Is this rough 3010 worth $2000?

It has a wide front with car tires. 15.5x38 at 50%, but today I found a rotten spot on one between the lugs that is about to blow out. The charging system doesn't work and the batterys are weak. It has a broken hub cover on the front wheel and there's a lot of dirt in the brg. The guages don't work. The lights don't work and all of the emblems are missing. Some of the tin is bent and the piece of tin that covers the steering column is missing.

The other problem that has me concerned is that low range in the tranny has to be shifted just perfectly or it will just make grinding noises when the clutch is released.

My assumption was that a rough looking tractor that was ready to use would be worth the money, but I don't think this one will make it through the hay season before it goes down.

What is a good 3010 worth and what is the horse power rating?

Anybody want to throw in your 2 cents? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks, Joe

I spent some time fixing the 3 pt and guages and adjusting the clutch. I had to move the truck and trailer about 30 feet to unload the tractor, so I pulled the fuel stop on the tractor and threw it in park. I didn't want to take the time to put the chains back on the rear of the tractor.

Big Mistake!!

The tranny is junk everywhere below 2nd range. The tractor rolled. No major damage was done, thank God! I was able to fix everything that got bent on my truck and trailer, but one of the car tires on the front of the tractor cut a sidewall on the dollie crank of my trailer.

I knew better, I was just in a hurry. (Never time to do it right, always time to do it over!)

I put it on the bushhog and went to the pasture.

I ran it for 15 mins or so. found out the 3pt has no fine adjustment. the oil pressure started at 50 psi but shortly fell to 15psi wide open and 5 psi idleing warm. Low range only grinds, 2nd range will grind if you don't shift it just so. 2nd range is also too fast for bushhogging high stuff.

The wide front end and 3 pt are factory, but they are also needing lots of new parts. Very sloppy!

I'm gonna pass on this one.

Joe

P.s. Thanks to all of you who are willing to spend some of your valuable time giving guidence to those of us who can surely use it! It is appreciated!

I need a second tractor with 3 pt anyway and I figured this one might be a way to ease my tractor woes, but the closer I look at it, the more I agree with the majority that my woes would only increase.

Bob, I know what you are saying. I'm 42 now but back when I was 14, I put a tune-up and a real good paint job on a '35 B that my dad bought in 1970 for $85. I took it to the Mississippi valley fair in Davenport Iowa for a 4H project and got a champion ribbon.

A few years later, I took the rear steel cutoffs that dad also bought with the tractor and welded a pair of hubs back in them. They turned out good enough that you could barely tell they were repaired. The story dad got at the sale was that the guy who purchased the tractor new, drove it home 2 miles on steel and when he got there, he hired a blacksmith to cut them down and put it on rubber. They did look like new.

Anyway, In the early 80's, I got married, bought a house, needed to scare up some extra $$ so I pondered the tractor. It got hot when we used it to rake hay and it didn't have any power, even though it had a hysler intake manifold. The compression was so low I could push the flywheel with my foot to start it. I knew it really needed an overhaul, which I couldn't afford, so I decided to let it go to a new home where it would hopefully get the tlc it deserved. I consigned it with the extra rear steel and sold it on a friends Oliver sale. It went to a lucky fellow in Illinois for a whopping $600.

I wish I could have a "Do Over" on that one! LOL

This 3010 is not beyond hope. It would make a nice restoration project, but that is not what I need right now. I'm looking for one I can hook up to a bush hog tomorrow and go to work with.

I will find out what his bottom dollar is, but I think he's gonna get this one back.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks again, Joe

Nowadays, $2000.00 doesn't get you much, anywhere, but a $2000.00 GREEN tractor MAY appreciate over the next few years, and turn out to be a real bargain!