Why are second hand rubber tracked crawlers so cheap?

[DrWazzock]

Why?

 

[Clive]

Why?

having once owned new ones i know !

running costs to make your eyes water

 

[DrWazzock]

I imagine the tracks would be expensive to replace. How long do they last? What else adds to running costs? I used to hear stories about expensive transmission faults in the early days but have these not been worked through or ironed out?

 

[Clive]

I imagine the tracks would be expensive to replace. How long do they last? What else adds to running costs? I used to hear stories about expensive transmission faults in the early days but have these not been worked through or ironed out?

its not the tracks really, modern big tyres can cost near as much

it’s transmissions in my experience that get a lot more hammer it seems and are VERY expensive to repair

Big HP is expensive to service and repair on tracks or wheels though

 

[warksfarmer]

Why?

Depends on the brand and then model. The claas challenger 75e we owned didn’t cost a penny in the 4500 hours we put in it, other than routine servicing. It cost £4.44/hr in depreciation which I’m sure if we’d kept it (like we should of done!) that would of halved by now.

JD’s are bad for depreciation though, even though I’m half looking for one

 

[haybob]

I've seen retirement sales with really smart crawlers make 20-30k. Must be painful for vendors to see what was over 100k to them when they bought it

 

[DrWazzock]

I always fancied one but could never justify it.

 

[Hilly]

I always fancied one but could never justify it.

My brother has a cracker forsale cat challenger under 15k very tidy !

 

[teslacoils]

I expect our cat 55 is worth as much as we paid for it 3000 hrs ago. New gearbox though, but nothing else. Not overly dear to run.

 

[Robt]

What did the gearbox cost!!

 

[Dukes Fit]

Was tempted by a 9380 Case a few years ago, think it was £27,500.

Have no idea what I'd have done with it but it would have been cheap horsepower

 

[rob h]

I keep looking at cat 45 but ploughing Is really the only job it would do better than my wheeled tractor Also not much use on a trailer so a bit of a luxury just for 1job

 

[snarling bee]

Challenger flat track transmissions are good for 35'000 hrs, back end re bearing at 12,000, CAT engines, undercarriage okay, what's not to like if you want a cheap tug.
Twin tracks are now out of fashion, that's why they are cheap. Fendt have sold almost no MTs in the last couple of years in the UK.
Big wheeled Fendts and 8RXs are now in vogue.

 

[Robt]

Really? I’ve seen lots and lots of fendt MT sold in last few years! Agree they are going out of fashion but lots still sold

 

[kevindb880]

Was once told that they were really towing machines and not 3 point linkage machines!

 

[Hilly]

It’s forsale !

 

[Farmer_Joe]

It’s forsale !

there was one like that at york machinery sale in summer, i went to look at something else. they dont look that big in the pics but in the flesh there massive!!!

 

[Dave W]

It’s forsale !

I've seen that. Pictures don't do it justice. Good man selling it as well

 

[Hilly]

I've seen that. Pictures don't do it justice. Good man selling it as well

My brother that’s selling it, I’ve not been for a look but my lad says it’s some weapon

 

[Lincsman]

I keep looking at cat 45 but ploughing Is really the only job it would do better than my wheeled tractor Also not much use on a trailer so a bit of a luxury just for 1job

Most of the time it wouldnt be better, in the wet it would be hopeless.