Posted by JD Seller on December 22, 2013 at 20:16:23 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Need Advice... posted by Bryce Frazier on December 22, 2013 at 20:00:43:
RUN FOREST RUN!!!!!
First off your going to get in way too deep on this. The cost to fully restore a tractor like that Ford NAA is going to cost them more than they think it will. Just the parts alone will make it an expensive project. Then if you add in labor at any type of reasonable rate then your going to be up where they could buy a much new tractor for the same or less money.
They are not in the ball park on the cost. A few truck loads of gravel is only going to be maybe $400-500 dollars. Then the Ford sickle bar mower is only a $200-400 item depending on condition. So they are thinking $800-900 labor for the restoring job. It could easily be 3 to 4 times that amount.
You need to have a serious talk with them on what they think it will cost to do this restore job. They need to be thinking in the $2500-3000 without any major engine issues.
I have seen $5000-6000 stuck in one with the engine,lift and transmission needing work. That is without much labor included.
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