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Posted by Derek Broerse on September 05, 2004 at 18:33:25 from (206.186.62.105):
Does anyone know--once a tractor has been burned (in a barn fire) if anything is saveable? ie: if one theoretically wanted to take the time and money and replace every seal, wire and hose (and tire etc. etc.) would the actual steel and cast-iron portions of the machine still be ok? Or would the heat have likely wrecked everything? The two machines in question are a Ford 2000 series and some sort of a mystery Massey Ferguson with a loader. I haven't personally seem them yet so I have no idea how bad they are. Are they even good for parts? Or just haul them directly to the scrap yard?
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