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Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 3 Maryland 
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2021-09-15 200523
I just got a new home and looking for a Tractor.
I have found when buying cars the cost of ownership is better when you buy new and keep for as long as you can.
Is the same true with Tractors?
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Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7239 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada 
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2021-09-20 200530
Absolutely true!!
I still have, and use regularly, a 1953 Ford Jubilee, a 1965 Ford 5000 and a 1970 Ford 3000. All were bought brand new by my father & grandfather.
Ironically, the Jubilee is now worth about 4 times what it was brand new, the 5000 about double and the 300 about the same as new. Talk about value!
Best of luck. ....
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 | Cheymax
Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 29 Ohio
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2021-09-24 200699
I think it is a mixed bag.
If you are handy and you happen to stumble upon a well maintained used Tractor from an individual owner you could do great.
If you are not so handy and buy off a dealer lot you could be up to some challenges and higher cost of ownership.
I would say if you have the cash buying new and keeping it forever is the cheapest way to go hands down. ....
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2021-09-27 200710
In 2003 I bought a 1990 John Deere 970. It's still going strong. The only repairs I've had were new tires and a new battery.I do do the routine mtce like changing the oil. I only use it 3-4 times a year to mow 12 acres, some fairly rough.
I would guess it is worth what I paid for it still.
So, I would assess your needs. If you only use the tractor occasionally , a good used machine may be the answer. Tractors are a far stretch from automobiles in their sturdiness. ....
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While car Manufacturers would like to make you think your car is a status symbol, your sense of yourself, just about everything, there still may be some for whom a tractor is an ego boast. But it is just a tractor, so if it works, it works, a new hood style is not going to impress anyone ot at least almost everyone :-( ....
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| Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7239 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
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It's funny you mention that. I bought a few new units this fall, I try to change some units every year, and of course got the usual replys to my ad for the used units.
"What year is it?"
My usual reply is "It's a Kubota, not a Corvette. Are you buying it to work, or drive it to the coffee shop?"
Best of luck.
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