IHC 706 odd for sale add

Rodeo man · Jan 28, 2020

There is a 706 (gas engine) for sale about an hour from me. Kinda my dream tractor believe it or not. Looks great in the picture, with great rubber. Facebook add says everything you need to make an offer is visible in the picture. Make an offer, and all reasonable offers will be considered. I guess foolishly, I messaged I need more information to make an informed offer. Messaged back, "others have". Is it common to sell a tractor this way? I don't want emotion to rule my thoughts and make an offer on a tractor, that may be on it's last leg. I also don't want it to slip away.

I bought a new to me hay roller last year (Vermeer Rebel). Rolls great, but it really challenges my little 45 horse tractor to pull it. I really wanted something like this to roll with.

xrcr · Jan 28, 2020

Take the hour drive. Then you'll know

ih560 · Jan 28, 2020

I buy lots of items from internet classifieds, usually 2-3 tractors a year, attachments, equipment, shop tools, and machine tools. One thing that really aggravates me is when people list something for sale and then can't answer a simple question about it. It happens all the time, and I usually just keep my money when people can't even answer a simple question about something that I am going to potentially give them thousands of dollars for.
I understand some people go really overboard and aggravate sellers and never follow through, but typically once I see something I want and the price is right, I just want to verify some small details and I will be in my truck with cash-in-hand.

And then there are people that will lie to you and tell you something is complete, you drive 4 hrs to get there with a trailer and find out that they've lost a lot of stuff and it's a basket-case.

If the guy wants low-ball offers that take into account the worst possible scenario, then that is what he is setting himself up for.
I would send him a low ball offer assuming everything needs totally rebuilt, being that he will not give you any further details.

super77d · Jan 28, 2020

He don t want to sell it very bad. I would just keep looking and let him keep the tractor.

the tractor vet · Jan 28, 2020

well being someone that knows every inch and ever quark of the 706 here , my advice is RUN . (1) you do NOT want a 706 Gasser today , If you want a 706 then get a diesel . Yes i at one time liked and ran the gassers for years . BUT now they have become a problem , (1) you can not find gas that they will run on while working (2) ya need Low ash engine oil for them or ya eat exhaust valves . Now your going to tell me well i only make Hay . well we USE to run 2 706 gassers making hay and doing chore work , BOTh went down a day apart with the same problem and that was burnt pistons and scored liners JUST mowing Hay with 9 foot haybines in first cutting . Gas came from two different suppliers . so before you buy and after you buy and come back on here screaming your 706 needs a carb rebuild or she is ACTING like it is running out of GAS and it just QUITE running and will not turn over while it is Still HOT but once it cooled down it started back up but now has a NOISE in the engine i will be nice and NOT say i told you so and by telling you this now i am tryen to save you over 3 grand in repairs Our you may come on here and say my tractor now has a miss and needs a valve job , well that was because you ran the wrong engine oil and you found a cute little VEE in the face of and exhaust valve , and even once you did the valve job and you did not take advice she will do it again and may do it in a day or so Do not ask how i know this . . But you still WANT a 706 GET A DIESEL

timcasbolt · Jan 28, 2020

(quoted from post at 10:58:58 01/28/20) There is a 706 (gas engine) for sale about an hour from me. Kinda my dream tractor believe it or not. Looks great in the picture, with great rubber. Facebook add says everything you need to make an offer is visible in the picture. Make an offer, and all reasonable offers will be considered. I guess foolishly, I messaged I need more information to make an informed offer. Messaged back, "others have". Is it common to sell a tractor this way? I don't want emotion to rule my thoughts and make an offer on a tractor, that may be on it's last leg. I also don't want it to slip away.

I bought a new to me hay roller last year (Vermeer Rebel). Rolls great, but it really challenges my little 45 horse tractor to pull it. I really wanted something like this to roll with.

There would be very few used items I would be willing to purchase without looking and touching personally before buying. I don't know why, but that seems to be an issue for some marketplace sellers. I've had a couple of negative experiences in that regard just lately.

BarnyardEngineering · Jan 28, 2020

Yeah.... NO.

The fact that you're even considering it means you're letting your emotions take charge of this. You do not want to deal with this guy.

He has a number in his head of what he wants. Guarantee that it is way more than the tractor is worth. Guarantee that regardless of the "fair" offer you make, he will be severely insulted by it, and will let you know as much in no uncertain terms. It will not be pretty or pleasant. You will come away from the experience asking why people behave like that.

NY 986 · Jan 28, 2020

I've seen 2 806 diesel tractors sell recently for fair money given what I saw and each one under 5,000 dollars. They may not be as nice as the 706 you are talking about
but did not have obvious issues. That would be the way to go if it were me.

Rodeo man · Jan 28, 2020

(quoted from post at 18:54:17 01/28/20) well being someone that knows every inch and ever quark of the 706 here , my advice is RUN . (1) you do NOT want a 706 Gasser today , If you want a 706 then get a diesel . Yes i at one time liked and ran the gassers for years . BUT now they have become a problem , (1) you can not find gas that they will run on while working (2) ya need Low ash engine oil for them or ya eat exhaust valves . Now your going to tell me well i only make Hay . well we USE to run 2 706 gassers making hay and doing chore work , BOTh went down a day apart with the same problem and that was burnt pistons and scored liners JUST mowing Hay with 9 foot haybines in first cutting . Gas came from two different suppliers . so before you buy and after you buy and come back on here screaming your 706 needs a carb rebuild or she is ACTING like it is running out of GAS and it just QUITE running and will not turn over while it is Still HOT but once it cooled down it started back up but now has a NOISE in the engine i will be nice and NOT say i told you so and by telling you this now i am tryen to save you over 3 grand in repairs Our you may come on here and say my tractor now has a miss and needs a valve job , well that was because you ran the wrong engine oil and you found a cute little VEE in the face of and exhaust valve , and even once you did the valve job and you did not take advice she will do it again and may do it in a day or so Do not ask how i know this . . But you still WANT a 706 GET A DIESEL

I'm gonna take your advice. I always liked the looks, and the sound. I'll appreciate them from afar.

dhermesc · Jan 28, 2020

I dealt with a **** like that on Nextechclassified. He had a 1970s F250 4X4 and said to make an offer. He was missing some basic info - like if it ran, what engine, AT or manual transmission.... His reply was everything I needed to know was in the add - so I ignored him. Then the **** had the nerve to send me an email saying he was tired of tire kickers....

I reported his ad as spam to the website.

dhermesc · Jan 28, 2020

Ignore - even if the tractor is real nothing but pain and suffering will result.

ih560 · Jan 28, 2020

I like when they list that the sheet metal is in great shape and take "advantageous" photos, showing only the best angles. Then when you get there, the angles that they missed look like a meat grinder got ahold of it.

jdr1943 · Jan 28, 2020

An hour drive i have driven a lot more than that and came home with an empty trailer.

Alvin 41 · Jan 28, 2020

Ran a new 64 706 gas for 12 years and had problems when pushed hard and finally repowered with a 455 Olds . Used no more fuel unless pulled hard and then had some problems with TA and PTO drive when competing with a 1066. ran 4000hrs with Olds.

ed12345 · Jan 28, 2020

Your making a big mistake

The 706 was not one of IH?s best creations

Growing up I remember them being in the shop
more than the field

fastfarmall · Jan 28, 2020

A 806 Diesel will do more work on accident, than a 706 gas ever will intentionally !

ejr-IA. · Jan 29, 2020

I have a 706 gas that has run for years just lately it did burn a valve.Swaped the motor out and put in a dt 466 project.

the tractor vet · Jan 29, 2020

Now now , While we were still able to run them and pull the PlOW all day long and into the night i can tell you this the 806 pulling four bottom 710 16 inch and a 706 pulling a set of 710 four bottom 16 inch in the same field in the same ground will be nipping at the heals of the 806 as WE have BTDT many times and many acres . You find me some REAL gas like we had in days gone by and let me tune it and they will run vary well. For many years that is all i had was a rag 706 gasser and it got the ground ready , it did all the planting , and did what little hay i did. And it flat out and hauled the mail same plow and run 8-10 inches deep in first high with the T/A ahead up hill down hill . And when it came time to disc up what i tore up she would haul a 14 footer with nice new 20 inch blade in second high at 2/3 throttle with ease . It got the job done and my crops were just as good as the neighbors , What i did not have was PAYMENTS and when ya got the check from the elevator mine went into the bank account and NOT to the banker and farm credit.

jhncp · Jan 30, 2020

Ed is incorrect it would not be a mistake.
Excellent tractor everything. The gas engine
is so smooth running (prabably the best
sounding gas engine ever) it's worth it just
for the sound.

Rodeo man · Jan 30, 2020

I've let this tractor slip away, but would using break in oil overcome the valve problem?

DR. EVIL · Jan 30, 2020

I think you did the right thing. Neither the gas or diesel engine in the 706 was IH's best work. I'd
look for an 806 or 856 diesel. We could probably get a good argument going here about which one was IH's
best ever built tractor. Or maybe something newer with a cab, like an 886 with the Melrose D-360. Or it's replacement, the 3288.

moll · Feb 4, 2020

I bought a gas 706 to use on the round baler because I grew up with one. Was using a 350 utility on the
small square baler, tried the 706 to replace it and decided to go back to the 350 for small squares
because that 706 was gonna break me on gas. Love the tractor, hate the fuel consumption, I guess dad
had to live with it nd I had no idea it used that much fuel.

lowrider47 · Apr 2, 2020

[color=black:e74455dadb][/color:e74455dadb][size=18:e74455dadb][/size:e74455dadb]I also grew up plowing with the 706, loved the sound and liked plowing at night to watch the exhaust glow. I am also considering a 706 gas to tinker with as what little I would use it the gas is immaterial.

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