[AT] Antique tractors that are too expensive

[Cecil Bearden]

I always wanted an old Lincoln "tombstone"225 AC/DC welder.  They sell 
at auction for over $1000.    An old local farmer had an estate auction 
and I was at the back of the crowd when his Lincoln Tombstone welder 
came up for auction.  I got it for $400, but after I got it home is was 
a tombstone, but it was AC only.....  I finally got the chance to buy 
one on Craigs list for $600.  Then a year later I bought 4 that had been 
rebuilt for a VO-Tech out west for $450 for the lot!!!   I first welded 
with one of them during college at OSU.  I fell in love with the 
welder.   Those welders have an open arc voltage of about 90V.  They 
will make you jump when welding on wet stuff...  However, they run 7018 
LH as pretty as you could ever want.  I have mounted one on a 15KW 
generator for a portable welder.  It works great and I have plenty of 
power to run grinders etc.
Cecil

On 12/22/2019 2:59 PM, deanvp at att.net wrote:
>
> I purchased my used Lincoln 225 AMP arc welder for $100 at a swap 
> meet. It is quite old. I haven’t taken the time to try to figure out 
> how old but I wanted to buy an older one after looking at new ones. I 
> looked at the guts of a new one vs how the old ones were built and 
> decided an old one would last longer and probably weld better.  I’ve 
> had it 10 years and it is ready to go every time I need it.  IMHO, 
> sometimes new isn’t always better.
>
> Dean VP
>
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> *From:*AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Mike M
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 21, 2019 9:38 AM
> *To:* at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Antique tractors that are too expensive
>
> I've also seen people bid way too high, they get caught up in the 
> excitement. I was standing next to a guy who was bidding on an old 
> tombstone welder. I wanted it too. I think he ended up paying $300 for 
> it. You could buy a new one for less than that. It's pays to know what 
> things cost before bidding on them. I was bidding, but dropped out at 
> $150, because that is all I was willing to pay.
>
> Mike M
>
> On 12/22/2019 12:13 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>
>     
>
>     We have all seen it:  the tractor the seller is asking way too
>     much for.  Or conversely; why buyers don’t show up for our
>     obviously wonderful tractor that we post in EBay/Craigslist/whatever.
>
>     So listening to podcasts tonight, I ran across a podcast that was
>     discussing many things, including a discussion with a psychologist
>     from Berkeley who was explaining the “endowment effect”. I was
>     unaware of this. Though I had intuited it many times I did not
>     know it was a “thing”.
>
>
>
>     Long story short it explains why people often seem to ask way more
>     for a tractor that I’m willing to pay.
>
>     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endowment_effect
>
>     https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C34&q=endowment+effect&oq=endowment+
>
>     Interestingly, this is true regardless of how long they owned it
>     or whether it had any other type (e.g. nostalgia) of value.
>
>     Unfortunately, the podcast did not describe how I, the buyer,
>     could negotiate my way around this.
>
>     PS:   I will be that seller if I ever sell the Pacer. (-;
>
>     Spencer
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>
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