[AT] Tractors and family

[Darrell Ratliff]

I agree with you Joe.  Unfortunately, in some families there is competition for “one’s fair share” of everything even though there may not be a personal interest.  I have seen many family heirlooms go to auction because siblings could not agree on who should get what.  That is probably why it is best to give items to those you want to have them before the need arises to have them distributed through an estate.


From: Joe Hazewinkel 
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:52 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractors and family

I guess I'm not one to worry about keeping thing "equal" if someone has an interest in something I have, especially my kids, I'm happy to share it with them.  My mother in law is always worried about being fair/equal with her kids.  If she loans $100 to one to help out, she feels the need to give everyone $100 to make it fair.  I was given several tractors from her and my father in law, I really don't need anything else from them.

If you had one child/grandchild who showed an interest in your stuff, wouldn't you want them to just have it?

Enjoy, Joe

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On Oct 12, 2014, at 10:36 AM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

Money is deceiving Joe. 250K may me a lot of money to you . For many people it's NOT all that much. Perhaps the guy had 26 grandkids. How do you make that kind of "split" equal?
   Dave

> On Oct 12, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Joe Hazewinkel <jahaze at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> I went to an auction yesterday with quite a collection of tractor, old engines etc.  Before I get to my question, I thought it was neat that the first tractor they sold was an Aultman Taylor 30-60 in mint original condition.  He was the second owner, and the buyer was the grandson of the first owner (paid $130,000).
> 
> Anyway, it was apparent that several of the tractors were bought by the sellers grand children.  They ended up paying a pretty high price for most of them.  Here's my question, if your grandkids (or kids) were that interested in your tractors, why wouldn't you just give them to them instead of making them pay for them after your gone?
> 
> It can't be just about the money, from the appearance of the place, they had enough, and made $250,000 from the sale of just the first five tractors.
> 
> Enjoy, Joe
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