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Jonathan
03-15-2004 11:57:47
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You can buy a running H for $1,000 around here, but when something has family ties, it makes it almost priceless. Maybe he will come down on his price because nobody in their right mind would give that much for a stuck H thats been sitting that long, but then again, if you wait too long, somebody might come along and offer him alittle less and he might grab it, leaving you S.O.L. I have a 1946 Farmall H and I bought it stuck for $400 and it came with 2 trailer loads of equipment, but then we had to put alot more money in the tractor to get it going. It needed new back rims and tires, and those alone cost $1,200 (yeah, I found out afterwards we paid too much for the rims), a new battery and countless hours working on it getting it running again. Me and my grandfather had to tear the engine down completely, and drive the pistons out with a block of wood and a sledge hammer. I just got done using that tractor today to gather sap, I figgure we have atleast $1700 in it with just parts and the purchase price. It's a pretty good old tractor, and it breaks my heart to see one sitting out in the weeds, because it seems like those old tractors will run forever, as long as you take good care of them. Also, If this tractor isn't somthing you can use and you don't think you would like taking it to shows, then you problably should just let it go. I don't know about H's gaining a whole lot more value either, like others have said, the H was mass produced, and there are still alot of them around, so the most value that tractor will have is to you. There are enough H's around, so you can feel free to use it for work and not feel like your ruining a rare and valueable tractor, and with as many H's as there are still around, you won't have to worry about parts being no longer availible either.
Hope this helps,
Jonathan
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