All our dealers are closed except for parts to be sent out or left out for you to collect, New machines are being cancelled , the price of beef and lamb and pork have all dropped this week, the breweries are closed , no need for malting barley , I think a lot of dealers who were living on the edge could go belly up. Can they survive this disaster , I hope they do as we need them all.
The effects of the virus on machinery dealers.
- Thread starter james ds
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- Location
- Shropshire
Rang one of ours yesterday to enquire about a demo drill we were looking at,
Rang back today to say no drills until November, once stock machines are sold and dealers yards emptied that could be it.
Rang back today to say no drills until November, once stock machines are sold and dealers yards emptied that could be it.
icanshootwell
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- Location
- Ross-on-wye
Won,t the banks give them a 3 month holiday? I did notice my credit card company did,t help themselves to my account last month, which was nice.
- Location
- Cirencester
I was offered a tractor demo week before last as was interested, and the dealer is doing repairs/call outs etc but any more than that I dont know.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Might bring tractors back down to a realistic price that reflects the returns in farming 
- Location
- Cirencester
We can but dream, I did tell the salesman that he was too expensive, his reply "all brands are that expensive" so I informed him that "all brands" are too expensive! It's getting stupid, it would cost me £62k to change for an ex demo machine with px of mine. Yet I can get the same machine with 1500hr on the clock for 65k with no part exchange.Might bring tractors back down to a realistic price that reflects the returns in farming
fiat 9090
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- Location
- co offaly eire
The smaller family owned dealers with only a couple working for them are grand,and parts are still coming in from Europe, yes the big dealers with salesmen and a lot of staff could go ,its the same with contracting a lot of the bigger men with a lot of staff and big repayments could go under if mmoney tightens which it will
Money is fierce tight at the minute , I see it in the sale of fencing , there’s no money in farmers pockets.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
My last tractor (unwanted!) quote meant that for the same money i could buy 5 tractors like my TM trade in thats going up in value and still reliable... so didnt bother, seems its much cheaper to buy 3 tractors like the one you own for spares.
Superted820
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- Location
- Cornwall.
Spot on that.
- Location
- Co antrim
Nothin against the dealers cause most o them is just runnin a business the same as the rest o us apart from the big multi premise multi franchise boys. but i wouldnt have much sympathy for the manufactures who just giv everythin a price rise at every excuse they get. A run of the mill tractor costin around 100k is total madness if you put it into perspective how many beef cattle is that how many litres of milk, tonnes of potatoes/grain its just not on and once buy it then u need a yard full of equipment to put on it. Just dont add up
fiat 9090
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- Location
- co offaly eire
Not a penny just the essentials,
Johnnyboxer
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- Location
- Yorkshire
There will be a mad scramble for all new (in the yard), demo and used farm machinery in dealers yards
When it's gone ......it's gone
fiat 9090
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- Location
- co offaly eire
Frankly I can see us going back 30 years where there was no money lads were delighted to get a days work ,machines were kept and fixed up ,and customers have more respect for contractors and garages,the banks will have only a limited supply of money and big jobs like silage will be shared or only partly contracted out
- Location
- North Wales
This is the affect of the lockdown that's saving lives.
The downside is that a lot of businesses are going to go under and once this crisis is over it will be a very different world to the one it was.
The downside is that a lot of businesses are going to go under and once this crisis is over it will be a very different world to the one it was.
The thing I noticed is that nobody is making money but then nobody is spending money , so you don’t need as much when you can’t spend it. Some people will be worse off after this and some will be better off after this . All in all most will survive , one of the first casualties gone is the local golf club , a very good mature course , has been set to a farmer today for grass . Over near you fiat 9090
Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
Might bring tractors back down to a realistic price that reflects the returns in farming
What you wanting a belarus?
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I could hear mowers going on next door golf course. I was thinking it would be better saved for hay
Dman2
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- Location
- Durham, UK
Spot on there James, its not always what you make but what you spend that makes the difference