YM 155 estimate

Jethro · Aug 29, 2006

I am looking at a 1982 YM 155. Any idea what a fair price would be? It seems to run good, good tires, etc. The only problem I am aware of is that the hour meter needs a new cable. It displays 95 hours. the owner guesses it is not too far off.

pruntyc · Aug 29, 2006

I would say he is a very poor guesser or a liar. That is a 24 year old tractor, and sold and used in this country. Now would you really believe it was only used about 4 hours a year????????

mark777 · Aug 30, 2006

I have a YM1300 (D) and it is nearly identical to the 155. The operator area is very small, my feet are tangled constantly, I feel like I'm sitting on top of "Snoopys dog house" and with a new adjustable seat the lift arms hit me in the back, in the fully up position. But I wouldn't sell it and have had many offers....I love the dang thing.

In addition to it's occasional grass cutting duties, I've pulled a boat and trailer, other small tractors, pick ups and cars that were stuck in the mud (with my weights on the front). The YM155, in very good condition, should bring $1800-2000.

Dick is correct...My hour meter originally had 426 hours. Could be 1426 or 2426 as nobody but the original owner knows for sure.

Mark

normde2001 · Aug 30, 2006

pruntyc said:
I would say he is a very poor guesser or a liar. That is a 24 year old tractor, and sold and used in this country. Now would you really believe it was only used about 4 hours a year????????

A 3 digit hour meter has absolutely no meaning as far as total hours on a tractor. By the way, I have only put about 95 hours on my YM2000B in a little over 5 years.

pruntyc · Aug 30, 2006

For some reason it would seem you are wanting to start some kind of an argument Norm. No one is so bad in math, that they wouldn't be able to see that there is a lot of difference between 95 hours in 5 years and 95 hours in 24 years. He said that the man guesses that it is not too far off.
And I said he is either a very poor guesser or a liar, and I will stand on that, and I believe just about everyone else on here, will agree with me, except you from what you are saying.

normde2001 · Aug 30, 2006

pruntyc said:
For some reason it would seem you are wanting to start some kind of an argument Norm. No one is so bad in math, that they wouldn't be able to see that there is a lot of difference between 95 hours in 5 years and 95 hours in 24 years. He said that the man guesses that it is not too far off.
And I said he is either a very poor guesser or a liar, and I will stand on that, and I believe just about everyone else on here, will agree with me, except you from what you are saying.

Think what you like, Dick. All I'm saying is that if someone can average 19 hours a year on a tractor over a period of years, it is totally concievable that someone else could average 4.

pruntyc · Aug 30, 2006

Well, you can also think what you will. As he would have had to buy a new tractor, and I just can not believe anyone would buy a new tractor, and not use it anymore than four hours a year. Whereas you bought a used one, at a much lower price than a new one. That is probably why you bought a used one, because you really didn't need one, just wanted one.

roxynoodle · Aug 30, 2006

Just in case anyone wanted to know, there are people that bad in math... or maybe it is that they have no concept of what a reasonable answer is. I have had students years ago in a very basic math class add up hours on a timecard and some had answers of 26.8 for one day. Last I checked, since a day only has 24 hours it would not be possible to work more than that in one day. These students had no idea why that answer had to be wrong. Last year one of my honors Pre-Calculus students worked a problem using Newton's Law of Cooling and told me the room temperature was 19,000+ degrees. I just wrote on his paper "we would all be dead".

It is possible someone only averaged 4 hours a year on a tractor but not at all probable. Although I have a neighbor with a big Farmall that he seems to have no use for. The only 2 times I've seen it move was because I asked him to do something for me (use boom pole to lift heavy things I could not fit on my loader).

tallyho8 · Aug 30, 2006

I believe that most of you missed the point. Jethro was asking what a fair price would be, not if you thought the seller was lying about the hours. Since I'm a newbie, I can't give him any estimates of how much it's worth but I hope a couple of you veteran members can........

normde2001 · Aug 31, 2006

pruntyc said:
Well, you can also think what you will. As he would have had to buy a new tractor, and I just can not believe anyone would buy a new tractor, and not use it anymore than four hours a year. Whereas you bought a used one, at a much lower price than a new one. That is probably why you bought a used one, because you really didn't need one, just wanted one.

Your logic is astounding

, have a nice day.