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Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 grants lick ky. 
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2005-04-06 109517
Hi all, after much reading I have made up my mind on brand of bh attachment. Staying with the j.d. 8b for my 970 utility tractor. Does 7900.00 picked up, installed and delivered sound like a decent deal? Thanks for your input. added this note 04/25/05= Didn't get the 8b after all, went with the bush hog brand model 750 priced at 6,000.00 installed and p/up & del. and it came in j.d. green. Haven't got it on yet as the dealer is backed up with lots of front loader add ons right now. I think I got a much better deal with this machine. Any comments?
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| DK35vince
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 689 Western,Pa. 
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2005-04-06 109523
Sounds way high to me.. ....
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 | harvey
Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 1550 Moravia, NY 
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2005-04-07 109532
It depends on your area, avaiability... But not knowing your and your dealer location???? Also now is the time to buy snowblowers. Fall is the time to dicker on BH's.
But me thinks if you feel you made a good deal DO NOT go out and try and second guess yourself by asking others. Most will tell you what smokin deals you could have got...
I know a couple of people if you told them you smoked the dealer and only paid $1000 for the above because it had fallen of a truck and damaged the paint. These 2 would tell you about the dealer who offered them $500 to take it off their lot.
I think as long as you keep it as a matched unit you will have much more value down the road. ....
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada 
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2005-04-08 109580
The price of steel has taken a big jump in the last year or so.....
It can easily add $1000 or more to the price of a heavy attachment when compared to last years prices. ....
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 | dfkrug
Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 171 NorCal
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2005-04-12 109767
$1000 more for steel? That makes no sense to me.
I was paying about $0.38/lb for A-36 structural steel
before the big run-up in steel prices. If steel has gone
to $0.60/lb or even $1/lb, you would be looking at a TOTAL
steel cost for a 7 1/2' backhoe of less than $1000. ....
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 | drcjv.
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 334 southeastern pa
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2005-04-13 109782
I paid $4,995.00 installed + Tax for a Rhino 75 one year ago this week. The identicle NH backhoe made by the same people on the same line was $6,899.00 + tax. I would find out who make the JD hoes and buy it from them. I was once told by a dealer that Bradco makes them but someone else told me it was Woods that made them I have no idea if either is true, but I am sure it is easy enough to find out. I got the identicle backhoe for over $1,900.00 less Which I put towards my new zero turn mower.
P.S. I bought the NH decals for the hoe and now it looks identicle to the NH hoe. The deacls were $30.00 bucks. ....
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 | Chief
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4297 Southwest MiddleTennessee
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2005-04-13 109784
I believe Ameriquip makes Deere's backhoes. ....
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| DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2005-04-13 109786
As far as prices go, between oil prices and steel prices, the car hauler I bought 11-03 has gone up $500 in price.
I went to the gas station with the Camry the other day and dropped $45 bucks into the tank and it takes $55-60 bucks to fill the pick-up.
I guess it is all sort of in line though. When I was a kid I made 2 bucks an hour, I bought a brand new Datsun for $1800 and gas was 25 cents a gallon.
Now the car is 18 grand and gas is $2.50 and wages are 20 bucks. ....
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| dfkrug
Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 171 NorCal
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2005-04-24 110287
Steel prices.......
I just went to one of my steel suppliers, SIMS/Metal. They cost more than PDM, but I do not have to buy full sized pieces. A36 bar stock was about $0.62/lb. It was about $0.38 at PDM about a year ago. Cold-rolled was over buck, however. ....
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