Price Check Used Kubota B7500 pricing

[John127]

I am considering a used Kubota B7500 (500 hours on it, second owner) which comes with a LA272 loader, a 4672A backhoe, a 48" box scraper and a 54" mid-mount mower -- all in good working condition and kept inside an airplane hanger here in Colorado. The seller is asking $16.6k and I have no idea if that's a good price for this package.

I'll mainly be using the backhoe to dig up stumps on my 40 acres in the Colorado mountains and won't really need the mower at all. The box scraper will be handy on my 1000' driveway but I'm really looking to use the backhoe and the loader for cleaning up the place.

Is this a decent price?

Is that backhoe going to take a lot of use (not abuse)?

What should I look for when looking for any maintenance issue on this 500-hour tractor. This is my first tractor purchase.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, John

 

[kingoflawns]

I think you will want to look at bigger tractors for a 40 acre project, perhaps used backhoes for digging stumps all day? The 7500 is a great little machine, i owned one for years, however, 40 acres is a backhoe or small excavator project IMHO.

 

[L3130]

I would think a Grand L5030 with 853 loader and bh90 backhoe or woods backhoe, is more what you will need. You may want to look at the L48 tractor also. Thats alot of land.

 

[John127]

Thanks guys. 40 acres is a lot but lodge pole pine has a very shallow root base...not like east coast hardwoods. So, even though there are a lot of trees, the stumps are usually 10-16" trees and very shallow -- fairly easy to "pop" up with a smaller backhoe or this machine.

Also, the bigger machines are just getting to a price range that is more than I really want to spend on my first tractor. I believe in the notion that "bigger is better" but haven't found a tractor/loader/backhoe for $15-$16k yet.

I'll see the machine this weekend and will see if it's decent. I'm most interested in everyone's advice on this price. Is it a fair price for this machine and extra attachments? The seller says this package would be $22k new....thanks for the help.

 

[btolle]

I think he is talking MSRP on the price. I bought a B7510 about a year ago with LA272 FEL for $11,900 + tax and a BH would add (S.W.A.G.) about $6,000 to that for a total of $17,900.

One thing you might consider is buying a larger and older backhoe for $8 to $12K and use it for the initial cleanup then sell it and buy a smaller newer tractor for the ongoing chores.

Tractors and backhoes don't lose their value like cars do. I have seen backhoes that looked bad if you are not used to looking at equipment but were in very good condition. Missing paint, some dents, and that sort of thing just goes with the territory when a tractor or BH is used for what it is built for. Within 4 hours time my FEL had virtually no paint left on the bucket and both laoder arms were scratched badly and I consider that normal.

I have known folks who get a really good deal on a used tractor by studying the market and not getting in a hurry and used it for a year and resold it for more than they paid for it. Takes a little time and looking at a lot of tractors until you can recognize a bargain when you see it but it can be time well spent.

I have a B7510 and about 3 acres of woods (pines) I am working on and it is OK since I am not in a hurry. For 40 acres I wouldn't even consider the B7510 for mowing purposes. It would take 2 or 3 days to mow 40 acres with a 4' or 5' mower.

Do search on "stumps" and see if you can find some posts from those who have used a BH to dig up stumps. I have seen some huge stumps dug up by BX23's "but" the post talked about how many hours it took, in some cases, days it took. When you are looking at a couple of hundred stumps or trees you may be talking about 4 hours (average) apiece X 200=800 hours. You have to consider the whole job, dig the tree or stump up, haul it off to the burn pile, come back and cover the hole, find there is not enough dirt to cover it, go for more dirt, come back, still not enough, go again.....I think you get the picture.

BTW, removing 200 trees in 40 acres is not that many, 5 per acre. You won't even be able to tell they are missing.

Bill Tolle

 

[wushaw]

If the BH is a 3pt BH I would be a little leery of it, not saying it won't work, I have never used a 3pt BH. I had a B7500 with a 4pt. mount and dug may stumps up with it and it worked fine and never broke anything except roots.
16.5 is a little high, I would think 15 would be a little closer.

 

[John127]

Thanks guys. I bought the B7500, Backhoe, mower deck and box blade for $16k, which included a nice delivery 120 miles away over the continental divide...something I couldn't do myself.

I used it over Thanksgiving and dug up about 10 stumps which were all partly frozen under a foot of snow at 9000 feet here in Colorado. It worked great! Not too big, not too small. The stumps were all rooted about 3' deep and about 4' across. The largest one taxed the front loader (which is rated at 500lbs maximum load) but the machine got the job done. I could see this machine working very well in the moist, warmer April/May soils.

Thanks for everyone's advice. John

 

[kingoflawns]

Congrats. My B7500 ran great. You can upgrade that machine to a la302 loader and increase the lift by 300 lbs. Enjoy and be careful, tractors can be lethal should you find yourself under one. ROPS & BELTS-PUT EM ON KEEP EM ON!