What does a new Vermeer 1000 cost?

[emr]

We were planning on getting a new chipper next year but I found what might be a good deal on a used Vermeer 1000. I said I wasn't going to buy used again but this chipper only has 120 hours. I am wondering if anyone know what they go for new?

 

[Burnham]

Scroll down to see listed a new 2011 and a 2012.

http://www.machinerytrader.com/list/list.aspx?ETID=1&catid=1035&Manu=VERMEER&MDLGrp=BC1000

 

[emr]

Thanks for the link. I was hoping to avoid a call to our Vermeer dealer but those two prices are way too far apart to give me a good sense of what a new one would actually cost us. I guess I have to make a call and talk to the sales man

 

[Burnham]

That was just the very first link on the list I got when I used Google...you certainly could get more info easily if you wanted it.

 

[flushcut]

I want to say in the 30's

 

[rbtree]

Thanks for the link. I was hoping to avoid a call to our Vermeer dealer but those two prices are way too far apart to give me a good sense of what a new one would actually cost us. I guess I have to make a call and talk to the sales man

Burn's link shows a new unit for $25k, and a 2008 for $23.9k with only 106 hours.......and another new one for $32k.

 

[SkwerI]

All of those are used, even the one for $32K. They are rental units.

 

[emr]

Burn's link shows a new unit for $25k, and a 2008 for $23.9k with only 106 hours.......and another new one for $32k.

All of those are used, even the one for $32K. They are rental units.

Thats the problem. $10k difference in price for similar hours machines. The fact that they are rentals doesnt bother me for price comparison since they are all "Like New".... supposedly.

I called Vermeer this morning and am waiting for a call back.

 

[SkwerI]

Rental companies use depreciation as part of their cost basis. The 2011 has already had one year of depreciation so their cost basis is much lower, even though the machine has fewer billable hours on it than the higher priced 2012.

 

[littlenick]

I know last spring vermeer was running a special for the rental companies, if they tried out the bc1000 for a month and if they rented it out a lot and wanted to buy it they let them put the money they made from it towards the downpayment of the chipper. If they didnt buy it, they had to give 50% to vermeer. They were selling them for $28k then.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I think the Fire Counsel here has one and the guys that run it don't really care for it. I'll check with them on thier feelings agaiin.

 

[SkwerI]

For a trimming crew a Vermeer BC1000 is an awesome chipper. Way lighter than a 12" disc chipper, makes great chips and is easy to feed. If you're running a rig under CDL limits then the Vermeer is an excellent choice. Everyone that owns one around here loves it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Probably why, they chip a lot of brush and dead stuff people cut and sign up to have done. I believe they preferred something with a larger capacity and feed shoot due to the brush. I'll ask again when I see them about. I think they ran short of funding recent. That or they are out of the area present. Sure it would work for me fine. They would just prefer bigger.

 

[SkwerI]

Chipping other people's piles sucks no matter what, unless you can grab it with a loader and stuff it in a chipper with the machine.

 

[flushcut]

Chipping other people's piles sucks no matter what

I hear ya there! I was doing some chipping for a scaper earlier this year and that guy would monkey pile the brush. I told the guy "line up all the butt end so it is easier to chip and will cost you less money" he just didn't get it so I don't chip for him any more, "you can't help stupid."