I hadn't really thought about this, but when I was at the Kubota dealership yesterday to buy grease, a third grease gun and the radiator genie, I asked the parts guy how much the M5 was. He told me that a reasonable rule of thumb is around $1k per hp. The M5 as it sat was up in the $95k range.
I don’t think that math really works out when it comes to smaller and/or economy models…I’d say the sales guy divided the price by the HP and that’s it…maybe it works for bigger machines, but I am not sure. I think in general terms for most things 2/3 time and material…great rule of thumb as a ball park for basic estimating….when it comes to machines i think there is some aspect of machine weight and capability, which may or may not be HP…depends on what you are doing. But weight has to be a factor. I think weight divided by price at least on smaller units like mine (no pun intended) give a better indicator of value within a class of machine. Think about your Mx, regardless of what you paid, it most certainly was not 1k per HP…and that goes for the big Ls as well. I think when you look at price per weight, you’ll see that machines get cheaper per material than the smaller machines. But that makes sense.
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