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Ukjay

Member
Location
Wales!
If all you are going to get is £600 I would keep it. You never know when it might come in handy. If you value your time there is a cost in removing the brackets and hassle of selling it.

Plus tractors appear to sell for more with loaders if it ends up too much hassle 😂
 

DeeGee

Member
Location
North East Wales
Unless you are going to get about a thousand for the loader why bother messing about taking things to bits; maybe better to leave the brackets on and park up the loader somewhere in case you ever need it?
As has also been said it could add to the tractor value if you ever sell it?

However whatever advice may be given on here, you alone will know whether you want to keep it or sell.
 

Ukjay

Member
Location
Wales!
Unless you are going to get about a thousand for the loader why bother messing about taking things to bits; maybe better to leave the brackets on and park up the loader somewhere in case you ever need it?
As has also been said it could add to the tractor value if you ever sell it?

However whatever advice may be given on here, you alone will know whether you want to keep it or sell.

All points greatly received 👍

I personally will never use it as we have a Telehandler that is far more robust for lifting imho.
I moved away from the idea of front loader and the impractical distortion of field vision out front with it on, and to be honest, it's a bloody faff putting it on and off..
 

dowcow

Member
Location
Lancashire
We have a telehandler but the old 885 with a loader on it still comes in very handy from time to time. When shifting bales we can take one to the field and leave the other at home, handy in breakdowns and always useful to just shift a bale of straw, bag of fert etc while the other machine is busy. Also, great as the telehandler is, if I need to go across a wet field the tractor will make less mess. The loader was once removed and lay resting for a year or two, but since putting it back on it comes in all the time. Certainly wouldn't sell it for 600 quid.
 

Ukjay

Member
Location
Wales!
We have a telehandler but the old 885 with a loader on it still comes in very handy from time to time. When shifting bales we can take one to the field and leave the other at home, handy in breakdowns and always useful to just shift a bale of straw, bag of fert etc while the other machine is busy. Also, great as the telehandler is, if I need to go across a wet field the tractor will make less mess. The loader was once removed and lay resting for a year or two, but since putting it back on it comes in all the time. Certainly wouldn't sell it for 600 quid.

Absolutely understand where you are coming from, but we are not as commercial as you, so our requirements are less time specific.
We are fortunate I suppose, that our business can accept some delay / impact vs traditional farming requirements...
 

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