New Holland tx66 - what’s it worth?

[Romeogolf]

Looking for sensible valuations of my New Holland TX 66 which sadly may be for sale this year.

1998 but registered 2004
2700 threshing hours
20ft auto level header & trolley
Auto levelling sieves
650 tyres
Later type flip up rotary screen
Electric mirrors and cameras etc
Chopper
Chaff spreader
Sieves taken out every year, cleaned and oiled.

Serviced every year and owner driven
Lots of new belts chains recent years
New knife with bolt on blades 2 years ago
Reel resprayed and always kept under cover.
Very well sorted and looked after machine, potentially for sale due to no fault of its own.
Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[Timbo]

£30k ish ?

 

[Romeogolf]

I would have hoped to achieve mid 30’s if I’m honest, but I’m open minded to her value hence the question.

I know there’s been a few posts on her looking for a similar machine, any one still in the market?

 

[Horn&corn]

this is to cheap I’d have thought. If I could justify it I’d buy yours but only 100ac of corn now with too many cows! Hope you get well over £30k russ

 

[HAM135]

Early CX/CR's can now be found from around mid £30k's now

 

[KennyO]

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this is to cheap I’d have thought. If I could justify it I’d buy yours but only 100ac of corn now with too many cows! Hope you get well over £30k russ

That is my old machine. Sold it last year for a lot less than that. It was a good machine but always looks better in pictures.

Everyone tells you TXs are worth lots but finding someone who is willing to pay for them is a different story as I found out when selling that one. Especially so when the hours are higher.

A cx is a much nice place to spend a day and they are getting cheaper now.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Looking for sensible valuations of my New Holland TX 66 which sadly may be for sale this year.

1998 but registered 2004
2700 threshing hours
20ft auto level header & trolley
Auto levelling sieves
650 tyres
Later type flip up rotary screen
Electric mirrors and cameras etc
Chopper
Chaff spreader
Sieves taken out every year, cleaned and oiled.

Serviced every year and owner driven
Lots of new belts chains recent years
New knife with bolt on blades 2 years ago
Reel resprayed and always kept under cover.
Very well sorted and looked after machine, potentially for sale due to no fault of its own.
Any thoughts appreciated.
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I'd say £25k

 

[v8willy]

It seems once any combine gets in around 3000 hours it’s a lot harder to find buyers for them irrespective of condition.

 

[Steevo]

It seems once any combine gets in around 3000 hours it’s a lot harder to find buyers for them irrespective of condition.

This is very true I think. A low hours combine will always hold its value better.

Even buying at 2500hrs, it’s not long to get to 3000hrs by which time as you have trouble shifting it on again. Buying at 1000 or 1500 and selling before it racks up too many hours helps a lot in that respect.

 

[Romeogolf]

That is my old machine. Sold it last year for a lot less than that. It was a good machine but always looks better in pictures.

Everyone tells you TXs are worth lots but finding someone who is willing to pay for them is a different story as I found out when selling that one. Especially so when the hours are higher.A cx is a much nice place to spend a day and they are getting cheaper now.
A cx is a much nice place to spend a day and they are getting cheaper now.

This is why I ask, because if you try buying one from well known dealers they are all near £40k, but I always wonder who actually buys them, if anyone

It seems once any combine gets in around 3000 hours it’s a lot harder to find buyers for them irrespective of condition.

As much as I agree, I would far sooner run this for another 1500 hours than I would buy the equivalent CX with 1500 on the clock that had been poorly looked after, you cannot beat a good, careful owner on combines in my opinion.

 

[Donkey Oaty]

New Holland TX 65 Plus Combine 1998 c/w 17ft high-capacity header and transport trolley (Engine 2,953hrs, Drum 2,550hrs)

This made £42000 at a farm sale near here 3 weeks ago.

 

[Romeogolf]

This is very true I think. A low hours combine will always hold its value better.

Even buying at 2500hrs, it’s not long to get to 3000hrs by which time as you have trouble shifting it on again. Buying at 1000 or 1500 and selling before it racks up too many hours helps a lot in that respect.

I consider mine quite low hours for her age!

 

[Romeogolf]

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this is to cheap I’d have thought. If I could justify it I’d buy yours but only 100ac of corn now with too many cows! Hope you get well over £30k russ

She would do you well John, I would even deliver her!

 

[SilliamWhale]

New Holland TX 65 Plus Combine 1998 c/w 17ft high-capacity header and transport trolley (Engine 2,953hrs, Drum 2,550hrs)

This made £42000 at a farm sale near here 3 weeks ago.

A 65 is just a different market to a 66 though. APH were asking at least £32k for a 65 a month or two ago and think it was 4000 odd engine hours and 38-900 drum. 66's at the same hours would be 7-10k less

 

[Steevo]

This is why I ask, because if you try buying one from well known dealers they are all near £40k, but I always wonder who actually buys them, if anyone



As much as I agree, I would far sooner run this for another 1500 hours than I would buy the equivalent CX with 1500 on the clock that had been poorly looked after, you cannot beat a good, careful owner on combines in my opinion.

Spot on. No point buying someone else’s problems.

 

[SilliamWhale]

This is very true I think. A low hours combine will always hold its value better.

Even buying at 2500hrs, it’s not long to get to 3000hrs by which time as you have trouble shifting it on again. Buying at 1000 or 1500 and selling before it racks up too many hours helps a lot in that respect.

I think technically speaking a low hours combine is probably likely to lose more money than a high hours one. The key is how happy you are to live with the higher hours for the "fear" of a big breakdown.

 

[SilliamWhale]

As much as I agree, I would far sooner run this for another 1500 hours than I would buy the equivalent CX with 1500 on the clock that had been poorly looked after, you cannot beat a good, careful owner on combines in my opinion.

That will do another 1500 hours easy. Probably be worth not much more than £16k then but will hardly be worthless.

Its basically belts, bearings and chains. Everything else is down to luck and spotting problems - even breakdowns are unlikely to be massive money even if annoying

 

[Steevo]

I think technically speaking a low hours combine is probably likely to lose more money than a high hours one. The key is how happy you are to live with the higher hours for the "fear" of a big breakdown.

Perhaps so…..I guess it depends on age.

I was thinking in terms of a 10-15 year old machine. A low hours model will be a more popular buy and will have a ready market. High hours less so. Supply and demand in play.

However, run a machine from new for 5 years and I would say age is the bigger factor to value loss compared to hours. The machine would depreciate quickly just standing still.

 

[alomy75]

Ours is same hours and condition but on a W plate, 800 tyres and came with a twin axle mekanag header trailer. Paid 26000 in a farm sale autumn 2019. Hammer very nearly fell at 24000 until someone else piped up. Never missed a beat last harvest and is a world away from the tx34 it replaced . We did go after a lesser combine the year before which had been on sand land and was more worn despite less hours and that made 32; came with a biso osr header extension though. I think if you’re desperate to sell it’s a 25-28k machine but I’d keep it if you know it. If you don’t mind getting oily there’s not much you can’t fix yourself on a 66 without the need of a technician to ‘plug in’.

 

[Romeogolf]

That’s one of the many reason I like it, you can have a fair go at fixing it yourself.

Reliable harvest help seems harder to come by, every year friends get excited about driving a grain trailer but with land split over 6 blocks and a lot of road work, as we all know help is not always good help and a few inevitable let downs can really mess up your harvest schedule.

If it was worth mid 30’s I might be tempted to go back to contractors and use the capital elsewhere, but for £20k I’d keep her and put up with the logistical problems that come with trying to do a lot on your own.

It’s that age old equation of either selling something whilst it still has some reasonable value, or better the problem you know until it dies.