We were talking about that today while I was working on the Old '47 M rearend . I already have just over $500 in the tranny bearings and gaskets and am expecting to spend at least that much more for axle bearings and the final drive bearings . I checked prices on bearings two weeks ago and went to pick some up yesterday and the prices went up between 10 and 22% ! We were moving the axles and the comment was made that there was a lot of weight there . At near $350 a ton and the M weighing about 2 tons cleaned that makes my tractor worth $650 to $700 as scrap . That's just plain sad !! And forget buying salvage yard parts for ANY kind of machine made out of iron or steel at a affordable price anymore . Roughly 5 dollars a pound ! This is where it gets complicated - I have a tractor I paid 935 dollars to buy , about $200 to get home , another $1000+ just to renew the bearings behind the clutch , it has no paint and poor tires so it'll be worth around $1200 when all is said and done and 50% of that value is as scrap and the other 50% is the 9-speed in it since the M isn't a very useful tractor really for a farm of any size today . OH Well ! I like it and enjoy driving it . ...Randy
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