Posted by redforlife on March 07, 2023 at 12:35:39 from (68.234.121.189):
In Reply to: A really sad sight. posted by Masseyharrisnut on March 06, 2023 at 20:56:55:
Liquidating to much at one time, equals higher percentage of it all going to scrap. Seen this happen before myself a couple of times.
A person has got to realize that your parts salvage guys, your fixer uppers guys, your collector guys, and your old tractor enthusiast guys can only take on a limited amount of stuff at one time. Somebody's life time collection is often times to much for these types of people to absorb at one time. The scrap iron guy has no limits to what he can absorb. He is going to re-sale to iron yards right away. The only difference it makes to him is number of loads like you see here in these photos.
Now grant it, some stuff will end up going to scrap yards anyhow. Stuff that is to far gone and the engines are locked up. But alot more of it than that, will go to scrap if to much is liquidated all at once.
This is becoming a bigger issue now that the interests in pre 1960 era stuff is on the decline. Nobody can really do anything to boost any interest in this older stuff. But a person can spread out the liquidation of it, so that those interested can absorb a little bit more of it. That one guy that might be interested in a single Massey Harris 55 for parts, might not he interested in buying this many all in one day. And if he buys one today, he might be interested in another one for parts down the road. But the truth is, you can bombard a guy like that with to many of them at one time. He has no choice but to buy one, and be done. If spread out over time, he could maybe absorb more than just the one.
More of this is for sure going to be happening. No one is going to have time to spread things out when somebody dies off and leaves a lifetime accumulation behind. Nobody is going to spread things out then.
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