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Posted by Lynn Kasdorf on September 16, 2004 at 12:08:29 from (152.163.190.1):
Hoo boy- I'm caught in the middle of a real mess. Some 5 years ago when I bought this house in the country, I got to know my neighbor. He had a farm with all sorts of junk laying around. When he showed me around the farm, along with 3 farmalls, I spotted an old John Deere B. I asked if he wanted to sell it, and he said no. Over the years, I would periodically ask him about it. Finally, last December, he stops by my place and tells me he is ready to sell the tractor- and it has to happen today! So, I paid him and we dragged it a mile or so back to my place, after putting on a new tire in the front (both were flat and rotted). I rebuild the carb and get it running enough to drive on and off a trailer, so I can move it to my new farm, which I have now done. So last week, along comes a fellow asking about it. He says that the tractors and other equipment did not belong to the guy that sold it to me, but were actually owned by the very wealthy woman who owns the farm across the road. She just got to wondering about the tractors, and found out they had been sold, and she was peeved! I go to visit her, and bottom line is that she says she wants her tractors back. I was very polite and indicated that I have begun restoration and her response was "go ahead and keep restoring it, but she wants it back". I thought that was a pretty mean thing to say. The fellow who I bought it from talked to her, and they disagreed on ownership, but he agreed to undo the deal and buy it back from me. He claims that she gave the machines to his mom, who is now gone. The problem is, that I've done work to it, hauled it, and I have been planning to restore and use it. The old woman is really just trying to prove a point that she is not about to be ripped off. If she ends up getting it back, it will sit in her barn, rotting away. I tried to talk her into getting the money back from the guy and giving the money to her, but she says the money means nothing to her and she wants her tractor back. I dunno- it seems that if she was really concerned about these machines she would have looked into them at least once in the ensuing 50 years or so since they have been sitting in this guy's barn! I was advised by the old woman's farm manager to just hang loose and let her cool down. Maybe I'll end up with it after all. But I don't want the tractor if it will have "bad juju". I know that the farmalls are out of state at this point and getting them back woudl be very hard. I don't know why I'm posting this- I am mostly just venting frustration at finally getting the JD I have always wanted, and may end up loosing it...Thanks
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