[AT] Just too gorgeous to pass up

[charliehill]

Dudley, that makes perfect sense from a logical point of view.  I bet when 
you are ready to sell it he will be willing to buy it back.

Thanks

Charlie
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Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Just too gorgeous to pass up


>> Dudley,  I find it strange that an active farmer would sell a tractor 
>> that
>> had spent it's whole life in 3 generations of the farmers family.  Is
>> there
>> a story behind that?  Or was the guy just not sentimental about it?
>
>
> Charlie,
>
> The story as I got it -
>
> Alan (the farmer) told me that his grandparents bought the place in 1942
> and that since then there had been at least 35 tractors on that farm.
> After the war and up until the early sixties he said that Farmall had a
> dealership within a couple of miles and that quite a few new tractors had
> come from that dealership.  In the fifties and early sixties he said that
> vegtables were the principle crop and that as many as five Farmall C/SC's
> were on the place at one time.  In the late sixties Alan said his dad
> converted over to a dairy operation (which Alan is continuing) and that
> all tractor acquisitions since then have been John Deeres.  Incidentally,
> Alan is not just selling the Super M but also two regular M's, a Super C,
> and a Farmall 560.
>
> So, why is he selling ... doesn't he have any attachment to the old
> tractors?  That is the last question I asked him before leaving his place
> last night.  He said that since none of his equipment will hook up to the
> old tractors (no 3-pt hitch) and that all of it needs at least 100 HP or
> more to operate, the old tractors just don't fit in anywhere.  And with
> all his modern tractors/equipment to keep operational he said he doesn't
> have the extra time to keep the old tractors properly maintained and they
> are starting to deteriorate.
>
> I understood his reasoning ... a super busy practical business man.  Maybe
> in twenty years he will think otherwise ... but who among us hasn't had
> that experience -
>
> Dudley
>
>
>
> Dudley,  I find it strange that an active farmer would sell a tractor that
>> had spent it's whole life in 3 generations of the farmers family.  Is
>> there
>> a story behind that?  Or was the guy just not sentimental about it?
>>
>> Charlie Hill
>>
>
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