Have a friend who deals used equipment. Did some chisel plowing for him a few years ago, we quit using the JDs as they got to about 1920-1930 hours, value really drops on them at 2000.
Magnums, whole "nother story, no trouble selling an 8950 with 10-12,000 hours. That same spring he bought and sold 8 of them, and only three made it off the auction lots before he had them re-sold. One was backing off the trailer at his lot when it sold.
Some guys buy new equipment like most people change their underwear. Same friend bought three, one-yr-old, MX285s off a sale, less then 1000 hours on two, the third had 19 hours, and still had the little nubs on the tires. The guy, vegetable grower, had somewhere around 20 of them, replaced them all every year. Fully loaded, everything but the creeper gear. Heated leather seat, power mirrors, the works.
Seems to me you'd be better off buying a good 70-$100,000 tractor and using it a few years. Granted, there is no maintenance cost besides a couple oil changes, the way this guy did it, but on something like an 7250, 8950, as long as you keep the accumulators charged and fluids in it, they are pretty cheap to maintain as well.
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