What’s New at Plant And Tractor Trader: Tractors, Parts and Price Guides

It has been a busy week at Plant And Tractor Trader. We have added a dedicated Tractors section, opened a new Parts section, brought several more dealers on board, launched free stock alerts and published our first make and model price guides. Here is a quick round-up of what has changed and how it helps you, whether you are buying or selling.

A dedicated Tractors section

Farm tractors now have their own home at Tractors. We went through the listings on the site and grouped the farm tractors together, from compact and vintage machines to big modern horsepower, covering makes such as New Holland, John Deere, Case IH, Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Valtra, Claas and Kubota.

We also moved HGV tractor units out of this category, so you no longer have to scroll past lorries when you are looking for a field tractor. Lorry units still have their own section under Tractor Units. Tractors is now in the main menu and on the homepage, so it is one tap away on any device.

A new Parts section

The new Parts section launches with rubber tracks from Leach Lewis Rubber Tracks. Each track is listed with photos and a price, and the listings are matched to the machines they fit, such as Komatsu, Yanmar and other mini and midi excavators. Both new and part worn tracks are included.

If you run a mini or midi digger, it is worth searching for your make and model before your current tracks wear out. The stock is refreshed every week, so what you see is what is available.

More dealers and more stock

Several dealers have joined or had their stock brought onto the site in the last few days:

• Lagan Machinery Sales in Keady, Co. Armagh, with used telehandlers, excavators and other machinery.
• T Alun Jones and Sons, whose used stock is now listed on PTT.
• Pextray Commercials and DP Services and Supplies, whose stock now comes across from their AutoTrader adverts.

For these dealers we import the stock for them and refresh it every Monday, so new machines appear and sold ones come down without the dealer having to retype anything. If you are browsing telehandlers or excavators, you will start to see more of their machines in the results.

Free new stock alerts

If you are hunting for a particular machine, you no longer need to check back every day. Sign up for free on our stock alerts page and we will send you a free weekly email of the newest tractors, plant, trucks and machinery listed by dealers. It takes a few seconds.

Make and model price guides

One of the most common questions we get is “what is a fair price for this machine?” To help, we have started a set of price guides built from the priced listings live on Plant And Tractor Trader.

Each guide shows the lowest, middle and highest asking prices for that model, the years in the sample, and links to the matching machines currently for sale. Machines marked POA are left out, so the figures only use real asking prices. The first guides cover popular models including the JCB 3CX, JCB 535-125 and 536-60 telehandlers, Kubota K008, U27 and KX080 diggers, the New Holland T7.210, and a range of Volvo, DAF and Scania trucks.

Remember these are asking prices, not sale prices, and condition, hours and spec make a big difference. Use them as a starting point, then check the machine itself.

Solutions for Sellers

We have also pulled everything we offer sellers onto one page: Solutions for Sellers. It sets out the options side by side, so you can pick what suits your business:

• Unlimited listings for dealers at £100 + VAT a month.
• A single 8-week listing at £150 + VAT for one machine.
• Stock imported for you from your website or other adverts, so you do not have to list machines one at a time.
• Dealer websites from £750 + VAT, with hosting at £225 + VAT a year from year two.
• Google Ads and social media posting for your stock.

If you only have one machine to sell, our List your machine page explains the simplest way to get started.

Better on your phone

Most of our visitors browse on a mobile, so we have spent time making the site work better on small screens:

• Call, WhatsApp and Enquire bar. On a listing page on your phone, a bar at the bottom of the screen lets you call the seller, message them on WhatsApp or send an enquiry with one tap, where the seller has those details set up.
• Faster category pages. Category pages now load fewer machines at a time and hold back images until you scroll to them, so pages such as Excavators open noticeably quicker on mobile data.
• Search fix on iPhone. We fixed a problem where, on some iPhones, the page could turn sideways when you tapped into the search box.

What this means for buyers and sellers

For buyers, there is more stock to browse, it is easier to find, and you have better tools for judging a fair price. For sellers, there are more ways to get your machines in front of buyers, and we can do most of the work of keeping your stock up to date for you.

We will keep adding dealers and improving the site, and we will share the changes here every Friday.

Get your stock on Plant And Tractor Trader

If you are a dealer and want your stock imported and listed, or you have a single machine to sell, get in touch. Message or call us on WhatsApp at 07470 093663, or see our unlimited listings page for details of the £100 + VAT a month package.