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Visit Tractor Mike website: http://asktractormike.com/ Subscribe to YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/thebigrockranch?sub_confirmation=1 Visit Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Ask-Tractor-Mike-312112962245304/ When I worked at a dealership I used to get calls all the time from people asking for a price on a new loader. The customer had usually found a used tractor without a loader at a cheap price, then tried to find a used loader for it. Having failed at that task they were now looking for a new aftermarket loader. Those calls almost never end well. If you've ever worked in the business, you hate those calls for a couple of reasons. First, it takes a huge amount of time to get a number. Piecing together a loader is extremely complicated because many times there are exceptions noted where aftermarket loaders won't fit the tractor. In other words, if the tractor came equipped with the largest tires available, or it has a belly mower, it may not fit. If you don't read all the exceptions you can get burned badly, special a loader that won't fit the tractor and everyone is mad at you. There's a little risk for the dealer. The second reason I hated those calls is because they almost always ended up disappointing the customer. The tractor that looked like a bargain at $7500, for example, would require another $4800 to get a loader, and the customer could have bought a tractor with a loader already on for $10,500. It wasn't a good deal after all. I don't think in 11 years in the retail end of the business I ever sold more than a couple of aftermarket loaders. It usually doesn't make economic sense. In this video we look at a tractor that was on Craigslist with no loader and examine the economics of putting an aftermarket loader on it. You can be the judge, but it probably makes sense on this tractor because of the low hours and the hydraulic valve that's already on the tractor, but if you add a few hours to the tractor, or find one without the valve, the outcome is entirely different. The main takeaway here is, beware of what appears to be a cheap tractor with no loader. The new loader may cost more than the whole package is worth and you might have been better off to have kept looking for the tractor/loader combo for a little more money.