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1946 Case VAC VALUE?

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mitchsnap

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Local seller has this 1946 Case VAC. Engine runs with no smoke or noise. Trask is fine as I did drive. No leaks. Has had mods over the years for functionality. Rear tires are shot but hold air and the fronts are ok. Can get it for $1100.00 delivered. Sheet metal is rough. Was wondering if this tractor has potential and parts availability. Thanks to all. I live in Scottsdale, AZ. Also would anyone know what the hydraulic pump would have been used for? No 3 point hitch but does have a pot.
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mitchsnap, It has great potential for working! Pulling a disk, plow, wagon or float. No potential for making any money. There are just too many of them, and without 3 point many acreage owners are not interested. You did not say how far it would be delivered from, but the 1100 dollar price tag for that tractor is about 500 dollars too high. They are a tough gritty tractor that out does its looks and size. but with the tires and metal described don't think it can command much more. You ask and I have given you my opinion. gobble
 
Distance is 46 miles to deliver. Seller wants $1000.00 for the tractor and 100.00 for delivery which I thought was very reasonable.
 
Once you get by the dash, it is a pretty sound looking tractor. But I agree that it is about $500 too high without the eagle hitch. However, if those
tractors are rare in your area and you want one, it is not an outlandish price. Realize that if you restore it, you will never be able to get out what
you put in. It can do a lot of work though, if you have work that doesn't need the eagle hitch. It is too slow if you are buying it for a tractor
ride tractor.

My limited experience in buying tractors taught me the history of the tractor is important. If the owner has owned it for most of its life and you
trust what he tells you about it, it is a better buy than one some guy bought last year and fixed up pretty. If the guy is just flipping it, then the
price is way too high. My humble 2 cents worth.
 
I bought mine for $750-800 in the pictured condition below and mine has eagle hitch and a live hydraulic pump and good tires. But location may impact your price as I bought mine in Missouri where they are
fairly common and you are looking at yours in Arizona which might make them more scarce.
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Mine is a 1951 in similar condition with wide front, live hydraulics and eagle hitch. I bought it for $375 and it came with a 5 foot brush hog. I think the price he wants is high. It is handy for some jobs and unhandy for others. It doesn't have live PTO and first and reverse gears are too fast. However, it's a solid tractor and the engine has loads of torque.
 
Actually what I should have said was he wanted $1500 but I offered him the grand. Maybe it is the location that is commanding the higher prices. You really never see a running tractor around here for less than what I offered. Also can anyone comment on the hydraulic pump that is pictured and what it would be used for? Thanks again.


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From what I can see those rear tires would last me years if not a decade or more. As for price that seems a bit high but it can also depend on where yo uare
 
From what I see, it's missing the pulley,
had the wrong seat, but it comes with
wheel weights! In CA that condition often
brings $1k+ so I don't think it's that
high. In the grand scheme of things if
it's what you want, will $200-$300 makes
or break things. Yeah you might find one
cheaper someplace, but that could be 2-10
years down the road and in the meantime
you are that much older and have missed
out on things to do with it in the
meantime.
 
Not too concerned about the seat. However is there some pictures that I could see regarding the pulley and what area with the pulley be driven from?


(quoted from post at 09:06:03 04/16/19) From what I see, it's missing the pulley,
had the wrong seat, but it comes with
wheel weights! In CA that condition often
brings $1k+ so I don't think it's that
high. In the grand scheme of things if
it's what you want, will $200-$300 makes
or break things. Yeah you might find one
cheaper someplace, but that could be 2-10
years down the road and in the meantime
you are that much older and have missed
out on things to do with it in the
meantime.
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I see the pulley. Is it belt driven? If so, where would it be driven from? Also is the pulley still available?


 
The pump was used primarily as a cultivator lift. The VAC I grew up on used the lift arms and a chain arraignment to lift the sickle on a # 5 JD mower. I couldn't begin to count the hours I spent on it starting when I was about 11-12. The VAC to me is "Little Tractor That Could" and did!
 
Given the condition of rear tires it is a good $500 too high in my area but maybe not yours. It has the high pressure hydraulic pump that drives off belt pulley gear that is on the main drive shaft between the engine clutch and the transmission. It was mostly used for cultivators and belly mower lift. Also the Stockton 3 point hitch was available as an option that worked off the hyd pump. Do a search on this site for pics of the Stockton Hitch. Link is the operators manual for VA series tractors built prior to 1949.

Joe
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article 1443&context tractormuseumlit
 
Running driving and painted (I didn?t see but online)
last Saturday at the WSM auction over on 1616 S
67th ave in Phoenix:
JD AR $5250
Ih BN $2000
Ih super c $2750 (fast hitch)
Ih super a $1300 (woods mower, turf tires)

I know, not a VAC but if I recall correctly they sold a
VAC wide front with eagle hitch couple years ago for
$3000.

So, I?d say about right, or a little high for the
condition, and at least the tires hold air-if you do
want to replace, check first they aren?t 36?s-some
VAC?s had and those are big $$$$$$$$$$.
 
The arms going to the back can be used to lift plows or a sickle bar mower. I have one with a sickle bar mower on it. Hydraulics are not live. Belt pulley and pump stop when
you push the clutch in. I think here in the east you could get at least $900 for it delivered. Tires look like they will last quite a while to me.
 
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