[AT] Wanted: Small grain drill

[JKW]

Its a shame to see old equipment going to the scrap yard...But I guess its 
better than sitting there just rusting away.... Got any old engines over 
that way Francis? , John From Rainy Indiana
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Wanted: Small grain drill


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
>> P.S.  Farmer, what you got sitting over there in the corner!
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>
>
>    Bad timing Herb... I just scrapped out a working 1926 Van-Brunt drill
> about 6 weeks ago (I did save the wheels for the yard). I am keeping my 
> John
> Deere FBB and I also am keeping a John Deere "pasture drill" (sort of a
> no-till drill) to seed hay and horse lots.
>    I sold "a lot" of stuff to a young fellow that is scrapping this year
> and let him do all of the work. I'm not sure how much he is getting for it
> but he has paid me a fair rate for it and is cleaning up a lot of crap at
> the same time. I was talking to an old farmer friend last week who told me
> that he sold one load of "short steel" last winter for $200 a ton... That
> sure changes the picture for collectors... I had tried to sell some of 
> what
> I scrapped at Portland swap-meet last year and found little interest in 
> most
> of it at almost give-away pricing. It went well as scrap. I sure hate to 
> see
> so many tractors being hauled off for scrap. I know of dozens in my
> community that have gone that route. A large old tractor salvage yard in
> Central Indiana (Everett Bros. Monrovia, IN) sold out completely to scrap
> not so long ago (maybe a year or so). I understand that he sold it for 
> $100
> a ton for absolutely everything and didn't have to touch a piece of it. 
> Just
> guessing I would say maybe 300+ tractors and 30 combines and some misc.
> stuff. I suppose some of those old WC's and F-20's are now just highway
> guardrail...   :-(
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
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