[Farmall] lets talk Farmalls

[Mike Sloane]

Arthur Umland wrote:
>    While I realize there are a lot of variables in answering the 
> following question, I will ask anyway! Next Saturday, April 2nd I hope 
> to travel to Redwood Falls, MN for an auction. Of interest to me are 
> three 1961 International Utility 240's, two with sickle bar mowers and 
> one with front end loader. No other details in the auction notice, but 
> expect them to be well used and not restored. Any suggestions on what 
> price they might bring in your part of the country?
> 
> There is also a 1958 International 130 utility with sickle bar mower.
I would say, that if they are in reasonably good condition, the ones 
with sickle bar mowers should be worth about $2000-2500. And the rule of 
thumb we used to go by was that any tractor with a loader was worth 
about $1000 more than a comparable bare tractor. If they are ex-town 
machines, you can figure that the loader tractor is pretty well worn out 
from year round use loading salt, sand, gravel, hot patch, etc. The 
mower tractors may actually be in better shape, since they were probably 
only used for roadside maintenance during the summer. The International 
240U is a nice machine with decent live hydraulics, but it is still a 
Super C down deep (same transmission, rear, and only slightly improved 
engine). Same non-live PTO. Power steering was optional, so if there is 
one with the loader tractor, that is a big plus. The 240U came with no 
hitch, Fast Hitch, or industrial three point hitch - obviously one with 
a three point hitch would be a lot more useful than one of the others.

The 130 might got for $1000-1500, depending on the condition. That is 
really just a re-badged Super C for all intents and purposes.

I have a 240U, and it is a nice tractor; I would very much like to have 
a loader for mine, but haven't found one yet. I have been corresponding 
with a gentleman up in western NY who bought a 240U with a Wagner loader 
from the local water company. It didn't look that bad, but once he 
started digging in to it, he realized that it needed a LOT of work to 
make it whole. A common problem with a lot of similar IH tractors seems 
to be that the steel hydraulic lines that run from the control valves 
under the instrument panel to the rear hitch rot out, causing all kinds 
of difficulties. Fixing the problems is not easy nor cheap. I had that 
problem on both my 240 and 340.

Mike
> 
>      Regards,
>                           Art
> 
> 

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