Worth It?

Bryce Frazier · Apr 20, 2014

Well here is something I found in my local adds in the "Nickles Worth" it is about 1:30 away from me, and it SEEMS like it wouldn't be all that bad of a deal on my part?

Here is what the add says: $1100

bla bla bla, new rear tires, mis-matched, bla bla bla new mag, bla bla bla, runs fairly good, but one cyl smokes a little, kind of hard starting...

Would be VERY WILLING to trade straight across for a two bottom plow, disc, OR mower..

YES, that is an OR not AND...

I have a 3 bottom Ferguson plow that has been messed with a little, but should go right into the ground... Also have a fully functional Ford 501 mower. I could probably give him both and walk away with a tractor!?!? Look OK to you guys?

It's a hand start model, how hard would one be to start? Would I be able to start it?? What are they worth restored? Probably not much more than any other tractor!! I think it probably will have the GOOD and FAST 6 speed in it, but if it has a 4 I have steel wheels that will fit it...

And last but not least, what does a bigger tractor like this weigh? 3500??

Bryce

Fudd · Apr 20, 2014

If I could start or 41 B when I was 8 or 9, you should be fine.

Super Trucker · Apr 20, 2014

With a hot mag and timed right it should start with 5 pulls. Value you will have more than what its worth to restore. Weight.... flat back no power lift cast centers it will be 4500 plus. It will be 4 spd if it is a 40 or older . 41 and up is a 6 spd with a 2.5 mph 1st gear. Tires are worth 500 on the rear to pullers . Can be made to run 50hp with dead reliability . Any questions just ask I just rebuilt a 45 slant dash for pulling.

Roger in Iowa · Apr 20, 2014

What is the red one over behind it? Maybe he would throw it in too??

Super Trucker · Apr 20, 2014

With a hot mag and timed right it should start with 5 pulls. Value you will have more than what its worth to restore. Weight.... flat back no power lift cast centers it will be 4500 plus. It will be 4 spd if it is a 40 or older . 41 and up is a 6 spd with a 2.5 mph 1st gear. Tires are worth 500 on the rear to pullers . Can be made to run 50hp with dead reliability . Any questions just ask I just rebuilt a 45 slant dash for pulling.

Paul from MI · Apr 20, 2014

The keys to having an easy starting hand crank tractor are good hot mag, timed right, good wires and plugs. Good engine valves not leaking compression. Carburetor clean and adjusted correctly. This will make any tractor easy to start, but they all are bit different.
some like a lot of choke, some not at all. Some like an open throttle, some set at idle. You just have to try different methods until you get it, but when you find that right combination for yours they are so easy to start. Yesterday I hauled wood with my 1937 JD B. It started on the third pull after sitting for two months. I restarted it three times, each time on the first pull. Open those petcocks on that JD A and make sure everything is up to snuff and you will be amazed at how easy it is to start. I have been hand cranking John Deeres for nearly 60 years, so I've had a little practice.

Thomas(AB) · Apr 20, 2014

I would jump on it. My '40 A hand starts better then any other tractor I have, normally third spin she's off and running.
Mine weighs in at 4505, looks identical to the one pictured, same rims etc.

Nancy Howell · Apr 21, 2014

James has a video of him starting our JD handstart. I'll ask him to post it.

Mike (WA) · Apr 21, 2014

I had a hand start A many years ago, when I was young and vigorous. Was spinning the flywheel as fast as I could, and it wasn't starting. An old neighbor stopped by. He said "This is an old man's tractor. Start it as if you were an old man. Just pull it up on compression, then just ease it over the top, like this-" and away it went! Much easier to start that way.

bison · Apr 21, 2014

Narrow front?,...i would not even go look.

GVSII · Apr 21, 2014

I'd say if you want it you'd better jump on it quick bacause I don't think it'll be there long!

jerrybigrig · Apr 22, 2014

My dad has a 1936 B he & we rebuilt years ago and he says theyare not as valuable these days as they were 5-10 yrs ago because now guys are looking for the number tractors that there dads and grand dads had ....time moves on

The Dukester · Apr 25, 2014

I had to be able to crank my Great Uncle Earl's 1937 John Deere B before I could take it to the fields to cultivate with it.....I was 11 then in 1945. I learned to crank a neighbor's hand start A a year later......thought I was "pretty near a man". (Little did I know).

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