[AT] Kubota B2301

[Tyler Juranek]

Hi Jim,
I will throw in my $0.02 here, if I may. Not so much on working
capability, but cost.
Last July I bought a "new to me" 770 oliver. Before that, I had that
Oliver 88 gas, a hand-me-down from my grandfather.
While it was nice of him to give it to me, (and I don't want to be
taken the wrong way here), I put darn near $3000 in it before it would
even quit leaking. Every time I took it on an antique tractor ride, I
always had to bring it home and fix something.
So about $3000 later, it broke down on a ride last year, bubbles in
the radiator, etc, and I sold it for $1600.
I bought the 770 for not much more money than I had in the 88, and it
was ALL REDONE. It had 6 hours on the restoration. Still runs like a
clock today.
So what I am saying here is that spending a little more money to have
a new one, or in my case, one that is all done, ready to go, starts
all the time when I need it to, etc, pays off in the long run. While I
gave a good chunk of change when I bought it, I have more money in my
back pocket today. If you take care of it, it'll run for many, many
years.
Take Care,
Tyler Juranek

On 6/24/20, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds kind of new for you, Jim ;-)    My 2 cents:
>
> WAY too heavy as a lawnmower.   With the loader removed (and it had better
> come off REAL easy) and a belly mower installed, and your petite wife at
> the wheel, it's going to weigh right at 2000lb.
>
> Maybe a bit too light as a workhorse for property maintenance, but that's
> debatable... it's a step smaller and lighter than my Ford 1520 which
> doesn't really hit its limits until we get one of those once every 5 year
> heavy snowstorms.
>
> Looks like it was $15K new in 2018 or 2019 (I am getting all this from
> Tractordata) but that's without the loader.  I've never purchased a new
> machine so I don't know what a loader costs, gotta be, what, $3K?  So more
> like $18K new, and now they think they want $15K with 150 hours on it.  Of
> course that's too much, but if you can get them down under $10K (good luck
> with that) then go for it, and buy Lisa a nice Zero-Turn mower with the
> money you saved.
>
> SO
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 7:31 PM Jim Thomson <macowboy at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> My wife came back from her hairdresser today with pictures of a Kubota
>> B2301 for sale. It has a loader, ballast box and turf tires. One
>> headlight
>> is cracked and the hour meter reads  150 hours. The seller wants $15K
>> which
>> is the cost for a new machine. What is a good price for this if
>> everything
>> checks out? Given my need for good deals I was thinking in the $9k range.
>> BTW, my wife likes this as she does all the lawn  mowing and landscaping.
>> She  enjoys cutting the grass, mulch spreading and gardening.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Thomson
>> Rehoboth,MA
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