[AT] Auction

Tue Apr 2 10:42:32 PDT 2019

Cecil: That configuration sounds about ideal for a good flexible farm
truck. I have an old 1965 IHC 1600 Loadstar with a good steel floor bed and
hoist. It just has a 6 cylinder in it. I forget which one and I was not
smart enough to write it down in my notes (increasing CRS has made me
better at keeping notes). It is just a granny 4 speed but is geared pretty
low. Not bad on power but at 55 MPH it is wound out a lot tighter than I
really like to run one for any distance. I've never even tried to push it
up above 60. A 2 speed axle with the low geared like this one is and a
higher range for running lighter would about make this truck.
I don't have a valid use for it and parked it s number of years ago due to
health problems and failing tires (the truck's not mine). I have not
started it recently but have spun it over with the starter. I got a steal
on a full set of new tires (4 lug type and 2 steering type) where a guy had
put a complete new set on his old truck then something had happened to the
truck. I bought the tires from a part time scrapper who had just cut the
wheels from hole to hole in the dish to take them off. I couldn't use those
wheels on my IHC even if he had removed them without damage. I gave him
$200 for the set. I have visions of using it to haul tractors to shows. I
don't usually go very far to shows. Portland is just under 100 miles and
that is about as far as I go. Not very practical but I see my Farmall Super
MTA freshly painted and sitting on that IHC truck also freshly painted...
... and that is why we tend to keep a whole lot of "stuff" that we probably
shouldn't.  :-)  I'm old enough now (77) that I don't think that I have to
be practical anymore.
I spoke of keeping notes... I have become fond of "Evernote" for a lot of
stuff and I also use MS's "OneNote" for some things. Kind of a learning
curve at first for an old geezer but it seems natural now.

.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 10:30 PM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> 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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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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