how to check gray market tractors
honchar1
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Inman sc |
2007-08-08 144453
I have spent hours looking at all your grey market tractor information.How many people can tell me going to a tractor dealer how to do a check on a diesel tractor after looking at the pretty paint.I am sure their are a list of checks to do to see that the tractor you are looking at will give you reasonable service for at least 500- 1000 trouble free hours. I think that with proper care 500- 1000 hours is not unreasonable since you already know that these tractors are used and I am sure only replacement parts that are necessary are replaced.
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how to check gray market tractors
kthompson
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5275 South Carolina Pics |
2007-08-08 144455
honchar1,
There may be someone here with a crystal ball but the only way I know to be 100% of no cash out of your pocket for any time is a warranty and then what does it cover and who stands behind it. Even if no cash out of pocket you still can have problems.
I am located across SC from you. You will find some great guys here. Welcome to TP. kt ....
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how to check gray market tractors
earthwrks
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3853 Home Office in Flat Rock, Michigan Pics |
2007-08-08 144458
Well, if your are "sure" the necessary parts are replaced (and it follows service done too), then it serves that you should have no reservations about buying one.
However, I feel---and I'll be blunt---that is obsurd and not realistic that parts and/or service would be performed before it hits the lot.
Take auto leasing for example. How many people do you know that actually maintain and/or drive their lease cars like they would if they owned them? Very few, if any at all.
Guys I know who sell/sold these machines will tell you they pay very little for the actual machine ($800-$2000) but the cost of shipping hurts profit. Then there is insurance, overhead, profit and taxes. So IMHO where is there room for replacing parts that need to be? Answer: There ain't. And if there is, that money goes in the dealer's pocket, not into a machine. Buyer beware.
And so goes gray-market anything. Many don't know why these machines end up here in the US: the asian governments have laws that declare construction equipment MUST be taken out of service under 2000 hours (I'm told by a gray market dealer). This is so that their country can keep replenishing stock with new machines thereby keeping their industry going. ....
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