Posted by Faster346 on January 18, 2011 at 08:26:07 from (72.241.213.69):
In Reply to: I want this Super C posted by Tom Fleming on January 17, 2011 at 20:23:33:
Dave H (MI) said: (quoted from post at 08:33:37 01/18/11) That tractor is VERY close to me so best snap her up while you can. Often considered a SC for my next one. I like them a lot. There is also a guy up here who buys tractors like that and does terrible things with them. But if you want my opinion on condition, here it is...
It looks like an older repaint. Anything could be under that paint. Rusty tractors are honest tractors.
It looks like there might be a crease in the grill. Fixable.
12 volt conversion can mean it was not starting on 6v. It should. Maybe a problem with the engine and they decided the conversion was easier than fixing it...maybe not.
12 volt conversion. How is the wiring? Did they do it right or is it a bunch of cheap HI store wire strung all over. Harnesses can cost.
Battery box is gone and that can be expensive.
Rust around valve stems could mean that your rims are very thin on the inside. Leastwise every one that I have seen with that type of rust had bad rims...usually from chloride leak.
Tires look average.
Just my opinions. Dave
The 12v conversion had me questioned as well. I can see on a H or an M where they get harder to start in the cold, but my C always fires right up in the cold with 6v. Perhaps it was just an "upgrade to get with the times" I know my neighbor converts all his tractors to 12v just for ease of issues. If it's dead, he can jump it off anything. If he needs a battery in a pinch, he can pull one out of anything, ect. The battery was disconnected when I stopped to look at it, and I hooked it up and pulled on the rod and it was deader than a doornail. The guy I talked to said "Well it's been sitting in the cold for a while now, so the battery/cells could be frozen, you know how that goes" so I'm not sure what that means. I didn't talk to the owner when I looked at the tractor, I left my name and number and he had called me later on. I might call back and tell him to charge the battery up so I can see how it runs/drives, but I really don't want to waste his time until I have the money for it. The tires are muddy in the picture, and it's hard to tell in the cell phone pictures, but they are close to brand new.
This post was edited by Faster346 at 08:28:06 01/18/11.
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