[AT] Antique Tractor & Hit & Miss Engines Sale
Tom
tmartin at xtra.co.nz
Wed Oct 16 12:18:28 PDT 2013
Back in March there was a machinery & tractor show a few miles south of here,
someone turned up with a Cat D9G complete with blade & rippers! I counted
5 older D8s as well...
Tom
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> From: Will Powell <william.neff.powell at comcast.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, 17 October 2013 5:06 AM
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> My AC HD6G is 20,000 lbs. What's scrap going for? 8 cents a pound? So
> that's $1600. I'm not selling it, but I wonder if I could get that in
> my area? Not too many farms left, it needs work... I doubt anyone would come far
> to get it home. Easier to call the scrap man. Now, a CAT D2 in similar shape is
> probably worth more, 7000 lbs, a pickup could haul it.
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> The larger the equipment the greater the chances it ends up as scrap. (my
> opinion)
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> It costs a lot of money to maintain, store , and transport large
> tractors/bulldozers.
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> At the Kinzers show near Lancaster PA one guy brought in a very large IH
> bulldozer. It could run on gas or diesel. Beautiful piece, I was glad he started
> it up. He commented on how much it cost him to maintain it and transport it to
> the show. He could barely turn it around in the space allotted .
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> Same issue with old cars and motorcycles. People can't fix them and they
> take up space in the garage, so, they end up in the back yard.....
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> Seems like the valuable tractors are the tiny ones that a pickup can haul. AC
> G's, Farmall Cubs, MH Ponies. I've seen pedal tractors go for more than
> the real tractors they represent...
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> The Oliver at Beilers was missing a lot. No radiator, hood, all hydraulic tubes
> had rotted away, all of the hydraulic cylinders had lost their chrome, grousers
> and tracks shot, missing valve cover, it was a huge paper weight.
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> Regards,
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> Will
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> From: "Raquel Elle Bell" < raquel @ wsmauctioneers .com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:18:23 AM
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> I'm surprised any of these types of machines would make it to the scrap man.
> It seems there are fewer and fewer of them left even if it's just to pick
> apart the salvageable pieces for spare parts.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [ mailto
> :at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Will Powell
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:00 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Antique Tractor & Hit & Miss Engines Sale
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> Chuck and Herb, you're right, it was Beilers . I heard they got into some
> kind of trouble with taxes? That was quite a show. A good remedy for cabin
> fever.
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> The scrap man was always there to gobble up the no-sale items. I remember a
> Large Oliver crawler that was so far gone that after the scrap man won the bid
> the auctioneer said it found the right home.
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> I picked up some good parts there. Wish I had know about it before I bought some
> of my basket cases. Some tractors sold for a song and others didn't meet
> reserve.
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> Sure was cold some years. That auction made me buy my first full CarHart farmer
> suit. I fit right in with that. When it wasn't cold it was a mud fest.
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> I'll keep an eye out for the " Mudfest " auction.
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> Regards,
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> Will
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> From: "Herb Metz " <metz-h.b at comcast.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:15:56 AM
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> Will,
> You probably are remembering the Beilers Auction. Yes, it has been a long time.
> Last time I was there (1990's), Cecil Monson was having a ball; bought a
> truckload of equipment, etc. Weather was decent; I was told that some years it
> was mud, some years snow. A couple months before then I bought a G with
> endloader approx twenty miles from Beilers , sold the G at Beilers auction, and
> still have the endloader . It was windy, my G was five tractors downwind of a
> Rumely . The Rumely was started several times during the day, my G was well
> speckled with oil before the auction ended. Nearby was a huge collection
> (20'x40'x100') of old farm implements, etc. that did not sell or
> were never picked up. Couple years later Beilers closed.
> Herb
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Powell
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:00 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Antique Tractor & Hit & Miss Engines Sale
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> Auctions are a huge part of tractor collecting.
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> What was that large auction topic that was bombarding the list a month or two
> ago? I can't remember anyone getting slapped down over that topic?
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> Perhaps Raquel should have said something like "Has anyone seen the three
> wheeled G at WV auction?"
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> Or "Anyone going to the Lapp Auction in Lancaster this Sunday?"
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> Come to think of it, what is the large tractor auction in Lancaster? It's
> usually in February? My father and I would always go. Bergeys ? Was that it?
> It's been so long since I've been to an auction... I've been paying
> tuition now for 8 years with two more years to go... I can't wait for my
> youngest to graduate so I can be a consumer again...
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> Maybe new posters should be given a little more slack?
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> Regards,
> Will
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Joe Hazewinkel " < jahaze @ aol .com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 6:35:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Antique Tractor & Hit & Miss Engines Sale
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> You guys sure are a grumpy bunch. It's those kind of mean spirited posts
> that will kill this list once and for all. At this point and time, any post is
> better than none at all. At least she wasn't pushing male enhancement
> pills, I've got enough of those to last several lifetimes!
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> Enjoy, Joe
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> On Oct 16, 2013, at 12:27 AM, k7jdj@ aol .com wrote:
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> I remember a paint guy doing more or less the same thing several years ago and I
> sure don't remember a big fuss about that. Of course I think Walt was the
> big distraction then. Not like there has been a lot of traffic lately and my
> computer has a delete key.
>
> Gary
> Renton WA
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