[Farmall] lets talk Farmalls

[Arthur Umland]

<<  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.  >>

    Perhaps I have not done my homework as well as I should Mike. I 
thought live PTO was part of the package as well as a 2 or 3 point 
hitch?
    Art

On Mar 28, 2005, at 4:08 PM, Mike Sloane wrote:
> 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