[AT] Dad's tractor - What to do? #2

Phil Auten pga2 at hot1.net
Sun Aug 14 20:06:52 PDT 2005


My congratulations, John! That has to ba a great feeling of accomplishment.

Phil

At 12:59 PM 8/13/05, you wrote:

>My wife and I had always wanted Dad's 630 but didn't find out about 
>the auction until it was already over. We didn't know who bought it 
>or where it went until a recent Paradise Kansas school reunion 
>(2004) where we met John
>Harrell and he remembered the tractor and the story. He had sold the 
>tractor  to Leo Zeigler.
>
>Leo Zeigler had an auction in April 1997 when he reduced his 
>collection of John Deere tractors. A friend and I went out to see 
>Leo's tractors before the sale and left some bids as we could not be 
>there for the sale. At that time I did not know the serial # of 
>Dean's 630. I looked at Leo's 630 and had my hands on it!   I now 
>know the serial # is 6309502. Dean Bear's John Deere 630 Standard!
>
>On April 21st, 2005  I received an AUCTION flyer from Dennis Polk. 
>While reading thru  the tractors offered for sale on July13th,2005 I 
>saw a John Deere Model 630  Standard and the serial number jumped 
>right off the page at me. Yep, the serial # is 6309502, Dad's 
>tractor.  NOW WHAT TO DO??
>
>Dennis describes this  tractor as "Nicest Original 630 I have seen" 
>Adjustable front end,3 pt, 3 piece weight set, original cylinder, 
>2014 hours. All original.
>
>Well after disussing this situation with my wife, we decided to try 
>and bring Dad's tractor home.
>Several John Deere tractors in our tractor barn /collection were 
>sold to raise funds for the attempt to bring Dad's tractor home.
>
>On July 12th. two friends and I traveled to Steen Minnesota to 
>attend the Bill DeYager sale conducted by Dennis Polk. I had talked 
>with Dennis prior to the sale to find out about when this tractor 
>would sell because we had to be back home the evening of the 14th. 
>Dennis indicated that he thought that the tractor would sell very 
>early in the sale.
>
>The sale started at 9 a.m. and by 10:30 a.m. we had bought Dad's 
>tractor and  had it loaded for the return trip home. It wasn't cheep 
>but good things never are.
>
>
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