New used stumper

coolbrze · Apr 12, 2009

Looking at buying a Carlton 2500-4 thats a couple years old, 27 Hp, and has 140 hrs. on it. It's in excellent condition and the seller wants $7,500 for it. It comes w/ neither dual tires nor a trailer but I've got a 5x8 & a 5x9 we could pull it on & I could add the tires if/when I need them. Does $7,500 sound like a good price? Also, should this come w/ a title or registration papers or what?

tree MDS · Apr 13, 2009

Is it deisel or gas?

Not sure if its the same machine as I subbed out the othe week..but, this was a gas carlton and it seemed real underpowered, sort of painfully slow to watch. I was like man! thats things still working on that little stump??

Someday I'm planning on getting a vermeer sc 352 diesel. My friend has one and it seems to do pretty good - considering you can get a used one for around 13K. I wouldnt invest much more in a stump grinder IMHO.

gr8scott72 · Apr 13, 2009

coolbrze said:
Looking at buying a Carlton 2500-4 thats a couple years old, 27 Hp, and has 140 hrs. on it. It's in excellent condition and the seller wants $7,500 for it. It comes w/ neither dual tires nor a trailer but I've got a 5x8 & a 5x9 we could pull it on & I could add the tires if/when I need them. Does $7,500 sound like a good price? Also, should this come w/ a title or registration papers or what?

That is a good price on a great little machine. Just remember that it is a LITTLE machine. It would be good for someone doing stumps part time. You are not going to be as productive as a larger machine and won't be able to keep up with prices on the larger jobs but it is fine for smaller jobs and smaller stumps.

coolbrze · Apr 13, 2009

Thanks guys. It's the gas powered Kohler motor. I demoed it a few weeks ago and it seems nice for a smaller stumer. I didn't think it was that small, of course it's no tow behind moster stumper, but it did the job and seemed to be comparable to our 252.

Bigstumps · Apr 13, 2009

The key is sharp teeth!! You don't have the horsepower to waste on dull ones.

Sounds like a fair deal. My old worn out Rayco brought 5 grand - and no I didn't sell it on here!

howel07264 · Apr 23, 2009

Bigstumps said:
The key is sharp teeth!! You don't have the horsepower to waste on dull ones.

Sounds like a fair deal. My old worn out Rayco brought 5 grand - and no I didn't sell it on here![/QUOTEThink diesel.