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JOHN DEERE 5300000

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steve

07-11-2001 12:57:59




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I HAVE A 530
J.D.SERIAL #5300000 IS THIS THE FIRST ONE MADE? IT WAS GIVEN THIS TRACTOR BY MY GRANDPA WHO BOUGHT IT NEW.IT HAS ORIGIONAL PAINT WITH 3 POINT HITCH.WE STILL USE THIS TRACTOR ALMOST EVERY DAY.I COULD NEVER SELL IT,BUT DOES ANYONE KNOW ITS VALUE?I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT REPAINTING IT,IS THIS A MISTAKE?IF THIS IS THE FIRST MADE,IS IT TO VALUABLE TO KEEP USING AS A CHORE TRACTOR?




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Alvin-Va

07-13-2001 05:14:18




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
Steve,CAREFULLY examine the tag,make sure of all the numbers.sometimes a 6 will look like a 0 etc.DO NOT scratch with any thing that will make the tag look altered.Does your Granpa have any receipts for the tractor purchase?Check with the dealer if still in business,most keep maintenance records etc.If ,after you do this,you still think you have 5300000,my suggestion would be to take this tractor out of service and give some thought to it's future.In the meanwhile,DO NOT,make any alterations to it,such as paint.Very interesting,please keep us posted.

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JD Ol' Timer

07-12-2001 21:50:29




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
Steve, check your ser. # and make sure it's all 0's because I think the 1'st production ser # would be 5300001, but I may be wrong.. if your ser. nr. is 5300000 I would retire that tractor today! The first production ser. nr. is always more valuable as it gets older! If you have a digital camera I would take a pic of the ser. nr. & send it via email to JD & see what they say..



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Lee

07-12-2001 12:38:01




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
I grew up near Madison, WI and my dad purchased a 530 from the local dealer - he should have beaten your dad to the dealership. I still have the 530 plus a few other JDs. I'm just curious, are you from the Madison area?



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Poppin' Johnny

07-12-2001 07:11:44




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
Boy are you a lucky fella to have a tractor like that! NEVER sell it, keep it in good shape, and keep it working in the field.



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Milt Stibal

07-12-2001 04:48:59




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
According to the production register of "30" series tractors published by the Two-Cylinder club your tractor was the 530 produced. It's ship date was Aug. 4, 1958 and was shipped to a distination in Madison, WI.

Milt Stibal



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Doug

07-11-2001 20:43:27




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
I was at the JD headquarters, and they had 530000 or 530001, I can't remember.



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Doug

07-11-2001 20:43:11




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
I was at the JD headquarters, and they had 530000 or 530001, I can't remember.



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doug vose

07-11-2001 18:58:38




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
i just checked a reputable site (www.johnnypopper.com) and it says that the first 530 produced was 5300000 . you have the first 530 sold to the public



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Charles

07-11-2001 14:26:12




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
Steve, I visited the John Deere headquarters in ILL. about 4 years ago and they had a restored 530 there that was SUPPOSE to be the first one built. I sure hope I am wrong, but that is what an employee of JD told us. You couldn't get close enough to read the tag. If you do have the first one put it in the house and don't let anyone close to it. It is worth a lot of money. I saw an add a few months ago to sell the first 630 for $30,000. Yours would be worth the same if it was professionally restored. I would be on the phone at first light tommorrow with John Deere and find out if I had the real 5300000. Protect that tractor! I sure hope yours is no.1. I wish you the best of luck.
Charles

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Don

07-11-2001 14:47:05




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 Re: Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to Charles, 07-11-2001 14:26:12  
I was just at Deere headquarters a couple weeks ago and the 530 on the floor is supposed to be the first one and if I am not mistaken the serial no is 530001. I read this myself and the memory isnt as good as it used to be but I am sure of this as the tour guide told us to specifically look at the serial no.as this was the first. Dont do any thing untill you check it out!!!! Don



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Charles

07-11-2001 14:26:22




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
Steve, I visited the John Deere headquarters in ILL. about 4 years ago and they had a restored 530 there that was SUPPOSE to be the first one built. I sure hope I am wrong, but that is what an employee of JD told us. You couldn't get close enough to read the tag. If you do have the first one put it in the house and don't let anyone close to it. It is worth a lot of money. I saw an add a few months ago to sell the first 630 for $30,000. Yours would be worth the same if it was professionally restored. I would be on the phone at first light tommorrow with John Deere and find out if I had the real 5300000. Protect that tractor! I sure hope yours is no.1. I wish you the best of luck.
Charles

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Bob K

07-11-2001 14:17:12




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
If the tractor isn't too rusty, I'd lean against painting it. They seem to keep their sentimental value as long as they stay in their original paint. Otherwise, after being painted, it's not quite the same tractor. Keep it serviced and maintained, but DON'T STOP USING IT!!!! Like people, tractors die if they feel they no longer have purpose.

Do not EVER sell this tractor!!! Since the original owner was your grandfather, it makes it even more significant. To heck with what it might bring on the market. It is worth more to you than it will ever be to anybody else.

My brother has a '35 B that was used to harvest grapes in California on our family farm and he hesitates to paint it because the old paint is part of its connection to the past. It was the first rubber-tired tractor in our county and was delivered from L.A. with Kay-Brunner wheels - a rarity.

Congratulations on having such a special tractor!

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Bayou Dave

07-11-2001 13:29:50




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 Re: JOHN DEERE 5300000 in reply to steve, 07-11-2001 12:57:59  
Cool! My book shows it is the first 530 gasoline built August 4th 1958.



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