Tractor Upgrade

400 or 4000? Who puts on 400 hours in 12 years?

I honestly don't know... You should phone up about that New Holland in your link, just to get an idea of what price is being asked for such a tractor. I know that seller's price will be at the higher end of the price range, but in fairness he has very well presented quality tractors.

They say it's not good for the engine not to have been worked. Especially at the start. Not sure how much truth there is to that.

Could 400 hours have been 400 hours on a new engine?

That's the story our local tractor importer used to spin years ago.

OP will it be doing slurry as well.

If it feeding during the winter and light summer work it then depends on what features you want. The main one would be whether you need a power shuttle over a mechanical shuttle. Technically you do not need to clutch with a power shuttle however you need to when stopping which is often when feeding.

An 70-100HP fairly bog standard tractor will do you especially if you have pit as opposed to bales. Whatever you buy make sure it's a straight tractor. I like the McCormick's myself they generally are good value the Cx80/90/100 etch are all manual shuttle's while the 85/95/105/115 are power shuttle's.

Below is a McCormick 105. Hours are a bit high and it has been tarted up. It states vat margin on the add whether that means + vat I am unsure. If it's + vat it's a crazy price

https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/mccormick-cx105-w-loader/34762170

At 25k you would expect if buying with no trade in a 5% discount. If it's straight and going well it's not bad value. If it's +vat it's expensive

Used to be like that in the early 90's when there was more staff,smaller tractors,more livestock maybe. Was 2 dairy herds here at 1 time. Mostly these estates are contracted out now to local big time contract farmer as the current lord is thick as a plank and great, great x's 5 grandad's drug dealing to the chinese or plunderin india money is run out.

Plunderin’ India Money. 😂

Epic burn 😂😂

All Clarke’s seem to advertise is tired high houred yokes with bad tyres in most cases, and the prices are ridiculously high. I don’t know how anyone could be attracted to that tractor above.

I came across it but cannot copy the URL. It is extensively priced at 25k sterling add vat and the exchange rate along with import duties and you would be well north of 35k by the time you had it in Ireland.

There was one in finavon in Scotland for 18750 sterling which again would be up on 27 K by the time you had it in Ireland it had 5.5k hours.

TBH it's unlikely I will change the tractor unless I came across a bargain