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rrlund

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• Jan 20, 2018

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This was the reason I wanted to contact Chris a week ago. It was on an auction today not far from his place. I wondered if he wanted it or knew anybody who did. I didn't want to post it on an open forum and mess up a deal. I had contacted the son of the guy who's estate it was and made sure I could get it loaded if I bought it and wasn't on site today. It was a live on site auction with no internet bidding,but I had called the auctioneer. He said he could call me when they got to it and I could do a phone bid or I could just tell him how high I wanted to go. I did the latter. I just got an email from Chris. He said it brought $3700 according to a post an facebook. I was a little short on it. My big fear was just that it'd go to the crusher given how much junk was on that sale,but at that price,I'm confident it went to a good home and will be done right.

 

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RBoots

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• Jan 20, 2018

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Looks fairly complete, interesting live hyd pump on the front. Looks like it will cost the same as an already restored one to get it restored. But, like you said, glad it didn't go for long iron.

 

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rrlund

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• Jan 20, 2018

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Ya,I'm wondering what they were running with that pump?

 

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oliver fan

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• Jan 20, 2018

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The family had the sale less than 30 days after he died.

I have known about that tractor for 25+ years. That tractor never had factory hydraulic or PTO. At one time it had a ditching machine on the back and the front hydraulic pump run it.

The man also had a DeLoren automobile. I wonder what it brought.

 

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rrlund

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• Jan 20, 2018

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I didn't see it on the sale bill. There was a 66 Chevy with very few miles on it. One other low mile car and a whole bunch of pickups and larger trucks. A good amount of road building and paving equipment.

 

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muleboss

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Burlington, Kansas

• Jan 20, 2018

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If that brought $3700 guess my 440 is not much out of line. It runs.

 

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rustyplow

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• Jan 20, 2018

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Brought 3750 I think or 3800. I bailed at 2800. Wife and son was standing back watching. She was beating him on the shoulder, make him stop make him stop. I laughed good when he told me that. I figgerd to stop a 2 but got caught up in it. Sheet metal wasn't to bad but every thing that could be stuck or set up was. Had part of some attachment left on the back and it was painted yellow over the green. Some lettering on the side like it came from a county garage or something. No PTO or 3 pt. We left after that but up until then most everything was going to the scrap. A red K, blue circle or purple X. When you posted last week I wanted the say don't let the cat out off the bag, but that would have let the cat out.

 

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rrlund

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• Jan 20, 2018

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If you've got a good running 440,I wouldn't say $10,000 was out of the question. There were fewer 440s than Super 44s.

 

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rustyplow

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• Jan 20, 2018

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Didn't sell the DeLoren. That and some other collector cars were tucked away in a shed.

 

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rrlund

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• Jan 20, 2018

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Looks cleaner in your pictures.

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Virginia

• Jan 20, 2018

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Wonder if the hydraulics drove the tractor off the PTO stub while the transmission was in neutral because they are geared way too fast to run a trencher.

 

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RBoots

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• Jan 20, 2018

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That OBS Ford pickup looks like it was pretty clean, any idea what that went for?

 

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muleboss

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Burlington, Kansas

• Jan 20, 2018

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(quoted from post at 20:26:26 01/20/18) If you've got a good running 440,I wouldn't say $10,000 was out of the question. There were fewer 440s than Super 44s.

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Here is mine. I was asking less but I would take $10,000

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Phil in Pa

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• Jan 21, 2018

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Boggles my mind that someone would let a 44 sit out and rot. I saw your 500 pics in Oliver Heritage. Pretty cool.

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Virginia

• Jan 21, 2018

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How much did the NF MM bring?

 

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rrlund

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• Jan 21, 2018

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Don't say that too loud,you might have a crowd beating a path to your door.

 

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rustyplow

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• Jan 21, 2018

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Brought around 600 I think. Looked OK. Wasn't running.

 

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rustyplow

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• Jan 21, 2018

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Right around 1100.

 

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rrlund

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• Jan 21, 2018

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Thanks. I'll get some pictures sent in when I get the orchard done. It's coming along. I hope to have it painted in time for our local show in late July.