[Namakan]

Came across a nicely kept 450ES with about 650 miles on it located in Wisconsin. Appears to be completely stock and has good maintenance records. Owner is asking $3,350.00 which seems high to me for a 15 year old machine and thought I would see what others think is reasonable.

What is a fair private party price for this and what if anything should I look for other than obvious signs of abuse?

Also will is be easy to find a new plow assembly to fit this older model?

Thank you!

 

[KBacon]

Here at the dealership we use NADA for ATV/Motorcycle values... and the "Average Retail" value is $2,090... "Clean Trade" is $1,560... and "Rough Trade" is $1,305... So I definitely think the guy is shooting pretty high w/ his $3350 asking price... Probably expecting to be talked down... If it was immaculate I wouldn't have a problem offering a possible $2000-2500 if you really want it... But would shoot for $1500ish... Even w/ the low mileage... it's going to have parts that are just old and dry rotted that are going to need to be replaced...

We currently have brand new 2017 Ranchers 420 4x4s on sale for a base price of $5300 for comparison...

 

[subzerosoundman]

A new Foreman with taxes and fees is about $8000. A Rancher about $7000, except the 2x4 might be $6000.
Only the Chinese can you get a powerful 4x4 for $5300 all in (I paid $3500 for a brand new Linhai 260SE
with about half as much power as the Foreman).

My 2000 Foreman cost me $1600, with a broken Electric Shift (manual only), front brakes not working,
frozen choke cable, mis-adjusted carb, and overheating problem. Turned out to be a great value.
After fixing everything for $200, it runs like it was new, and should last another 20 years.

If it has never been swamped, I would say $3000 is a fair price for super low mileage, all original.
You will have to occasionally replace old parts, so you will need a service manual and some tools.

 

[Namakan]

Thanks KBacon and I saw that as well. KBB was about $500 higher for retail value so I assumed somewhere in the range might be more realistic.

The mileage is low at 650 and the total hours were around 120 I believe which these sites don't factor in.

As for plowing do you know if a new setup from Warn or another brand is still easily available for this 2002 model?

Thanks again!

 

[KBacon]

All dealers use NADA pricing for the most part... they actually pull their numbers from the NPA dealer auctions and is normally more realistic... KBB tends to always be a bit on the higher side

Their are multiple plows available for the 450s... Warn, Moose, KFI, etc... mine had a manual plow mount... but I am planning on putting a winch on their... and see if I can find a plow frame that will mount up to this mount... or just buy a new Moose plow setup... all the plows are priced pretty much the same.. I just find the Moose tend to be better built than the other options