Tractor lots are full

[2manyrocks]

The manufacturers and dealers appear to be very focused on selling new units and financing is the way to get it done I suppose because many customers are going to use financing instead of paying cash.

Indirectly, they can gradually kill off used machines by not continuing to provide parts for them. Or the cost of repairs is so expensive that some customers would rather finance a new tractor than pay a chunk of cash for a repair and then the tractor needs more work later and/or parts for the next unanticipated repair may no longer be available.

 

[BlueBerryFarmer]

Yes and have noticed same at auto dealer lots --- serves the gougers right. Let them get stuck with inventory.

 

[ddbackhoe]

everyone is keeping their powder dry while our government is busy destroying out country and the dollar. i'm recently retired, so any money I have is either in the bank (where it is losing it's value by the day) or social security. either way, we are watching our nation die in slow motion.

There’s still hope for some corrections. Just yesterday I heard the IN guy say he needed four more years to finish what he started. With a little luck….

 

[2manyrocks]

Rewarding friends and families..........

 

[ddbackhoe]

Indirectly, they can gradually kill off used machines by not continuing to provide parts for them. Or the cost of repairs is so expensive that some customers would rather finance a new tractor than pay a chunk of cash for a repair and then the tractor needs more work later and/or parts for the next unanticipated repair may no longer be available.

One of the nearby Ford dealers just upped their shop rate to 189.50/hour. Might be tough to keep any techs with just warranty work.

 

[2manyrocks]

I was quoted $110 hr at a Mahindra dealer in rural middle Tennessee yesterday, and the seal I think I need for my 20 year old Mahindra 3525 may not be available.

 

[John_Mc]

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[thetester]

Our lots are full here.

I know one thing! I have been in the market to need and want to buy a tractor. The prices are frigging unreal!! Even used implement prices here are stupid compared to a few years back.

Chinese tractors once sold new for 3-5 grand new now they are selling for 7-9 used.

I've been watching for JD and kubota. I've lowered my sights to RK and Mahindra. Now I just figured to give up altogether till I find a used deal reasonably enough.

I live on north Alabama.

 

[John_Mc]

They are starting to switch to CaCl in my area too. It’s less damaging to vegetation than MgCl. Neither are corrosive to vehicles.

Both Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride are corrosive.

 

[Bison]

i've never bought a new tractor in my life yet , nor did i ever bought a used tractor from a dealer. I try to avoid a dealer like the plaque but for parts i can't get nowhere else.