[AT] Another Antique tractor salvage yard hits the dust

[Ralph Goff]

Yes, Dean, the price of steel is sure pushing the drive for scrap metal up
here too., I have seen a nice yard of old cars and trucks cleaned up over
the past few weeks. Although I don't think there were any tractors in there
I did see a nice IH L-110 pickup crushed and hauled away.
Whole antique tractors seem to be holding good value. I heard some of the
results from the huge farm sale at Vibank, Sask. recently. A JD model D
tractor brought $6000. A Rumely went for $18,000 (engine stuck). Somebody
said that a lot of this old iron is going south of the border.

Ralph in Sask.
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 10:25 AM
Subject: [AT] Another Antique tractor salvage yard hits the dust


>
> I suspect antique tractors and parts are going to get much harder to find
> after this current run of high prices for scrap metal. Not good for the
> hobby.  Lot's of new and different reproduction parts are probably going
to
> appear. May be the only source. Stuff like this goes in cycles but this
one
> is pretty pervasive. At least in the Northwestern quarter of the country
> that I have been through recently. One yard told me they used to have 18
> employees and are now down to 6. They don't even try to buy antique
tractors
> for salvage any more. They say they really only have two kinds of farm
> customers any more. The 5 acre types and the corporate farms. Neither of
> which is a good customer for them, they say.  Not sure where this is all
> headed.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
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