Cleaning out a local collection today

[76c12091520h 4,183]

Spending my Saturday cleaning out a local collection today, previous owner is deceased.  Not too much in the mornings haul, mostly parts tractors / decks , tractor  in picture 4 fired right up on starting  fluid, maybe something better this afternoon....

[ebinmaine 78,927]

This is how Trina and I expanded our collection quite a lot a few years ago. I rented a 26 ft U-Haul which we filled. Then went back several times with our own utility trailer.

I have since sold / given away / traded most of those items to other folks.  

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,323]

I would love to find a haul like that to make! 
 Of course it’s sad that someone has to pass to make that happen. Circle of life I guess. 

[squonk 46,624]

I had the chance to do the same a couple of times. I didn't have the thousands of dollars to invest that the people thought it was worth. 

 

Managed to pick up a tractor, snow blower, deck and grader blade like 3 years ago but that's about it.

[ebinmaine 78,927]

12 minutes ago, squonk said:

dollars

 

Ours was an auction. A LOT of stuff. Bids were predominantly low.  

[76c12091520h 4,183]

TRIP 2 consisted of some NOS parts, buckets of used parts, numerous Kohlers, and some more tractors including some little tractor with some kind of cutting attachment on the front of it. Not sure if that's worth anything or not? Best part is that it was 2 tenths of a mile from my house. 

[ri702bill 12,153]

RJ(?) with a front sickle bar cutter... Gopher Patrol!!!

[wallfish 19,991]

1 hour ago, 76c12091520h said:

including some little tractor with some kind of cutting attachment on the front of it.

RJ-58 with a CBR-32 

[8ntruck 8,881]

Nice haul. 

 

One of the local hardware stores has a C 160 with a snowblower and a C 101 with a deck on consignment.  They want $1,500 each.  Nice looking tractors, but......

[702854boy 786]

2 hours ago, 76c12091520h said:

TRIP 2 consisted of some NOS parts, buckets of used parts, numerous Kohlers, and some more tractors including some little tractor with some kind of cutting attachment on the front of it. Not sure if that's worth anything or not? Best part is that it was 2 tenths of a mile from my house. 

How much would you want for that seat pan and seat cover?

[ineedanother 2,393]

58 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

One of the local hardware stores has a C 160 with a snowblower and a C 101 with a deck on consignment.  They want $1,500 each.  Nice looking tractors, but......

Seen it before. One man's perceived fortune is another man's...hard pass.

[Retired Wrencher 6,682]

I always thought if you live in Pa. You are in wheel-horse heaven! Great find. I hope it all gets used and the parts go to a good homes who needs them.

Edited 9 hours ago by Retired Wrencher

[ri702bill 12,153]

8 hours ago, ineedanother said:

Seen it before. One man's perceived fortune is another man's...hard pass.

I agree even with a pristene 420LSE, you can't sell it for enough to put a kid thru college. Some folks think they can....

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,590]

17 minutes ago, ri702bill said:

I agree even with a pristene 420LSE, you can't sell it for enough to put a kid thru college. Some folks think they can....

I saw a decent but rusty looking 3 or 400 series on Facebook Marketplace a few months back that a dealership was selling with a decent sized mowing deck for 3 grand. It must have been too high because it was on there for months. I think it got taken off as I haven’t seen it lately.

[oliver2-44 11,490]

5 hours ago, Retired Wrencher said:

I always thought if you live in Pa. You are in wheel-horse heaven! 

I agree, but wonder why that is?  

Pa. seems to have even more Horses than Indiana.

[ineedanother 2,393]

1 hour ago, oliver2-44 said:

I agree, but wonder why that is?  

Pa. seems to have even more Horses than Indiana.

I think it was all about where the dealerships were rather than the factory. We had a dealership down the road from where I grew up in SW PA but just didn't have a budget for one back then. I still see them all over the place when I go back to visit.