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Tractorcedric · Jan 9, 2023

The year I was born. I got this at an antique store in Madison Indiana. Complete overhaul kit for an Oliver sixty was $49.50. New carburator for a John Deere B was $19.50.

DoubleO7 · Jan 9, 2023

And I bet every item in there was Made in the USA too.

BarnyardEngineering · Jan 9, 2023

(quoted from post at 11:00:29 01/09/23)
And I bet every item in there was Made in the USA too.

Yup, because everywhere else in the world was bombed to rubble 8 years earlier.

Tgrasher · Jan 9, 2023

Back when they were what their name implied and not what they are today, a suburban home supply.

Sprint 6 · Jan 9, 2023

Not bad prices, even figuring in inflation. Bur I bet farmers still complained.

Moonlite37 · Jan 9, 2023

I remember picking up parts at Tractor Supply in East St Louis Illinois in 1963. It seemed that this store had everything including tires

PJH · Jan 9, 2023

Many years ago we would hire a local trucker to haul our fat hogs to the National Stockyards in National City, Illinois [East Saint Louis]. If you needed farm gates, fencing materials, salt blocks - you name it - they would stop and pick up your needed items at the store across from the stockyards. I guess that store was open 24 hours a day? I've never been there - thankfully we had local truckers who would make the haul for us and I didn't have to miss any work getting the hogs to market.

I guess the National Stockyards is long gone now.

T.R.K. · Jan 9, 2023

Back when TSC actually handled tractor parts.

Of course, Dog Food Inc. just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 10, 2023

TSC changed with the times and what customers wanted to buy unlike many of their competitors that didn't and went out of business.As a livestock guard dog owner TSC has the best deal on dog food in my area BTW.

Olyj1947 · Jan 10, 2023

My dad would have cattle and hogs trucked to Sioux City and Omaha Stockyards and after washing the trailers the driver would do a back haul from Sutherlunds and it was open 24/7 in Omaha.

Koolaid · Jan 10, 2023

Doing the math:

In 1953 you could buy the JD B replacement carb for $19.50.

Average inflation rate since then is about 3.5% so a new one should assuming same conditions should run about $216.70 in today's money.

Go on Ebay and you can buy a new JD B carb for $552.99. That comes in at just under 5% annual increase. Going from the most common tractor (sell a lot) to a collector item (sell a few) - the price doesn't seem that far off.

What would be really interesting is seeing the price for an 8N carb in 1953. You can have a new one shipped to your house today for under $32. I bet that one has beat inflation!

BillinCentralMO · Jan 10, 2023

Yes. National City Stockyards sold out. I believe in the 1980s. We hauled some of our cattle there in the 70s.

hd6gtom · Jan 10, 2023

I remember those catalogues. Dad bought a set of dual wheels from them. He had a new tractor in 1960, with those duals on it you sure looked like king of the road in 1960.

GeneMO · Jan 10, 2023

You can barely get a spark plug at a Tractor supply now. They have done gone over to catering to the city farmer.

Gene

Leroy · Jan 11, 2023

I have several of the old catalogs, not even sure of how many or years.

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