Posted by WellWorn on January 27, 2017 at 17:51:36 from (204.249.69.87):
Kind of a long complicated story, so bear with me.
A neighbor fellow we lease property from, Tom, had purchased most of the family homestead decades ago, with his now 80some year old parent's place staked off as a parcel of it's own, including a couple sheds but excluding the 40x70 (supposedly Sears kit, shipped in on the Erie RR) barn, just a stone throw from the house. We are using the barn for our farrowing hogs, so I go over at least once a day to feed and water, and I've gotten to know them somewhat. Really nice folks.
I've been looking for a replacement for my beyond-repair-without-becoming-a-money-pit Super A for a few years. A couple years ago, lo-and-behold, behind one of the sheds appears a Super A covered with a tarp. A son-in-law had died and had this SA parked behind a barn, under an overhang. Motor seized. Daughter thought Dad could use a project to give him something to tinker with, so they dragged it over. I had inquired about it last year as nothing had been done to it, and Tom gave me the story. I let it drop.
About 3 weeks ago, I saw one of the daughter and SIL's in the yard, and asked if he might consider selling it. They invited me in to discuss it with him. I went in, explained that I had an SA with a lot of attachments, just needed a replacement for the one that was too well abused before I ever owned it, and asked what he'd need for it. He said "how about $500?" I agreed. Took me about a 12 days to get to the bank on bankers hours to get cash, but paid for it just this past Monday (and got a receipt). Tom caught up with me Tuesday and told me that the 193 single bottom plow, the 60 front blade (brackets pretty bent), and some dog-leg arms that hook to the rear lift, almost like the lower links of a 3pt. go with it. Depending on just how bad the motor is stuck and other issues it may have, it might just be a "good deal". Except...
I just learned this evening that Tom's dad has passed.
Makes me wonder just how thin a thread of 'something left to do' keeps some folks hanging on, in spite of the "reality". I'll never know if on some level there was an admission of 'defeat' in selling the tractor that had anything to do with his demise, but it does make me wonder. Then again, after paying him and thanking him again for allowing me to buy it, he somewhat loudly (sincerely) thanked me as I was on the way out the door. Kinda took me by surprise. Maybe he was glad that it now had an opportunity to become useful again.
If I get it running and properly dressed up, I may have to put his name on it. It seems only right.
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