Bobcat telehandlers

[d williams]

Would you get the same figure from JCB, manitou or Merlo dealers? I totally understand your fears but looking at it from bobcats point of view, they give you 0% finance, 5 year warranty and you want a guaranteed buy back figure too, that’s not their business if you want that then lease / hire the machine so you know the total cost over the period?

If you commit to buy something then fundamentally the risk of what’s it’s worth second hand lies with the you it’s unfair to expect someone else to foot that risk.

The other way to look at it is how much less resale can you afford absorb knowing that you have a five year warranty and will have no unforeseen bills over the period. Every single time we had someone at our old merlo to fix it the bill was always £1k+ So a few of those soon make a risk of lower residuals seem insignificant.

just my opinion obviously but something to consider when labour is so expensive these days.

We had a less then 3 yr old claas at the time and wasn’t even considering change it was dealer pushing and if you don’t ask then you don’t get ( we didn’t) so left it there they will get the chance to price when time is right to change no hard feelings

 

[Mart.benfro]

I’ve had a 30.60 for 6 months ,very pleased with it ,easy to use &had no issues whatsoever (yet!)

 

[Massey mad]

thanks everyone for the responses. I know the resale value is the only real unknown but having experienced unreliable machines and poor service from other brands/ dealers. For us now with telehandlers its not so much about the overall performance of the machine it mainly hinges on warranty, service and finance package. We want to know the running costs on said machine over the next 5 years or whatever