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[Cecil Bearden]

I left out one thing that was really interesting about the grain truck I 
bought Saturday:  It has an excellent seat with no holes. It looks like 
the original vinyl.  I know it was kept in the shed all the time, but I 
would expect the vinyl seat to be hard as a rock.   With the 345V/8 and 
the 5&2, I could start out from a stop light in 4gear and low axle!!!!  
Even with Propane, it has a lot of power.  Top speed probably 65.  My 
old 75 Loadstar only had a 345 and 4speed w/ straight axle.   It was 
used to deliver the Daily Oklahoman newspaper from OKC to Wichita, KS.  
It will run 80 pretty easily, and I hardly ever have to drop into the 
1st gear. This new one has power steering, and it is so much easier to 
drive....  Now I have to get another shed built to put it in.
Cecil

On 4/1/2019 8:24 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> Saturday I went to an estate auction of a prominent farmer.  He had 
> some very nice late model equipment.  Everything went high. The oldest 
> tractor was a 706 IHC sold for $5300.  I went to buy a grain truck.  I 
> brought home a 1972 IHC 1700 Loadstar w/ 345 V/8, power steering,  5 
> speed trans, 2 speed axle, 16ft Omaha steel bed 4 ft sides, Schwartz 
> hoist w/ connections for hydraulic auger,  3 grain doors in the back, 
> and a Shurco manual tarp system.  The truck had been converted to 
> Propane w/ 50 gallon tank.  The gas tank was removed.  It needs a 
> heater core and a smaller steering wheel for my large belly!!!!  A 74 
> 1600 series equipped the same way but on gas, sold for the same amount 
> $5000.  I thought it was high, but the truck needs very little work.  
> It could use a set of Mud tires, I have a set on another truck that 
> will interchange with the same wheels...
>
> Maybe this year I can get my wheat sowed early enough to have some 
> winter pasture.   If it is not sowed by the first of August, we don't 
> get enough rain to get any pasture.
>
> Cecil
>
> On 3/31/2019 9:17 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> Just one Tyler, a crawler with a loader. OC-6 I guess?   Original 
>> paint was yellow and not green so I guess an industrial version? The 
>> loader seemed to match the crawler perfectly - not sure if Oliver 
>> sold loaders  with their crawlers but judging by the near perfection 
>> of design and fit I would say it was Oliver made and came with the 
>> crawler.
>>
>> This was one of the ones with its work clothes on but was in good 
>> condition.  The undercarriage seemed tight and overall hours did not 
>> appear high.    It went in the $3000s I believe.
>>
>> BTW:  Every single tractor at the sale started and ran well. There 
>> was not a non-runner or stuck tractor in the bunch.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>>
>> Spencer Yost
>>> On Mar 31, 2019, at 12:04 AM, Tyler Juranek 
>>> <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Spencer,
>>> Were there any Olivers at the sale?
>>> Tyler Juranek
>>> IA
>>>
>>>> On 3/30/19, Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>>>> I went to a tractor auction today. Lots of tractors from the estate 
>>>> of a
>>>> gentleman who collected quite a few. Most were in semi restored to 
>>>> restored
>>>> condition. A few were in work clothes. Mostly  way too much money 
>>>> for me. A
>>>> Ford 861, nearly identical to mine other than it was painted and  gas
>>>> instead of diesel, sold for $6500. I think I will paint my tractor 
>>>> and sell
>>>> it :-)
>>>>
>>>> An Alice Chalmers G in semi-original condition and new rear 
>>>> tire($$$$) only
>>>> went for 2700. Probably should’ve bid on that one. A Farmall H with 
>>>> brand
>>>> new  rear tires(again, $$$$$) was going for 1100.   I jumped on 
>>>> that bid;
>>>> ran it up to 1550, and then dropped out.  The other guy really 
>>>> wanted it, so
>>>> I  let him have it for 1600.
>>>>
>>>> There was a bunch of John Deere’s there too, but life got in the 
>>>> way. I had
>>>> too much other work and chores to do. So I didn’t stay.
>>>>
>>>> Spencer Yost
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