Be sure your lookin at the same grade equipment as this tractor. If your lookin for a commercial/industrial they're gonna set you back some thousands but these little home and light farm use ones sell on ebay all the time for under $2G and if you watch the trader papers they go cheaper locally. These old backwoods junk farm implement dealers always have em layin around and they go cheap. So it cost ya $200 for new pins and seals, it's all an easy fix. Most cylinders can be rebuilt at home with no special tools in an hour or so after you figure out the first one.

Most of what your lookin at is probably the industrial attachments. The big price difference comes in depending on the depth, if it has it's own independent hydraulics and the lift capacity rating on the cylinders. With the age of this thing I guarantee it's not one of the industrial rated backhoe attachments so you gotta compare apples to apples here. I haven't looked at new ones in years now but not so many years ago you could buy one like in the picture for under 3G's brand new.

 

agreed. i can't find a beat up 8n for that price. most tractors up here are out side. some are in lean too's or one of those portable garages.

but i do think he's asking a little to much.. i might check this one out cuz it's local. if he's stuck on the price and isn't willing to go down drastically.
i think i'm gonna pass

 

That tractor is only worth $3250 at most in that condition.I still with all the fixes to it wouldn't pay a dime over $3,700 for it.

 

if everything on it works and it runs good id offer him 4k for it but wouldnt go any higher

 

i'm not buying it..
i got laid off last week. i thought he had a bit more work to keep us busey through most of the winter, guess not...
waiting for spring now