Would I be crazy to buy this Bobcat?

[Keith Merrell]

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/h...062272960.html

[FlaJoe]

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/h...062272960.html

A trade in and no bucket? yeah, probably. You have ask yourself what else may have removed or just flat worn out. Dealers don't sell stuff on Craigslist unless there's a good reason. $6900 seems HIGH for a 16 year old (and incomplete!) piece of machinery anyway.

[bigb]

Hey Kieth when I go through Cornville I noticed all those John Deere tractors and I heard that guy just collects them, do you know him? We visit Cottonwood fairly often, love the Manzanita Grill also one of my favorite musicians Junior Brown is from there, do you know him?

[BD1]

Prices vary by location but I would say NO !!! Just seeing the UNMATCHED tires would definitely be a NO NO . That would be crazy high by me. A bucket will be $600 and up. Engine work if you do it yourself could be another $2,000.00. A seat replacement would be $200.00 and up. You'll have lots into a project machine that could end up being a money pit.
I would watch for one being sold by private party. Check farm auctions, farm and garden craigslist, or facebook marketplace.

[thegary]

The short answer is yes you would be crazy. 9500 hrs is a lot of hrs and add to that the lack of care that shows in the pics would more than enough for me to run the other way. Go up to about $10K and you will find much better specimens to choose from. In the long run you will be much better off.

[John T]

Would I be crazy to buy this Bobcat?

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/h...062272960.html

Bat Sh*t Crazy.

[jpump5]

Around here, weekend warriors and people starting small businesses
have created quite a demand for used Bobcats and mini excavators.
They bring crazy prices at machinery auctions.If someone is selling
one, seems like it’s usually used up, beat up, hacked up, or near new
price with high hours.

[Keith Merrell]

Yeah, I figured it was an old bobcat some dealer raped for its bucket and other components and are trying to make money on junk.

[Keith Merrell]

Hey Kieth when I go through Cornville I noticed all those John Deere tractors and I heard that guy just collects them, do you know him? We visit Cottonwood fairly often, love the Manzanita Grill also one of my favorite musicians Junior Brown is from there, do you know him?

Yeah that guy collects those John Deere tractors. I hear he has a whole bunch more in that metal building. Don't know Junior Brown. I hear that Manzanita grill is good Ill have to try it sometime.