Tractor registrations 50% down

jh.

Member
Location
fife
One question is , will they just drop production and leave the prices high , or drop the prices and try and sell more units?
 

D14

Member
One question is , will they just drop production and leave the prices high , or drop the prices and try and sell more units?

They’ll drop production otherwise it’ll destroy dealers if they drop prices as everything in their yards will devalue. That’s used stock and new stuff already paid for unsold.

Most foreign manufacturers shut down for a month every summer anyway.
 

capfits

Member
Surprised it is down to that extent.
Priced a tractor for May/June delivery and prices were keener than previous year.
Was built pre shutdown and is home all good.
 

Chae1

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
One question is , will they just drop production and leave the prices high , or drop the prices and try and sell more units?
They are just offering better terms. Got 4 years interest free on tractor we just bought.

Yes I know we'll have paid for it somewhere, before some ar$e pipes up.

Production has stopped of some brands. Factories had to close because of social distancing.

If I hadn't bought a stock tractor delivery would have been September so order books must be quite full.
 

ColinV6

Member
There’s a demo New Holland T5 coming to our spec that was due in late June, spoke to salesman yesterday and he says it’ll be the end of the year now!
 

Bald Rick

Moderator
Livestock Farmer
Location
Anglesey
Thing is ... there are “bargains” to be had

And by bargain, I still mean eye watering but less eye watering than before lockdown
 

ColinV6

Member
There horrible things them T5s so your not missing out :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Genuine question but why don’t you like it exactly?

I saw one in the dealers yard when we demo’d a T6 and it caught my eye. It’s a T5.140 dynamic we are waiting to try, front and rear suspension and 600 tyres.
 

Sheep

Member
Location
Northern Ireland
There horrible things them T5s so your not missing out :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
Genuine question but why don’t you like it exactly?

I saw one in the dealers yard when we demo’d a T6 and it caught my eye. It’s a T5.140 dynamic we are waiting to try, front and rear suspension and 600 tyres.

The new T5 is different than the older models. The T5 DCT which you are waiting to try is Stage V and has the T6 cab etc - a big step up from the older generation.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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    Votes: 79 42.7%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 64 34.6%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 30 16.2%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 6 3.2%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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