Sorry for an outdated post which happened back on Sept 30 or to those that think this post should be placed elsewhere. Some may have seen or heard about an auction near Makoti ND. Was a big collection and variety of models of older antique tractors. Normally with auction being so far away I call in a bid. This time I decided to make a road trip and see what the tractors actually looked like. Was a 340 mile drive to the sale.
There were several older case tractors, a 57 610 LP, 52 D with clam shell fenders, old case D with chrome strips (thinking maybe a 39 at time), LA, C, cross motor 18-32, and a few others. I had went up to try to buy the 610 LP.
Was a nice looking tractor but had some drawbacks for me. Pictured below.
I ended up being second bidder on this one. Some of the other case tractors sold at what I thought was on the low side. I decided that if I was going to buy another tractor it would be some thing I didn't have. So far all I bought was some odds and ends.
Last tractor to sell was a Case Model C which I wasn't to interested in but the bidding started low and I couldn't pass on (I didn't have a running C yet). They said it ran good and seemed to be a good tractor so I ended up buying it,
Turns out that wasn't such a good deal. People were busy loading other tractors and said that they would put me on the list to have the C pulled on. Was visiting with a relative and he said the tractor should run. I knew the tractor never had coolant in the radiator but thought we could start it, drive it on, shut it off in no time. Normally I like to drive a tractor around to get the feel of things, but driven and loaded many case tractors in the past I thought in less than 60 seconds the tractor would be loaded.
This is when things turned ugly. I put tractor in low gear (?), drove onto to the trailer, tractor failed to stop, ran into some tires I bought, climbed the tires and veered to right side of trailer. I realized things were going to get ugly as the tractor started to fall off the trailer. At this point I decided to bail off. This is what I seen as I was pulling myself away from the tractor.
By this time pained had entered my legs as people came to make sure every thing was alright. People joked as they said the tractor didn't look all that bad. After several minutes I was able to pull myself up along the trailer using it for support. After several request to call 911 I attempted to walk the knee pain away. They realized from my face expression I wasn't going anywhere. So I got a ride to the Minot ND Trinity Hospital.
What seemed like a lot of fussing over other parts of my body, switching from ambulance bed to hospital bed did they give me some pain medication and sent me to x-ray. Turned out I had a left tibiall plateau fracture. Make long story short Had to have surgery on leg, have a plate, several screws, lots of stitches and unable to put any pressure on leg for 8 weeks.
Moral of all this is no matter how many tractors or other things you have loaded make sure you know the tractor before loading. I do not know what happened, have been rolling it around in my head for weeks what went wrong. Pictures below may be graphic so take caution when looking.
Me after surgery and about ready to come home.
Now the ugly pictures.
So people out there be careful. Not sure how many of you can afford to be off for 2-3 months and keep what you have. I know I am not. So next few months I will have to have lots faith in the good Lord, insurance company, employer, friends and family.
caseman-d
PS For those of you that were at the auction , yes I'm the person that did it.
There were several older case tractors, a 57 610 LP, 52 D with clam shell fenders, old case D with chrome strips (thinking maybe a 39 at time), LA, C, cross motor 18-32, and a few others. I had went up to try to buy the 610 LP.
Was a nice looking tractor but had some drawbacks for me. Pictured below.
I ended up being second bidder on this one. Some of the other case tractors sold at what I thought was on the low side. I decided that if I was going to buy another tractor it would be some thing I didn't have. So far all I bought was some odds and ends.
Last tractor to sell was a Case Model C which I wasn't to interested in but the bidding started low and I couldn't pass on (I didn't have a running C yet). They said it ran good and seemed to be a good tractor so I ended up buying it,
Turns out that wasn't such a good deal. People were busy loading other tractors and said that they would put me on the list to have the C pulled on. Was visiting with a relative and he said the tractor should run. I knew the tractor never had coolant in the radiator but thought we could start it, drive it on, shut it off in no time. Normally I like to drive a tractor around to get the feel of things, but driven and loaded many case tractors in the past I thought in less than 60 seconds the tractor would be loaded.
This is when things turned ugly. I put tractor in low gear (?), drove onto to the trailer, tractor failed to stop, ran into some tires I bought, climbed the tires and veered to right side of trailer. I realized things were going to get ugly as the tractor started to fall off the trailer. At this point I decided to bail off. This is what I seen as I was pulling myself away from the tractor.
By this time pained had entered my legs as people came to make sure every thing was alright. People joked as they said the tractor didn't look all that bad. After several minutes I was able to pull myself up along the trailer using it for support. After several request to call 911 I attempted to walk the knee pain away. They realized from my face expression I wasn't going anywhere. So I got a ride to the Minot ND Trinity Hospital.
What seemed like a lot of fussing over other parts of my body, switching from ambulance bed to hospital bed did they give me some pain medication and sent me to x-ray. Turned out I had a left tibiall plateau fracture. Make long story short Had to have surgery on leg, have a plate, several screws, lots of stitches and unable to put any pressure on leg for 8 weeks.
Moral of all this is no matter how many tractors or other things you have loaded make sure you know the tractor before loading. I do not know what happened, have been rolling it around in my head for weeks what went wrong. Pictures below may be graphic so take caution when looking.
Me after surgery and about ready to come home.
Now the ugly pictures.
So people out there be careful. Not sure how many of you can afford to be off for 2-3 months and keep what you have. I know I am not. So next few months I will have to have lots faith in the good Lord, insurance company, employer, friends and family.
caseman-d
PS For those of you that were at the auction , yes I'm the person that did it.
