[Farmall] when is "too far gone"?

[James Moran]

SO-
 There is so much entailed is this "situation" I would not wish  to bother you or other members with the details.  Again, my case  is not really specific to the overall purpose of this group's "mission".
  Briefly, it is really not an "inherited" thing but, rather, the  "sorting out" of my wife's family's age-old holdings which, through  time passage/death/disease has ended up on our lap.  While one  might think that such open land space would be gold it is more like  fool's gold.  If you knew of the whole morass, you would be quick  to agree, I am certain.
 Your point about parting out the  machines....even if I were to run ads and take calls, I would STILL  need to meet the potential buyer and, sadly, I do not have the time nor  inclination for even that activity.
 Steve, if you truly wish to  know more about this I will gladly share it with you (or other  interested parties) but "off group" would probably be better.
  Thanks for your message and Happy New Year to you, as well.
  JM

Steve Offiler <soffiler at ct.metrocast.net> wrote:  JM:  No, you are reading more into my statement than I intended.  I know you 
are a regular contributor to this discussion group, but unfortunately I lack 
the time to read each and every posting, so I believe I may have some holes 
in my understanding of your situation.  Did you not come by this large 
property complete with its derelict farm equipment by way of inheritance? 
If not, I apologize for my use of the term.

If I had any point at all, I think it might have been to suggest that 
parting-out the machinery does not entail YOU entering the field with 
toolbox and cutting torch.  It entails you advertising and securing an 
interested buyer who then visits you with appropriate hauling equipment and 
takes it from there.


Happy New Year (to JM and all)
Steve O.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Moran" 
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" 
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Farmall] when is "too far gone"?


: DV-
:  Well said and, sadly, accurate.
:  Interestingly, I found Steve O's memo to have contained something of a 
tongue in cheek tone about it when he chose to employ the term  "inherited" 
which, in my own mind, suggested that I was (in some way)  looking the 
perverbial gift horse in the mouth.  In case this was  his intention or if 
others of you are of the same sentiment (be assured  I do not "know" this to 
be the case/it is only a "take"), this overall  situation is ANYTHING of a 
boon.
: Thanks, Dean.
:  JM
: Dean Vinson  wrote:  My experience pales next to most 
on the list, but I'll add my two cents'
: that the Ms and Hs couldn't hardly be attractive to anybody looking to
: restore one, or cost-effective to do so.  I bought a pretty decent 50 M 
last
: Fall for $1000 delivered, added more than another $1000 in assorted little
: parts, fluids, and minor repairs, and figure it might be worth $1000 now.
: Unless one of those tractors had a rare and badly needed part, I think
: they're in the too far gone category.
:
: Dean Vinson
: Dayton, Ohio
: www.vinsonfarm.net
:
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
: [mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of James 
Moran
: Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 4:29 PM
: To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
: Subject: Re: [Farmall] when is "too far gone"?
:
: Steve O-
:  Well, I guess your solution is as good as any other.  You are 100%
: correct that I have no capacity to do such things myself as much as I 
wish
: that I could.  I think that I previously made the point that  "mother
: henning" a part-out effort (that is to say "little by little")  is not in
: the cards.
:  Maybe is one or two restoration guys were to express interest and haul
: everything elsewhere with their own transport method, that could work  as
: opposed to the "scrap man".
:  Something will work out.  It was a somewhat interesting "conversation", 
at
: least to me.
:  JM
:
: soffiler at ct.metrocast.net wrote:
: ----- Original Message Follows -----
: From: James Moran
:
: OK, JM, so what are we trying to accomplish here?  You've got a bunch of
: well-worn, broken-down hulks around a property you have apparently
: inherited, and you'd like to see them gone.  Isn't the question whether to
: advertise them to the old-iron community as parts machines versus calling
: the scrap man?  It seems crystal clear that we've eliminated any notion of
: you personally performing any restoration on these machines.
:
: Steve O.
:
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