John Deere 6120

locky76

This tractor looks like real value to me anyway:
£15,500 sterling for a 2 wheel drive, 2005, 85HP tractor with only 1000 hours up on it.
My plan would be to put a loader on it, you have it home in the yard with a new loader put on along the way for around €21,000, surely good value.
Anything I'm missing???:rolleyes:
http://farm.autotrader.co.uk/stock-item-id/at8a647b6f2edd43fd012ee84e57c27f7d/advert

Tipp Man

locky76 wrote: »

This tractor looks like real value to me anyway:
£15,500 sterling for a 2 wheel drive, 2005, 85HP tractor with only 1000 hours up on it.
My plan would be to put a loader on it, you have it home in the yard with a new loader put on along the way for around €21,000, surely good value.
Anything I'm missing???:rolleyes:
http://farm.autotrader.co.uk/stock-item-id/at8a647b6f2edd43fd012ee84e57c27f7d/advert

GBP 15,500 is EUR 17,500, so you plan on picking up a new loader for EUR 2,500??

Our new loader in 2008 was about 10k.

Looks a nice tidy tractor though

reilig

That's from hallmark tractors in Leicestershire.

Don't forget to add in the costs of your flights to look at the tractor in the first place before you to commit to buying it, the cost of getting it brought to Ireland. And then when you're finished, add UK Vat to it at 20%.

That could put the cost of it to €23k before you put a loader on it at all.

A decent joystick loader with 1 or 2 attachments will set you back at least €6k.

locky76

reilig wrote: »

That's from hallmark tractors in Leicestershire.

Don't forget to add in the costs of your flights to look at the tractor in the first place before you to commit to buying it, the cost of getting it brought to Ireland. And then when you're finished, add UK Vat to it at 20%.

That could put the cost of it to €23k before you put a loader on it at all.

A decent joystick loader with 1 or 2 attachments will set you back at least €6k.

Maybe €23k was a tad optimistic Reilig, i suppose the wrong side of €25k would be more realistic but it looks like a bullet proof tractor for the next 20 years.

reps4

would reccommend getting a 4wd if plan on putting on a loader.

locky76

reps4 wrote: »

would reccommend getting a 4wd if plan on putting on a loader.

I don't see the point in always getting a 4wd.
With a 2wd you nearly guaranteed it hasn't been dogged, they normally have much lower hours and there's less to go wrong with a 2wd. Personally i think the front axle is well able for a loader and a farmer's needs, i don't travel the land in wet conditions.
I would be bringing in 250 silage bales with it and handling them during the winter.
Maybe also a bit of farm yard manure shifting etc. etc. nothing too heavy.
All in all i think the 2wd wins out over the 4wd, whats the worst that can happen, maybe a broken stub axle or recondition the steering in ten years time.

keep going

please yourself but 2wd with a loader is about 20% as usefull as 4wd. they are like a lawnmower and a tractor