[Farmall] when is "too far gone"?

[James Moran]

Though it "follows" in only a peripheral manner....
  If a new automobile (complete and ready to roll) is $20,000, what would  it cost to go to the parts counter and order up the components to slap  one together in your garage?
  In my case, the time that it would take to advertise a "parts machine"  and, then, wait for a "needy" person, meet at the tractor site, wait  for the dismantle job and all that sort of thing would negate the  couple of bucks I would put in my pocket.
  BTW...I really do not for certain how many OTHER machines and  implements are lurking around.  There could easily be several more  tractors (almost alway Internationals for some reason) tucked away in  the barns and outbuildings. Uggh!
  I end up being the guy stuck with the clearing up, not the old codgers who are enjoying their dirt naps.
  JM

soffiler at ct.metrocast.net wrote:  ----- Original Message Follows -----
From: Mike Sloane 

>Based on my own experience, I would suggest the time to
>make that  determination is when the tractor is worth more
>in parts than as a whole  machine. When wheel weights are
>going for $100 each, radiators $300+, a  good head maybe
>$200, a drawbar $50, and so on, it doesn't take long for 
>the parts value to add up quickly. A good front axle on a
>340U is  probably worth over $200, and a decent power
>steering unit for the same  machine at least that much.


With all due respect, Mike, I'm not sure that makes sense. 
If I understand correctly, you're saying that a tractor in
decent condition (and better) is worth more complete than in
parts; and at some point as condition deteriorates, the
complete tractor eventually falls to a value that is less
than its individual (remaining, good) parts.

I submit that any tractor, in any condition, is *always*
worth more in parts than it is complete.

Steve O.
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