[AT] What to do..

[Ben Wagner]

charliehill wrote:
> Joe, since I'm not a JD guy  (Nothing against them.  They just don't strike 
> my fancy.) I think I can be objective.  I believe that one is a buy.  I 
> don't think you'll have a bit of problem getting your money back and then 
> some. Maybe I'm wrong but I think a 60 orchard is fairly rare and JD + rare 
> spells MONEY.
>
> Charlie
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>> Since I view all of you like a support group for old tractors, I need some 
>> support (kind of like an AA meeting).  I tend to run into all kinds of 
>> great deals, and have a history of buying things that I don't need, only 
>> to keep them around the place.  Or I pass them on to someone else and 
>> regret the decision later.  For example, several year ago I ran across two 
>> Oliver 77 orchard tractors with all the tin for $2,000.  More $ than I had 
>> so I passed them on to another list member (and as far as I know he still 
>> has them).  Anyway, today while surfing the web (I mean working), I found 
>> a craigslist ad for a "garden tractor" near my house.  When I opened it 
>> up, the seller's "garden tractor" is an all original John Deere 60 orchard 
>> tractor, with a plow and disc for $1,500.  "Tractor runs good, wife wants 
>> it out of the yard"
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>> I really want to buy it, as I realize it's a great deal, but I'm afraid if 
>> I do the wife will want me to "live out in the yard"  What should I do? 
>> Does anyone know what these are selling for on the open market?
>>
>> Enjoy, Joe
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That's right Charlie!  Nothing runs like a Deere, nothing smells like a 
John.  I'm a Farmall guy, so green just isn't the right color.  If I had 
the opportunity to buy that tractor, though, I would.  And I'd sell it 
just as quick, because it is a John Deere and green in the yard is only 
good in grass.  That's what I am doing with my 1945 A with that rare 
exhaust lift, if I can convince myself to get rid of it. 

So tell your wife it is an investment, and that you will take her out 
for dinner with part of the profits.  That ought to do it!

Ben Wagner