going price on H's ?

souNdguy

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I've already got a nice 'parade ready' H i sunk too much $$ into ( but runs great ).. but a good looking H in working clothes just popped up for sale not a few miles from me. is on 12v with genny disconnected.. but owner says everything else is in operating condition. tin looks straight.. tires look fair or Better.

ideas?

thanks
 
From what I see we are on the downside of the price curve. Such an H as you describe would probably bring 600 to 800 dollars here. If he wants much more than a 1000 dollars I would keep looking especially if you did not have a pressing need for one.
 
thanks fo rthe info.

He's asking a bit more than a K I felt it was a tad high.

No.. no pressing need for one.. other than I liek the rocrops / narrow.. and I'd actually rather not work my other H as it got some extensive beutification work on it that ate soem time and money out of my tractor budget ( but looks and runs great! ).

wouldn't mind haveing a cheaper worker etc.

will see what happens. just went for sale. tractor market is flat here. he might come down to reasonable...
 
If it is in good shape mechanically, tires and rear rims seem to be the biggest price determining factor as they are costly to replace. Most of these fall Hs fall in the $800 to $1500 range.
 
tires are between fair and good.. leaning towards good. lots of tread. no cuts. some checking..e tc.

tin is darn straight. no rustouts I see. light rust patina.. but no real pitting..

has weights..e tc.
 
I have 4 Hs I have tried to sell for years now. Low priced one is $400 high priced is $900 3 of them did run the last time I tried to run them
 
Buy it,It seemes to me some people are very low on there prices,and most of what they clain they have bought for 4-8 hundred dollars are probally wore out junk

jimmy
 
Depends on how much you want it. If I wanted one like your description I would pay $1000-$1500 without question. Anything cheaper than $1000 would have to have several things wrong with it. Unfortunately for me, for any letter/low number series $500 difference in purchase price is chicken feed compared to what I pay for parts for restoration.
 
Farmall h is the Rodney Dangerfield of tractors - They get no respect.

That said, they should sell for more than they do. They are very reliable, quite fuel efficient (for a gasser), and frequently outwork their rated hp.

No way would I part with my ole 1951 Farmall h for a piddly $600-$800. Frankly, I like it so well that I likely will never ever part with it at all. I even splurged and installed a used 3pt hitch kit on it - like it even better now.

Might as well work your parade queen h some - its not like working it will devalue it any at all. Although, the scratches might be disturbing to yah nonetheless.
 
I'd take the manifold, carb, grill, hood , steering sector gear, water pump, radiator off the 400 dollar machine ebay/CL them. Scrap the rest as you'd still have three left.
 
the parade queen gets light work.

she has a drag made up of old tries that i use to bust up horse apples inthe pasture. I don't drive her in any weeds or anything that might scratch or dent her though. only finished pasture. :)
 
Flat as in no hills??? Nope this is the Ozarks mountains so very little flat ground
 
As I have said I do not want your opinion on any thing and NEVER want to see you answer a post of mine ever again and I have asked Kim to stop you so stop
 
you must not have read the comment i made about the tractor MARKET being flat. which is what i referred to.. MARKET.. not landscape.
 
No just read your answer to me so did not know what you where saying. Yep been hard to sell tractors unless you want to scrap them like the idiot GordonSD. I'll use them for fence long before I will ever scrap one and send it to China so they will pull the same thing Japan did in 1941. Shoot in this area tractor are not selling but then people are asking stupid prices for them and horses you can not give them away
 
H's get plenty of respect but the cold hard fact is there is a very
ample supply for the demand out there. The OP also said the
tractor was in its work clothes plus the owner did not provide any
proof of any recent repairs done plus the tires were adequate as
opposed to new. Nobody would pay 1500 dollars for such a H here.
 
Here in western Pa, a running, not wore out, work clothes H with 30% or better rubber goes around $1000 +/-. If the rubber is better than 50%, and she is a strong runner, they start around $1500 +.

The H is a good combination of size and HP. Although, no live PTO and no 3 point is a downside, but both can be remedied with after market solutions.
 
I was at an auction three weeks a go with about 8-10 running H's. only one went over $1000. most were 600 and under.
There were also 3 M's. Thinking I should have bought one of the M's. they brought $400 each.
 
my area is like the other posters.
H's are very common and even good ones don't go for much.
700-1200 for 'might not be pretty, but useable as-is needing nothing to work'
and the 1200 ones are listed for a very long time
auctions are even worse, running H's and M's going for well under 1K,
and those pesky little A's and SA's, going for crazy big money.
(Are there ANY SA's for sale out there
WITHOUT a price-upping belly mower under em? :D )
 
Price of that tractor would be what you and the seller agree on location and condidion are the determining factors if you want and need it buy it.
 
I have an H with nice tires, straight metal, older faded repaint, missing generator and ammeter but otherwise complete and runs. New starter, almost new battery. I am hoping to get $1100 for it but have had no serious interest yet after a week. I am not in a situation where I need to sell right away so I will just keep it advertised and hope for the best.
Zach
 
My BIL bought an H last fall. Excellent rear tires, new fronts, runs great, good paint. Needed a new switch. Paid $800 NW Missouri.
 
You could sell these parts off an H for more than $400. Carb, manifold, radiator, water pump, steering sector gear and shaft worm gear, lights, battery box, and tires/rims. And still have 200 dollars worth of scrap.
 
If you found one for $600-$800 what would it cost you to get up to the condition of the one you are looking at now? You need to consider repair cost to get to the final result you are looking for. I had a 47 H given to me that runs very good and the sheet metal is straight but rusted and pitted and it needs 4 new tires. I will have well over $1000 into it before I am done.

Mark
 
I must not be looking in the right places for tractors then. Based on what I've read in the previous posts, a decent, running H should be somewhere around $1000... give or take. I was in West-Central Indiana at a Flea Market over the weekend and saw 2 x 1939's (both for $1800+), 1 x 1940 ($2500) and a 1948 with a 2 row mounted picker ($3500). None of these were in any kind of shape to be anywhere near that price. Bad rubber, missing parts, all 6 volt, would seriously doubt if they ran either. Seems way too much, unless I'm missing something about the early H's..

--b
 
(quoted from post at 15:00:49 10/12/13) I've already got a nice 'parade ready' H i sunk too much $$ into ( but runs great ).. but a good looking H in working clothes just popped up for sale not a few miles from me. is on 12v with genny disconnected.. but owner says everything else is in operating condition. tin looks straight.. tires look fair or Better.

ideas?

thanks

I agree with GordonSD. Sell some parts and scrap them out. I am in Western, Pa and you can get good running H's for $800 any day of the week. $500 for non running ones. All you have to do is watch the CL ads. The ones for $1000 to $1500 NEVER SELL , they just keep renewing the ads. I don't know what planet some of these comments are from. The old tractor selling ship has set sail, never to return. LOL.
 
Once in a while you could find one with a special option from the factory such as low gears or high altitude pistons or low gears and high fourth gear. That would be evident by a letter designation at the end of the serial number. That is worth a bit more to some people, like me. I recently drove an X1G Farmall H - low first, 7 mph fourth. That fourth gear at 7mph was nice.
An average every day H should go for $1000 +, - $500 depending on lots of stuff as already mentioned.
I paid $1100 for my X1A H. Recently rebuilt motor with papers, needed a starter, tune up, and a seat. Plus the paint job was horrendous.
 
I would be going to auctions plus check the ads in the local city
and farm papers plus check Craigslist. Like others have said
that, yes, they have the high asking prices but the owners very
seldom receive those prices. Sometimes you have to play
hardball and be willing to hurt a few feelings (but not be
obnoxious) by fanning out your offer in cash and see if they take
it. If they do not take it or are not willing to negotiate then walk
away. I know 1939 and early 1940 H's have a little more value to
collectors but H's are so common place that somebody has a
1939 that is not really concerned about the collectors. It's just
another H to them. It might take me a month or two to get it but
I know I can find a good but not fancy H for 800 dollars.
 
The further east you go, the higher the prices get, it seems. About 4 years ago I watched a nice but not restored 1950 H sell for $2000 at auction. Same sale a beater M that ran but burned oil and had poor tires went for $800. Haven't been many around for sale since then. In two weeks there will be a farm sale near here with a pile of H and M tractors in varying conditions. I'm curious as to what the local value is now.
 
yep. same here. I'll let them set and enrich the iron content in my pasture before I will GIVE one away..
 
(quoted from post at 15:00:49 10/12/13) I've already got a nice 'parade ready' H i sunk too much $$ into ( but runs great ).. but a good looking H in working clothes just popped up for sale not a few miles from me. is on 12v with genny disconnected.. but owner says everything else is in operating condition. tin looks straight.. tires look fair or Better.

ideas?

thanks

There is no geographical price difference... One person sees them as junk and another thinks they are worth a fortune.
It is all about what anyone is willing to pay. "A fool and his money is soon parted".
 

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