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One question that has been on my mind for awhile.
Why does it seem that the price on tractors from the mid west and further west seem to be less than east coast prices on tractors. Prices out west seem to be consistently less than the east. Prices in the north east seem to be the highest.

What say you guys
 
Small (big tractors in the 50s and 60s) were main stay productivity in the west. Big fields and big needs. Today the "big" factor is still true out west. 400hp level tractors are common. The small by today's standards old tractors have little user value and modest trailer queen value out west. And there are plenty of them.
Eastern fields are basically still in the size category that 50 to 120hp tractors will be productive. The land owners wanting tractors in that size may not even be production farmers, many have 20 acres, and money from their real job to pay for the tractor they desire. Not a problem, just the way it is. Jim
 
I"m in CT, and prices here are significantly higher than in the midwest, where my in-laws are. The basic reason is supply and demand. There are far more tractors available in the midwest as there"s been far more farming going on than, say, New England, since mechanization took hold.

When you consider that the transportation cost to bring a tractor from IL to CT, for example, adds $1000 to the price, you can see why the guys in the east can ask for more.

Art
 
(quoted from post at 19:13:49 05/28/11) One question that has been on my mind for awhile.
Why does it seem that the price on tractors from the mid west and further west seem to be less than east coast prices on tractors. Prices out west seem to be consistently less than the east. Prices in the north east seem to be the highest.

What say you guys
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Jim is pretty dead on with that. Out here the big boy are running multiple 400 hp tractors. They are using HP MFWA as yard tractors! Keep in mind that to move some of the implements around while doing pre spring maintenance they need that kind of tractor. They use to have 100-150 hp tractors for that but they just are not big enough anymore. My daughters father in law picked up a nice 1206 with low hours a couple of years ago that had been a yard tractor. Paid 2500 for it. Too big for the small guys in his area and too small for the big guys. It's way bigger than he needs but at the price he had to buy it.

Rick
 
In addition to what has been said, especially for the F-series tractors, it also has to do with qualtity and climate. In the east, humidity is a big factor. Tractors rust away to the point they cannot be restored, and often are marginal for parts. Out west, it is a much drier climate, and things sitting out side don't rust away nearly as quickly.

I have posted before, but try to find a decent F-30 out here in Pa for a reasonable price. You can't do it. and if you do find one, they want big $$$ for it. I cry when I seen the F-30's for sale out in Iowa, Nebraska, wyoming, Kalifornia, etc for cheap, cheap, cheap. It would cost me more to haul it than it would for the tractor.

Want an F-20 here in Pa? They are almost giving them away. F-12's? A dime a dozen. More A's, B/Bn's, and C's than you can shake a stick at. Cub's are as comon as field mice.

Go figure.
 
Yup, supply and demand. But I maintain that the western tractors are worth going after. Some of the rusted junk from wetter areas I would not consider restoring. I hope I don't step on toes here. You fix up what you want. I have better stuff. I have a dozen or so I am putting into preservation.
 
Big thing in pricing just what condition and how original is the tractor. Some think they have the only one around and its rare. There are bargains everywhere freight can be important. Looking at the quality i dont see a big swing in price but it seems some just dont know the real value.
 
Yup in the east the fields were and are smaller sizes so smaller tractors and less farming overall. In the west larger fields more farming=more tractors. Funny though H's and m's are all over here but an A,B,cub are uncommon. Might have to work out a deal with the guy in Pennsylvania!lol
 
I agree with Tom. Here in PA its cubs to Super C's with and H here and there. Get an M once and a while and my Super M was a once and a blue moon opportunity. But then again most farms around south western PA are hilly and small so we don't get the big old power houses needed out west.
 
Are they more of a collectors item on the east coast than the mid west or west?

I ask cause I know lots of guys here in the mid-atlantic that have m's and super's that farm very little or the tractor just sits.

What I'm gettin at is, do the western tractors get more use in farming?
 
well, I grew up on a 400 acre farm in northwestern PA and 250 of those were tillable. We had 150 dairy, 500 hogs and 5000 chickens. Dad had a SM and an F-20. We had 2 hired hands at the height of our operation. Dad also worked another job.....go figure. We were out of farming by the time I graduated high school.

Dad's SM was the first one in the county, and the biggest tractor in the community for quite a long time. He also had the only combine in the area. He spent almost as much time harvesting grain and soybeans for the neighbors as he did for us. in fact, as we were winding down, the neighbors started renting land from us.

Not sure if that give you any insight, but in the 50's and 60's, the SM was the king in the community.
 

Tom you find an F out in my neck of the woods and I do have a spot in the fence row you could park it till you could get it picked up. I'm reserecting the family farm and don't know the value but I have seen em up for sale here, just not a tractor I'm interested in. I'm more looking for 40-100 HP tractors with little things live live hydraulics and power steering! Cab and AC/heat would be real nice too...LOL.

Rick
 
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