and finish some of my upgrades. Now have welding equipment again. Picked up a Miller Thunderbolt AC buzz box for starters on arc for $40 at a GS, plan to upgrade to a DC unit as time goes along. Just picked up an OA set at the auction for $125. The two cylinders are almost $500 for new ones. Torch and hose junk but regulators good. Nobody wanted my drill press and band saw so still have those. On my way!
Consensus why I could not get $20K for tractor and implements (worth 35K new): Every body only wanted one or two items at my price but I needed to keep tractor to load stuff as it sold but tractor itself got no bites anyway. 2011 BX has 1500 hours and looks it but runs solid. Everybody said they wanted less than 500 hrs at a bargain basement price or they might as well buy new as they could not finance a used one. So, it might become yard art or find a charity that has a need for it.
Mark and Carl, can I buy some of that stuff back? Just kidding.
Ron
