Posted by FarmallCT on December 04, 2016 at 16:07:33 from (50.28.176.145):
My dad happened to notice a few tractors sitting in the weeds a few towns over where he works. He stopped in, talked to the owner, and took some pictures, and there appears to be an early 40's John Deere B and some sort of similar age range John Deere Crawler (maybe a MC?).
The owner said he would be willing sell them both and gave a price, but they have clearly been sitting for at least a couple of years since they last ran. The crawler supposedly had some sort of wiring problem, and not sure what was wrong with the B (he's an older guy so I'm guessing he might have just had a hard time with hand starting it). He said he told the last guy who asked he'd like $1000 each for them.
My question is, what are they worth? More so for the crawler since I have no experience with them/idea of their value other than some are more sought after than others.
I do like that it does have a blade, just not sure how much it would take to get it running since its been sitting. Also I have heard that the crawlers often have problems with the steering clutches? Correct me if I'm wrong. Anything else to look for? How hard/expensive are parts, and how valuable/desirable is this?
Hoping if we get the crawler to use it for clearing brush and hauling trees out of the woods. Might get the B too to fix up but the crawler is the main interest.
Any advice/opinions on value for the tractor or crawler, especially the crawler would be greatly appreciated. Pictures should be attached.
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