The JD8420 is excellent tractor , I purchased on at auction 20 years ago for 72,000 with 5,000 hours at 9700hours the oil pressure was 20 psi and found out to put anew oil pump was very expensive so put a new JD ENGINE with new warranty for 25,000 and rebuilt the tranny for 15,000 and now have a very reliable tractor and it has never just stopped in the field
The non emission tractors and other equipment are selling for hefty premiums. I bought two JD 7810 tractors on auction four years ago. I gave well above what they could have been bought new for. The reason is they have to run everyday on this livestock/grain farm. The new stuff will not work in sub zero weather very reliably. Also the newer JD equipment is so tied to High tech that repairs are astronomical. My brother just had his JD 8345R stop running/moving in the field. It took three service calls and two weeks time to find a broke wire in the cab harness. Cost was two weeks lost for fall field work and $2800 bill for the service calls.
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The JD8420 is excellent tractor , I purchased on at auction 20 years ago for 72,000 with 5,000 hours at 9700hours the oil pressure was 20 psi and found out to put anew oil pump was very expensive so put a new JD ENGINE with new warranty for 25,000 and rebuilt the tranny for 15,000 and now have a very reliable tractor and it has never just stopped in the field
The non emission tractors and other equipment are selling for hefty premiums. I bought two JD 7810 tractors on auction four years ago. I gave well above what they could have been bought new for. The reason is they have to run everyday on this livestock/grain farm. The new stuff will not work in sub zero weather very reliably.
Also the newer JD equipment is so tied to High tech that repairs are astronomical. My brother just had his JD 8345R stop running/moving in the field. It took three service calls and two weeks time to find a broke wire in the cab harness. Cost was two weeks lost for fall field work and $2800 bill for the service calls.
Sounds like stop buying John Deere. Some people aren’t smart.
That tractor is like box magnum you can still work on them simple and reliable
That is still a lot of money for a 20 year old tractor
I see the market softening...a year ago that might've approached 200k.
He is close to me over here in perryville
Give it another 20 years and it will double that easy it is a tractor a farmer can fix not a tech