Author Topic: Tractor, good deal?  (Read 3918 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Perry

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 7382
  • Thanked: 390 times
  • Gender: Male
    • Brandt's Bees
  • Location: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."      
Forum Supporter

Offline Riverrat

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 2169
  • Thanked: 56 times
  • Location: oxford kansas
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2015, 04:06:14 pm »
Depends on what all its needing in work.  It could be a diamond in the rough or a pig in the poke
"no man ever stood so tall as one that  stoops to help a child"

Forum Supporter

Offline iddee

  • Administrator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 6126
  • Thanked: 407 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Sophia, N. C.
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2015, 04:25:02 pm »
The tires and wheels are worth 500. Not worth 1.00 to you if you don't want to work on it extensively.

If in good shape all around, it would be worth about 3000 here.
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

Offline G3farms

  • Bee Wrangler
  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 1724
  • Thanked: 37 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Concord, TN
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2015, 05:06:50 pm »
http://www.tractorhouse.com/list/list.aspx?ETID=1&catid=1110&Manu=FORD&Mdltxt=850&mdlx=exact

Just depends on what is wrong with it, could just be minor stuff to a cracked block or head.
Question is........how hard are parts to get in NS?
and
How much time and effort are you willing to put into the tractor?

$500 is not bad for a parts tractor if you are needing it.
Bees are bees and do as they please!

.... --- -   -... . . ...   .-- .. .-.. .-..   .... .- ...- .   -.-- --- ..-   ... - . .--. .--. .. -. --.   .- -. -..   ..-. . - -.-. .... .. -. --.   .-.. .. -.- .   -.-- --- ..- .-.   .... . .- -..   .. ...   --- -.   ..-. .. .-. .   .- -. -..   -.-- --- ..- .-.   .- ... ...   .. ...   -.-. .- - -.-. .... .. -. --.

Offline brooksbeefarm

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 2566
  • Thanked: 89 times
  • Location: fair grove, mo.
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2015, 05:14:51 pm »
I agree with the rest of them, but $500.00 isn't much to pay even for a parts tractor anymore, unless it's been in a fire? Of course you can't count your labor you put in it, and if you hire the work done, You will br in the hole. ??? Jack

Offline CBT

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1047
  • Thanked: 80 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Age gets better with wine
  • Location: Sandhills of North Carolina
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2015, 08:30:14 am »
I can find a part for a 1923 hit and miss engine easier than a part for a 1956 ford tractor. If it works and you need it. The price is right. Got a good mechanic buddy?

Offline Perry

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 7382
  • Thanked: 390 times
  • Gender: Male
    • Brandt's Bees
  • Location: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2015, 08:58:21 am »
We seem to have lots of the older tractors, particularly this vintage, around here, not sure why.
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."      
Forum Supporter

Offline iddee

  • Administrator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 6126
  • Thanked: 407 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Sophia, N. C.
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2015, 09:04:05 am »
www.reliableaftermarketpartsinc.com  or
www.just8ns.com  have about all the parts for the old fords.
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

Offline CBT

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1047
  • Thanked: 80 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Age gets better with wine
  • Location: Sandhills of North Carolina
Re: Tractor, good deal?
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2015, 05:54:08 pm »
Iddee, that's the ticket for old parts.