[AT] Tractors and other stuff...

[charlie hill]

Hi, John,

In my county none that I remember.  There were some down around my
grandfather's farm in Columbus County.  In fact I think he had one of some 
sort
but I don't really remember.  I was speaking of old farm equipment in 
general.
Pull type combines, corn snappers, you name it.  They are all gone around 
here.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Hall
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 9:38 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractors and other stuff...

Charlie, think back to your younger days, how many threshers did you run
across down your way? I'm wondering if they were a little odd to begin
with. With lighter population, fewer roads, I'm thinking there may not
have been all that many down your way to begin with. We actually found
quite a few junkers back when we were actively collecting. I remember a
wooden Geiser a guy took the metal off of for scrap and burnt the
rest---really old machine-you hand fed it, no conveyor. We hauled in a
very small Case. After a few years determined it wasn't worth restoring
so we took off every flat pulley and the toolbox and sent the rest to
scrap. Also robbed a pulley off a big Nichols and Shepard to go on the
IH we want to get rid of. I'll never forget that day. Must have been in
the low 20's that morning---stayed below freezing all day. We parked the
truck on the side of a dirt road and hiked about 1/4 a mile toting a few
tools and a hack saw. When we got there it became obvious the easy way
to do this was to saw the shaft in two. Dad and I two-maned the hacksaw,
must have been 1 1/2" shaft. Then we had to tote it and the tools back
out. Even with all that it was still COLD outside.

John Hall

On 12/11/2016 4:39 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Yeah I figured hauling might be a problem.
> It's just a shame to see it scraped.  There is
> nothing like that left around down here any more.
> At least not in my county unless it's in a collectors
> barn.  Very few old tractors left except for those that
> folks like us have.  All of the working farms have big and
> relatively new tractors.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 2:40 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractors and other stuff...
>
> I really think the problem is supply and demand--too many running
> machines and no demand. I can take you 15 minutes up the road to a
> running Belle City thresher, hasn't been used in about 8-10 years, prior
> to that it was ran for 15 straight.  Then there are 2 more "locally"
> that are shed kept, running when parked decades ago. If a thresher was
> running when last used and has been kept dry, all you need are 4 good
> tires and make a set of belts and you should be back in business. We'll
> give it a little while to sell before it gets sent to a scrapyard. We've
> hauled in tons of stuff over the years and very little was ever
> scrapped--even then it was stripped down of usable items first. For this
> to wind up in a scrapyard would be a bit of personal failure. I think
> one of the challenges with this is its size. Very few folks have  a shed
> big enough to put it under. And I'm not certain it could be hauled on a
> lowboy without removing one of the elevators. It is what it is.
>
> John
>
> On 12/10/2016 10:20 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> John,  maybe you could get some interest in it at Denton on July 4th?
>> It is the old thrashers reunion after all.  If you can't sell it there
>> then
>> maybe the club would want it for a display?
>>
>> Just a thought.  I hate to see it scrapped.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John & Jan Paur
>> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 11:18 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractors and other stuff...
>>
>> John, Where is the thresher located?  What make and size?  Do you have 
>> all
>> the belts?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John Hall
>> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 3:37 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractors and other stuff...
>>
>> I'll take your word for it! Around here anything green goes for more
>> money--whether its newer or older. It's largely due to marketing. You may
>> be
>> right about no market due to aging collectors. I have a feeling that a 
>> lot
>> of us are going to wind up with tractors worth a lot less than what they
>> were back in the 90's.
>>
>> I just listed dad's thresher for sale and have had no interest.  If it
>> doesn't sell I may tow it to the scrapyard come springtime--horrible 
>> thing
>> to do to a running machine but when there are no buyers there is no
>> alternative. Can't find any antique clubs interested in it. The last few
>> years our antique club existed, practically no one would watch us thresh,
>> folks just were not interested.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
>>
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