Re: 560 Diesel Picture

Posted by Lance Ropte on September 29, 2004 at 13:51:23 from (63.74.87.234):

In Reply to: Re: 560 Diesel Picture posted by Allan in NE on September 29, 2004 at 05:19:06:

Allan, I went to a Spring farm equipment consignment auction near livermore, IA on a snowy April morning in 2003. There was a set of good 15.5 tires mounted on good rims for my other 560 Diesel. The rims on mine were rusted badly and the tires would be a plus. The 560 was not even listed on the sale bill. I never got a chance to bid on the tires before they were out of my range. But then I fell for the temptation to bid on the 560 when the bidding was about to end at $2,300. You just can't let someone steal a 560 diesel like that so I tried to bid it up a little. I tried to stop bidding at $2,650 but the auctioneer twisted my arm to bid $2,750 after the other guy bid $2,700. "You're not going let this tractor go over a fifty dollar bill are you, " he said. There was a pause and somehow against my better judgement and the prospect of having to tell my dear wife I found myself nodding my head instead of shaking it NO!!!!! I absolutely was not going to go higher than $2,750. All of a sudden I had to do some real explaining to my wife when the gavel dropped and I was introduced as the new owner of this fine tractor. If I only knew the true condition of the tractor I would have gone up to maybe $3,500 on this tractor. I have pretty good judgement after the fact (Monday morning quarterbacking).The 560 gets the best of the best treatment when it comes to maintenance and I never abuse my equipment. I never like to operate machinery outside of the envelope of design and purpose. Now I still have to restore my Dad's old 1960 560 Diesel which is a real basket case. My wife isn't too interested in that venture!!

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