Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Buying at a distance from home ....
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
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:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
The Ferguson System Principal An implement cutting through the soil at a certain depth say eight inches requires a certain force or draft to pull it. Obviously that draft will increase if the implement runs deeper than eight inches, and decrease if it runs shallower. Why not use that draft fact to control the depth of work automatically? The draft forces are
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2025 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|