SilliamWhale
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Heres a classic mid nineties scene for you. Except that its the other day!
Ford /NH 40 series
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SilliamWhale
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£8750? Maybe a bit less.
My pic was last may....... As ever 20years behind everyone else......
boyo
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
SilliamWhale
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Its never as much as you hope is it?
Do people agree with silliam?
My old man reckons he paid over £27k for his 7740 in 1994. Had he got brain fade or was it about that? Would be 50k today for 100hp tractor.
SilliamWhale
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Yes its in very good condition looks quite new for its age. Has needed some fiddling about with but its good and v simple. Im not totally in the dark ages though as ive got autosteering on this
- Location
- Larne, Northern Ireland
I think list price for a 7740 SLE 4wd in 1994 was £34,000
- Location
- Lincolnshire
7740 4WD SLE 3/8/92 £22,500 + vat... no trade in. then a 2WD version 30/10/93 22,000 + vat
And just for comparison, 8830 27/8/93 40,500 + vat
I'd hope for a bit more too. But I hate trying to value tractors.Its never as much as you hope is it?
Do people agree with silliam?
A bog standard 7740 on ebay would be £7k.........and yet there's this...
JEL quoted us £26,500 for a 7840 in 1995.........
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
Think we paid just about £27k for a new white roof 7840 SL dual power in Jan 1995.
Seem to think it was £800 more that the 7740 , dad thought the extra two pistons were cheap at that difference.
Don't get me wrong mine is not exceptional but I don't think there are many around as good as it is......I'd hope for a bit more too. But I hate trying to value tractors.
A bog standard 7740 on ebay would be £7k.........and yet there's this...
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Andy044
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Hi all, I've a 1998 7840 NewHolland tractor here.
It was bought new and was a frontline runner until it was 4 years old when it got sent off to have a mounted saw adapted to fit.
In the past 4 years it had only seen a few outings and had just clocked over 7000 hrs.
Because of this we took the decision to remove the saw and are in the process of re-commissioning the tractor to use it for light jobs and as a back up tractor.
Please note that the pictures are of the tractor in its working clothes.
The rims have since been resprayed and the rest of the tractor is getting general tidy up as we speak.
Although as our TM140 is out of action it looks like its first job may be on the slurry pump..
These pictures were taken in 2011.
We are still looking out for a set of clip on mud guards if anyone knows where we might find some.
We are happy to buy out of a scrapyard. Although we have searched the ones local to us we are open to hearing of potential breakers on the mainland.
It was bought new and was a frontline runner until it was 4 years old when it got sent off to have a mounted saw adapted to fit.
In the past 4 years it had only seen a few outings and had just clocked over 7000 hrs.
Because of this we took the decision to remove the saw and are in the process of re-commissioning the tractor to use it for light jobs and as a back up tractor.
Please note that the pictures are of the tractor in its working clothes.
The rims have since been resprayed and the rest of the tractor is getting general tidy up as we speak.
Although as our TM140 is out of action it looks like its first job may be on the slurry pump..
These pictures were taken in 2011.
We are still looking out for a set of clip on mud guards if anyone knows where we might find some.
We are happy to buy out of a scrapyard. Although we have searched the ones local to us we are open to hearing of potential breakers on the mainland.
SilliamWhale
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I imagine pre internet days there could have been a chunk more price on tractors in different dealerships ie less comparing going on and maybe even more loyalty.The old man bought two 7740 sl's one in 95 one in 96. Paid for both of them outright.
Different times!
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Paid £15k and a low powered 7810 in 1996 for a 7840 SL DP.
I took exactly NO pictures in the 1990's.
We had a fleet of 7840 and 2 7740's
Same here. Did much more interesting stuff back then than I do now. But didn't take any pics. No time, and no digital cameras.Paid £15k and a low powered 7810 in 1996 for a 7840 SL DP.
I took exactly NO pictures in the 1990's.
We had a fleet of 7840 and 2 7740's
HTV Wales did a short film of us harvesting spuds once, thankfully it's disappeared....
Magnums'R'Us
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Don't think I did too bad then bought 2 7740 4wds although on narrow tyres one was an N reg white roof bought in Nov95 the other was a R reg blue roof and bought in 98 but was a 95 tractor and paid £18000 for the first one and 18500 for the later one they had done approx 700 hrs each sold the M reg for a 8340 which we still have and the R reg tractor had air con both had front mudguards
Andy is that a hydrocut saw