Re: Buying at a distance from home ....

Posted by Dave Grindle on January 19, 2005 at 07:18:02 from (207.190.64.191):

In Reply to: Re: Buying at a distance from home .... posted by Jim Ward on January 19, 2005 at 05:58:38:

Hi Jim - here's the facts , first off-if you think one can make a liveing with these old tractors -just jump right in & give it a try !it's at best a paying hobby (i farm for a liveing) ........i've had a computor for 5 years and still have the same (only one) ip address ......my defanition of a tractor jocky is someone who buys and sells without doning any work & precious little diagnosing to a tractor before reselling , i prefere to call myself a "short term collector" or a "dealer" since most of my tractors are serviced , checked over for wear , damage , originallity , & parts missing , and a lot of them i restore (some for my collection & some to resell).......now i do buy most of my tractors from "jockys" (or auctions-same thing)- and will be the first to admit that i'm often times (usually) disapointed in the true condition verses what i expected - but that does'nt mean all the "jockys" are crooks , only that they don't check them over good enough - and most have a different defanition of "good" ! but they still fill a nich in the collecting buss. as i already mentioned-there's not much profit to be made , and i'd loose on every one if i had to invest several hundred $$$ into makeing a trip & personally inspecting them ! and yes , i have ran into a few "crooks" (ones that call 10 year old tires brand new & no dents means that there's no tin ! ). but not many and that's just part of the risk in doing buss.-weather tractors or any thing else ....i just felt it my obligation to defend Vern because he's always been up front with me , one of the very best in the buss. - now you obviously bt a bad one from him , and Vern obviously missed some details (like the head ) in his description - but it won't get you any money back to bash the indapendent trucker & publically bash him (vern) on the internet ......look at it this way Jim-you could most likely re-sell the 560 & loose no more than you woulda spent on a trip to inspect it --or you can restore it & you'll have a great tractor , ! bottom line is that there's just not much $$$ to be made in this buss (& plenty to be lost !)-other than the speculation that they will indeed keep apreciating .....for most of us it's still "just a hobby" with that hope of values riseing

Follow Ups:

• Re: Buying at a distance from home .... Jim Ward 08:05:17 01/19/05 (2)
  • Re: Buying at a distance from home .... Dave Grindle 12:08:34 01/19/05 (1)
    • Re: Buying at a distance from home .... Jim Ward 12:34:17 01/19/05 (0)

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