Greythundercloudys
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A mchale 550 will be 30 grand l would imagine. A guy l know payed 23 for one 5 years ago.
Errr, got quoted £31k for a McHale 5500 this summerA mchale 550 will be 30 grand l would imagine. A guy l know payed 23 for one 5 years ago.
£31k this year will be £37k next year from the percentage increases I'm hearing.Errr, got quoted £31k for a McHale 5500 this summer
A new one could easy be the thick end of £40k next year at this rate!
I wouldn't want to be farming having to pay a contractor though, their prices will have to go up significantly; and by a lot more than the wee bit our beef and lamb prices have risen this autumn
I don,t see the 2nd hand one going up at the same rate!!£31k this year will be £37k next year from the percentage increases I'm hearing.
Within the trade it’s a known fact that the actual manufacturing cost is about 30-35% of retail price for farm machinery.Got anything to corroborate this extravagant claim?
Padraic McHale told you this himself perhaps?
£8kWhat would you value a 2013 5500 with 45k bales clocked as a trade in, tidy condition?
On the basis of this FACTUAL piece of information it looks like good business then...obviously a lot more profitable than contracting!... for the life of me I can't understand why you don't set up and make your own baler/combos then.... at Euro 25k it could be paid for in the fuel savings you make from using Valtra'sFushions are only costing €25 k to make , some profit from then on.
You're wasting internet bandwidthOn the basis of this FACTUAL piece of information it looks like good business then...obviously a lot more profitable than contracting!... for the life of me I can't understand why you don't set up and make your own baler/combos then.... at Euro 25k it could be paid for in the fuel savings you make from using Valtra's
Don't know about greed .. but have you seen World commodity prices? energy up 365% on 2020, sheet metal up 234%,hot rolled coils up 200%, polyethylene up123% and the World Container Composite Index is reporting a rise of 292% over a year..Add to that that China has dramatically cut exports of steel, silicon and now magnesium and prices are only going to go one way !I was going to change mine this year, but knowing the price increase and no machine improvements and what the f**k are we paying for, be cheaper to buy a 2nd hand one for spares or run 2. This greed has to stop, is there anyone on here that are willing to pay 40, 45, or even 50k for just a round baler. Not had a new fusion price yet but won,t make good reading, how the hell are we suppose to turn a profit, the money is just not in the job anymore.
Phew ,I'm glad you're dealing in facts.. for a minute I thought you pulled those numbers out of fresh air!Within the trade it’s a known fact that the actual manufacturing cost is about 30-35% of retail price for farm machinery.
That's lower than I thought, probably keep hold of..
I was told by a guy reasonably high up in JD that tyres accounted for just over 30% of the production cost of a tractor, but followed on that the amounts spent on R&D and keeping up with ever changing emissions rules accounted for more. The physical machine is the cheap partWithin the trade it’s a known fact that the actual manufacturing cost is about 30-35% of retail price for farm machinery.