[AT] Massey 44?

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Fri Mar 26 15:36:36 PST 2004


So if the freight was'nt such a big cost I could make good money buying up
wide front 44 Masseys here and re-selling them in Indiana? :-)

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

----- Original Message -----
From: Robinson <robinson at svs.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Massey 44?


> Grant Weir wrote:
>
> >
> > I've seen running MH 44's in alright shape sell from $600-$1000 CDN.
> > Rarely higher even with nice paint and decals.  I think they are great
> > tractors - I don't know why nobody seems too interested.  Perhaps it's
> > time is coming yet...
> >
> > Grant Weir
> > Saskatoon, SK.
> > Canada
> >
>
>
>
> Massey 44's sell for a good bit more than that here. Of course almost
> all old tractors sell for more than that around here. There are always
> exceptions and a few bargains but not a lot. You will notice that the
> guys on the list that make tractor acquisition trips never mention
> heading to Indiana to pick up cheap tractors, not even "just give it to
> me" Cecil.   :-)
> Wide front Massey Harris tractors were virtually unseen here until
> collectors and farmers started trucking them in. Especially so on the
> wheatland type low wide fronts. This was true of all makes here, this is
> row crop country. Those wheatland front axles only hit the fields at all
> in the late 1950's and the 60's when farmers started buying extra
> tractors. Those wheatlands were usually bought as cheap "disking
> tractors". Prior to that an awfully lot of farms kept only one or two
> tractors at the most. As a kid if you mentioned having a wide front
> tractor everybody assumed that you had a Ford or Ferguson or at the very
> least an adjustable row crop wide front.
> Corn was king in Indiana and the title of World Corn King was won by
> one or the other Shelby County Indiana seedsman more times than anyplace
> in the country. A deceased neighbor just over a mile east of here won it
> 6 times.
> --
>
>
>
> "farmer"
>
> Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
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