Round baler trade in price

[nowtofajob]

Getting quotes to trade in my low bale count 2015 krone comprima f155xc, been offered £12000 for it from local dealer and would have to put £17000 towards a new kuhn fb3130. doesnt sound the best deal to me, any thoughts appreciated. Dont really want to get in a best baler argument though!

 

[Wellytrack]

What’s it worth back to a Krone? Probably cheaper to buy straight and sell your own, but you likely are already aware of that..

 

[Spencer]

How many bales has Krone done?

 

[Chae1]

Just sell it privately. Otherwise if your not happy keep it and don't buy a new one. Its not old and not done many bales, why are you changing it?

 

[tweedale terrier]

Any reason you don’t want another Krone. Tbh the residuals on krone balers have never been great

 

[nowtofajob]

The krones got 3000 on the counter but its done around 7-8000 as it had a new box on a couple of years ago. we got a good deal on it originally as it was a cancelled order at our local dealer who no longer do krone. Its a good baler but a little over the top for what we want, we only ever do 4 foot bales and its a big machine for our narrow lanes and small fields. I dont do as many bales as i used to and wanted a baler now i could keep for quite a few years, the belts failing on the krone worry me a bit. We never seem to have much luck selling privately with tyre kickers and the like, but i know the krone is worth more than £12000. I'll get some more quotes in the new year now i think. If he had offered £17000 for the krone and £12000 towards a new one i would have shook his hand!

 

[Still Farming]

Put it on here classifieds possibly???

 

[Sandy]

£29k for a round baler and there’s no money in farming madness!

 

[Chae1]

So you've to put down 17000 on 8000 bales!?

It's costing over £2/bale to change?

Be cheaper getting a contractor.

I thought putting 24k to change against my 40k bale 2011 v660 was bad.

 

[tweedale terrier]

Have you had a price for a smaller krone like a fortima.

 

[nowtofajob]

Im sure it would be cheaper getting a contractor, i dont know how they make it pay, but i enjoy baling and weve got ground all over the place so it is convenient to have our own.Thanks for the replies, i'll have a think what to do in the new year now.

 

[Finn farmer]

£29k for a round baler and there’s no money in farming madness!

There is money, but not enough to make a profit. Or so they say.

 

[robo]

Getting quotes to trade in my low bale count 2015 krone comprima f155xc, been offered £12000 for it from local dealer and would have to put £17000 towards a new kuhn fb3130. doesnt sound the best deal to me, any thoughts appreciated. Dont really want to get in a best baler argument though!

would have thought you would not get a lot more for the Comprrima. We have run Krone for 25 or more years we do get excellent back up from Sharnford tractors and would go to another manufacturer if not for them . 25000 bales is enough for the belt system on them. to replace rear trace would be over 5000 and down for 3 or 4 days .but fast strong generally a descent machine

 

[spin cycle]

£29k for a round baler and there’s no money in farming madness!

it's the way of it though.....more productive machines that cost more but there's the vain hope (?)....that the extra productivity out weighs the cost......classic is sugar beet harvesting....when beet were £30/t we all ran round in cheapy single rows or a contractor charged £45.....then tims arrived....i bought good s/h one for £1250....contractor was £65/ac......now beet are £20/t ...harvesters cost £400k and contractors charge £100ac......makes no sense

 

[Yale]

Has the Kuhn had a price hike as we bought a FB 3130 last August and it was nowhere near £29k.

 

[Boohoo]

Sounds like the Kuhn dealer doesn't want the Krone

 

[spin cycle]

Sounds like the Kuhn dealer doesn't want the Krone

can you blame him

 

[Pistonbroke]

Has the Kuhn had a price hike as we bought a FB 3130 last August and it was nowhere near £29k.

I was thinking the same. Three years ago a McHale was 24500, a welger 25000 and the Kuhn was 22000 all on straight deals

 

[Yale]

I was thinking the same. Three years ago a McHale was 24500, a welger 25000 and the Kuhn was 22000 all on straight deals

Mchale was around £26800 when I was shopping around.

 

[Zebbedee]

So you've to put down 17000 on 8000 bales!?

It's costing over £2/bale to change?

Be cheaper getting a contractor.

I thought putting 24k to change against my 40k bale 2011 v660 was bad.

It is bad