[Farmall] Farmall f-30 price?

[Mike Sloane]

I agree with all the other comments. I bought a non-running F-30 and 
never seemed to get interested in it enough to get it running. But 
getting it home was another story: The seller's place was about a mile 
away as the crow flies, but 5 miles away by road. Nobody we knew had a 
trailer wide enough for the tractor, so I drove over with my Super M, 
and we towed it home with a chain! The seller said that his butt was 
pretty sore by the time we got down the road. The only problem came when 
we started down my dirt lane - the F-30 had almost no brakes. So we 
unhooked the chain, gave the tractor a push and sent it on down the hill 
with only the clutch for a brake. He never actually got going fast 
enough to need to brake, as there was enough resistance through the 
transmission to keep the speed down. Nils Rittwegger ended up buying the 
tractor and taking it back up to northern MA to make it into a puller! 
Nils had a large flatbed trailer and mechanic's truck with a 
electric/hydraulic crane that made short work of loading.

The reasons I never bothered with fixing up the tractor were that I 
really had no use for it and it was too big for me to take anywhere for 
a parade/show. Incidentally, the top speed of an F-30 is something like 
3 1/2" mph in top gear, so I suppose it would be good pulling a parade 
float, and you don't even need brakes. If anyone wants images of mine, 
please contact me off-line at <mikesloane at verizon.net>

Mike

Mike Schmudlach wrote:
> F-30s are big and bulking and most collectors stay away from the F-30s and
> deal with F-20s, F-12 and 14s or even a Regular.
> You should easily buy a F-30 for $100 to $1500.
> Well in Wisconsin thats what you would pay for one.
> 
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Randy Lacey" <randy.lacey at ansys.com>
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:14 AM
> Subject: [Farmall] Farmall f-30 price?
> 
> 
> 
>>I have come across 2 farmall f-30s 1937 & 1938. Both startup and run
>>well, both have been painted about 10 years ago. Tractors are located in
>>SW PA, I am thinking of buying both. I have not talked to the owner yet,
>>I was told they are for sale. What kind of price do the F-30 sale for?
>>Thanks
>>


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