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<blockquote data-quote="Pheasant Surprise" data-source="post: 5844080" data-attributes="member: 1103"><p>Well sort of...I have no clue how it works in your neck of the woods, but around East Anglia I could point you where to have a sniff about for Hitachi, Volvo or Kubota for example, there are several large well known plant (and Ag dealers) around the country that have hire fleet machines that they then sell on. It’s worth picking up a copy of Earthmovers at the newsagent and having a flick through the back pages to see what and who is selling stuff.</p><p></p><p>I would generally distrust eBay unless you <em>really</em> know your sh!t and/or do your homework on the seller and machine. There are decent machines on there but also a lot of fraudsters and pee takers. eBay has massive widespread appeal but there’s so much chaff to sift through and very little wheat nowadays.</p><p></p><p>In very general terms the smaller the machine, the more likely it is too have had lots of drivers and owners and potentially more wear and tear. 2.7 to 8 ton 360s represent the the equivalent of “mid range” 80 to 250 hp tractors - they sell in the highest volumes, hold their values the best (compared to larger or smaller machines) but also require a healthy degree of skepticism if your buying second or third hand, because they’re so popular.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pheasant Surprise, post: 5844080, member: 1103"] Well sort of...I have no clue how it works in your neck of the woods, but around East Anglia I could point you where to have a sniff about for Hitachi, Volvo or Kubota for example, there are several large well known plant (and Ag dealers) around the country that have hire fleet machines that they then sell on. It’s worth picking up a copy of Earthmovers at the newsagent and having a flick through the back pages to see what and who is selling stuff. I would generally distrust eBay unless you [I]really[/I] know your sh!t and/or do your homework on the seller and machine. There are decent machines on there but also a lot of fraudsters and pee takers. eBay has massive widespread appeal but there’s so much chaff to sift through and very little wheat nowadays. In very general terms the smaller the machine, the more likely it is too have had lots of drivers and owners and potentially more wear and tear. 2.7 to 8 ton 360s represent the the equivalent of “mid range” 80 to 250 hp tractors - they sell in the highest volumes, hold their values the best (compared to larger or smaller machines) but also require a healthy degree of skepticism if your buying second or third hand, because they’re so popular. [/QUOTE]
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