diesel mini-tractor

[ftb87]

looking for a used 2 or 3 clynder diesel tractor. does anyone know what one would pay for one?

 

[drees1]

Go on to E-bay and search under tractor and highest price first. Then start scrolling down. There's lots of them from about $20k new with loaders down to around $2500 for a plain Jane beater. It will give you an idea. If you do an extended search and click on include sold items, you will get actual selling prices of sold ones. Personally, I would not go all the way to the bottom. It always takes some work to get the bottom dollar ones going. I am learing this now with a bottom dollar Minneapolis Moline M-602 diesel. Nice tractor, but I should have bought better condition to start with.



Oh check out the small Psqualli tractor. 4WD articulated 2cyl Italian diesel. Very nice little tractor, on E-Bay. Not sure if I spelled the name right.



Doug Rees

 

[JBlock]

Kubota are great

I have got a Kubota L245DT, 25 horsepower 4x4, it is 1978-80,era.



with a loader yor looking at $5,000 for most similar units, if your near Canada they're tractors run about 30% less for the same tractor. I need a 34 horseower kubota with backhoe attachment, but it be awhile before I sell mine, Might keep it for the rotiller rather than swaping the backhoe off to mow.



I not sure what size your looking for. seems smaller than mine since your saying two or three cylinder, mine a three clyinder had it since 1986. It get a work out on the five acres. I need a 60 inch cutter if anyone interested trading for the 48 inch weed hog on it.



JB

 

[illflem]

When you say two or three cylinder you're talking a pretty wide range. I have a three cylinder Kubota that puts out less than 25 hp, three cylinder turbocharged JD that's good for 80 and a three cylinder Massey that does 52. For good answers here perhaps it's better if you speak in terms of hp rather than number of cylinders.

 

[bmoeller]

Originally posted by illflem

When you say two or three cylinder you're talking a pretty wide range. For good answers here perhaps it's better if you speak in terms of hp rather than number of cylinders.

Would have to agree. If you mean smaller tractors (older 20-30 hp range), a Deere 850 (early '80's) I've seen generally run abouts $5-7K. Good cond. w/mower. The new ones (4000 series) are pricey.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Small diesel tractors = ~big bucks.

You can pay more per HP for these little ones than for big power due to the "gentleman farmer" demand. Just like used cars, it can be hard for the private owner to sell due to financing where as the dealer has some options but will charge more for the used machine.



On occasion, I see one with an attachment or two at a good price in my weekly farm paper I get. Probably someone trying to get just a bit more than the dealer is willing to pay. And don't get me wrong, I am not dissing dealers. Some gouge, some don't.



I was at an auction midsummer last year where they had maybe fifty compacts. Some were dealer owned machines that had simply sat on the lot for some time. In a lot of cases, the machines could be had at or below cost and went unsold. It was the perfect buyers market.

 

[d90boy]

It is amazing to me what they cost as well. I paid around $16K for a new JD 4310 a couple months ago. Even used JD are expensive. They also make those cheaper ones like the 950 or whatever, still a new tractor but without all the bells and whistles of the 4000 series.

 

[illflem]

The 800 and 900 series JD tractors are made in Japan by Yanmar. Good tractors, but buy one without the green paint and save a few grand for the exact same tractor.

 

[ftb87]

I only have an one acre, however I need to move a lot of rock and dirt. Hopefully a 40 HP would work. Keep giving me more information, this is very helpful information.



Thanks

Frank

 

[QRTRHRS]

Quite adequately. Tractors are rated two ways. Engine HP and PTO HP. When your discussing tractors, it is generally understood that your talking PTO HP but you never know with compacts. My 1260 Massey is 40/33, 33 being the PTO output.



You could easily do with less HP with just an acre. If your going to be moving rocks and dirt, your talking front end loader. Make sure what it can lift and how high. Mine is supposed to pick up to 1300 lbs but 900 makes it struggle. I could add another pump to boost up the pressure but then I maybe would bend the rams too. These compacts are not the most stable platform either. When I do a bunch of loader work, I like to hang my backhoe on to stablize it.



Speaking of backhoes, you can go 3 PT hookup or subframe. If you are thinking backhoe, think subframe. I have seen the transmission/rearend housing busted up pretty good by using a 3 PT mount. These little hoes are no subsitute for the real deal but if you have a bunch of trenching, they will pay for themselves.

 

[Elite1]

You may also consider a bobcat if in fact you are doing mostly loader type work. I love mine and I also have a backhoe attachment. I used to have a very small kubota, but the bucket was almost worthless, although I liked the gannon for fine grading in tight areas and it had a nice tiller attachment. BTW: my 763bobcat has a kubota 32 HP diesel motor.