Posted by Jamo58 on May 25, 2010 at 10:47:23 from (67.132.72.245):
I just got off the phone with the John Deere Dealership. They sell a lot of lawn mowers and "farm" tractors going to cut 1/2 acre lots so I figured the price might be a little higher than normal but I was still willing to have them look at my baler with the hopes that I could just write the check and have it back to me in working order without all the headache and hassle of getting it running myself (had even hoped to maybe bale my second cutting with it this year). I should have known - my mom said when they came to pick it up ( I was at work), the guy stood in the barn yard and asked where it was - he was leaning on it.
The dealer told me it was going to take 1500 in parts and 1500 in labor, at a minimum. ( I didn't even want the kicker fixed, just wanted it taken off) I said the baler wouldn't even be worth that in working condition and told him thanks for his time but to send it home.
The thing is, is that I don't think they had any clue what they were looking at (not that I do either but I'm not a JD dealer) and just decided to throw money at it. I asked what we could do to bring the price down and he wouldn't budge, I don't think they wanted to even mess with it and figured the price would drive me away, which it did. Now I have to actually take a good look at it myself to really determine if it's worth the time or if I just scrap the idea and look for another baler (I've got nothing but time in it so far).
Any thoughts on a $3000 min. to get a JD 336 without a kicker up and running? Here's a pic of it, it doesn't look like scrap but from what the dealer said, maybe that's all it's worth? I'm hoping that's not the case.
Sorry for the rant and long post, just kind of disappointed. Looks like it's all rounds again this year.
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