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Sunnyside, WA | I agree that hours are irrelevant to a point.
We bought an 8110 with 3400 hours and it has 22,000+ hours now and still mixes feed everyday. We also bought an 8200 with 3900 hours and it has 21,000+ hours. It has been retired to manure pump because of the ring and pinion failing, but it still gets 1000+ hours per year. Both have been very low cost to operate.
Then I bought an 8300 with 9200 hours and an 8410 with 8300 hours that both looked and operated very nice. We have put about 3000 hours on each and they have cost $30,000 each in repairs with no engine or transmission issues. All odd, smaller repairs that add up.
The 8410 we bought new and has almost 16,000 hours has been very low operating cost. The 8420 we bought with 723 hours and now has 8000 hours has been the same low cost.
A 10,000 hour tractor to purchase is a crap shoot. I have had a lot better luck buying under 5000 hours and for sure under 2000 hours than I have closer to 10,000 hours. Usually, I can buy a 4000 hour tractor cheaper than the purchase cost and repairs of a 10,000 hour tractor.
Repairs cost a lot of money these days. Seems as though you make payments or pay repair bills.
Edited by J. Sheehan 1/1/2016 10:13
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