te20 price

[jon corbett]

does anyone know what a 1948 te20 originally sold for new?thks

 

[Bob (Aust)]

According to the November 1948 Price List:

Prices are un UK£ F.O.B. Fatory, Coventry:

Tractor, TE with Continental Engine: £343-0-0
10H Two Furrow Plough: £37-0-0
12B Two Furrow Plough: £37-0-0
RDE Ridger: £35-0-0
9NKE Cultivator: £35-0-0
Wood Saw: £22-0-0
Earth Scoop: £12-10-0
3 Section Spring Tooth Harrow: £22-0-0
3 Section Spike Tooth Harrow: £26-0-0
6ft Disc Harrow: £48-0-0
Link Box: £7-10-0
Jack: £3-10-0

The first TEA Standard engine tractors:
TE-A-20: £325-0-0
TE-D-20: £335-0-0
TE-C-20: £360-0-0
TE-E-20: £370-0-0

By June 1954 prices had risen to:
TE-A-20: £395-0-0
TE-D-20: £405-0-0
TE-C-20: £435-0-0
TE-E-20: £445-0-0
TE-F-20: £525-0-0

Bob in Oz

 

[Jeff-oh]

The prices today seem so low that you want to buy the whole line.

Then again the Ferguson Co. Sold in 1953 for
$16 Million

Massey Ferguson Sold in 1994 for

$330 Million. Or about 20X

so £400 in 1953 would be about £8000 in 1994. or about £14,000 today.... ~ $22,500 US Can or Aus

hummmm not as inexpensive as first appears.

 

[Don Mac]

There is still an excellent market for TEA 20s.
This video features a Motueka orchardist who has 24 in operation, working apples and kiwifruit and he is still buying them for no more than NZ$1500 each.

http://tvnz.co.nz/country-calendar/s2011-e14-video-4213707

So how is this deal for inflation busting, 24 tractors at $1500 = $36,000, which is less than the cost of a brand new purpose built orchard tractor.

 

[Jeff-oh]

I agree, good used equipment is usually a good deal.

TO-20"s and TE-20"s can also be had here in the US for ~$1500.00 though I see alot of asking prices pushing $2500 to $3000. Not sure they are getting it though.

Jeff

 

[john(mo)]

(quoted from post at 23:29:54 06/18/11) There is still an excellent market for TEA 20s.
This video features a Motueka orchardist who has 24 in operation, working apples and kiwifruit and he is still buying them for no more than NZ$1500 each.

http://tvnz.co.nz/country-calendar/s2011-e14-video-4213707

So how is this deal for inflation busting, 24 tractors at $1500 = $36,000, which is less than the cost of a brand new purpose built orchard tractor.

we are not allowed to watch your videos in the u.s.!

 

[Bob (Aust)]

We can't watch it in Australia either!! (Due to international copyright!)

".....or about £14,000 today...."

That would be approx Aus$21,000 (Aust $1 = US1.07). You won't buy a new 30 HP tractor today with the capability of a TEA20, for that money.


Later:
I think this may be a better comparison?

The 1948 GM Holden 48-215 sedan cost Aus£733 (Aus$1,466). By 1955 the GM Holden FJ sedan had risen to Aus£1,023 (Aus$2,046).

The late 1948 - 1954 Holden sedan was very similar to the late 1940s Chevrolet sedan but smaller.

So, a new Ferguson tractor was around half the price of a mid size family sedan.

Today, the base model Holden Commodore sedan costs around Aus$31,000. You can't buy a new tractor for Aus$15,500 - even a good quality zero turn ride on mower costs that.

 

[Bill Brox]

Too bad I can't see that movie clip.

Some years ago I read something about someone wanted to start producing the TEA 20 again, with a Lister diesel. But, guess that idea went down the drain....

Bill