The consumer product line is a very hard market to make money in. You have to be in the right place location wise to make much with it. You maybe luck to make $500 on a $5000 lawn tractor and the time/cost to sell/deliver it is not much different than the time/cost for selling a full size tractor. A lot of the AG dealers around here are basically out of the consumer product line. They just keep a few models and pretty much sell them at list. Which would be a 25% mark up on the premium line and 15% on the cheaper lines like Home Depot has. So lets say you make full markup of 25% on a $5000 lawn tractor. And you sell 20 a year. That would be $1250 x 20 = $25,000 That is not bad money but that would not go far towards covering the cost of a salesman, inventory, and service training.
Being a consumer products dealer is hard. The dollars just are not there for most areas. You have to be able to sell a lot of units. Even parts sales are not that great for a lawn tractor. I do not send and average of over $100 each year on my garden tractors. So consumer product parts sales will not carry much of an overhead.
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Show Coverage: Godfrey, Illinois Country Days - by Cindy Ladage. Except for last fourth of July's Old Gold show in Springfield, Illinois, I don't remember when it was so hot. Nevertheless, the heat didn't keep vendors and visitors alike from enjoying the third annual Country Day's Event. Jane Elliott said the event was originally a one man show. "Barry Seiler, owner of Country Town Farm Supply store used to invite people up to the Johne Deere store. He would give hats and a free meal for everyone that brings a tractor." Elliott said while this
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.