2004 tractor prices

[Nearly]

£19,500 in 2004 is £30k today inflation included.

Meaning you'd have to be able to buy the below new equivalent 95hp tractor for £30k today. I dont think you could, but you could probably buy it for less than £40k.


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EDIT: Heres todays equivalent, 42k but also includes air con, shuttle plus electric hyds. http://www.tunstalltractors.com/shop/product/3183/Hurlimann/XA-100-GS/


Still a 25% price increase nonetheless.

Neighbour has just got one with a loader on.
Probably the one on Tunstall's site.

They really are about 3/4 scale of even a basic tractor. The rears are 16.9 34 but the fronts are 20".
Ideal for smaller sheds and drivers but I'd struggle.

 

[DrDunc]

In addition to the vast increase in machinery costs despite our produce still being worth feck all......

..... The days have definitely got shorter

Why else do we need a tractor with 150hp and the LED equivalent of WW2 bomber search lights to do the work that a wee 100hp finished in daylight 16 years ago?

Sigh, I'm away to shovel coo shyte

 

[Tarw Coch]

Thats 42k in todays money. The equivalent tractor being a 5713 or 6712.

Could you perform your equivalent in today’s prices magic to farm prices please, there would be a lot less moaning about tractor prices If farm produce had kept pace with inflation.

 

[Sheep]

Could you perform your equivalent in today’s prices magic to farm prices please, there would be a lot less moaning about tractor prices If farm produce had kept pace with inflation.

Wheat price in 2004 was £80. Which is £125 today.

I work for a tractor manufacturer, and whilst I agree there has been a serious price hike in the last three/four years. The prices of tractors are not too indifferent to that of previous years, right down to grey Fergie sized tractors, the only thing that has changed is spec levels, and increased emission level standards. There are still T2 and T3 tractors being produced for what I assume is a lower price (for other non euro markets).

 

[Tarw Coch]

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Wheat price in 2004 was £80. Which is £125 today.

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I work for a tractor manufacturer, and whilst I agree there has been a serious price hike in the last three/four years. The prices of tractors are not too indifferent to that of previous years, right down to grey Fergie sized tractors, the only thing that has changed is spec levels, and increased emission level standards. There are still T2 and T3 tractors being produced for what I assume is a lower price (for other non euro markets).

I had a lower milk price last summer than in the last years of the mmb.
Feed,fuel, fert, machinery, just about everything is up, some things more than others.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Is it possible to import a t2 or t3 tractor into here with a few hours on it? Same make a tractor id be interested in its called a laser with upto 180hp 6pot but no emmissions garbage for asia and austrailia. So how would ye go about bringin in 1 of those with say 50-100 hours on the clock?

 

[Frankzy]

Is it possible to import a t2 or t3 tractor into here with a few hours on it? Same make a tractor id be interested in its called a laser with upto 180hp 6pot but no emmissions garbage for asia and austrailia. So how would ye go about bringin in 1 of those with say 50-100 hours on the clock?

I'm not read up on the details but the short answer is you can't due to the excessive emissions...

 

[daveydiesel1]

I'm not read up on the details but the short answer is you can't due to the excessive emissions...

But it would effectively be a used machine. Could they stop me bringin in a machine built before the emmissions rules? Could always get a new plate with date of manufacture around 2000

 

[glasshouse]

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Wheat price in 2004 was £80. Which is £125 today.

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I work for a tractor manufacturer, and whilst I agree there has been a serious price hike in the last three/four years. The prices of tractors are not too indifferent to that of previous years, right down to grey Fergie sized tractors, the only thing that has changed is spec levels, and increased emission level standards. There are still T2 and T3 tractors being produced for what I assume is a lower price (for other non euro markets).

What shyte
Wheat was £125 or more in 1980 right up to 97
I sold wheat in 1987 for £165
Malt barley £160 in 1996
2004 was the nadir of prices

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

What shyte
Wheat was £125 or more in 1980 right up to 97
I sold wheat in 1987 for £165
Malt barley £160 in 1996
2004 was the nadir of prices

What were the market forces that forced such a massive drop in prices down to the 2004 levels?? And can they be replicated in today’s market place?

 

[glasshouse]

What were the market forces that forced such a massive drop in prices down to the 2004 levels?? And can they be replicated in today’s market place?

A stupidly strong pound
Some good harvests in russia etc

 

[Sheep]

What shyte
Wheat was £125 or more in 1980 right up to 97
I sold wheat in 1987 for £165
Malt barley £160 in 1996
2004 was the nadir of prices

You're absolutely right. If you had good wheat yields in the early 90s you'd have been grossing well financially