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Straw Boss

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Lets say you're thinking of selling a few tractors. Maybe 6 to 10 of them to go.
Nothing super old, rare or restored, just your average honest vintage tractor.
Some run, some don't, some stuck but nice straight complete tractors with potential.
For those of you who have done this, where did you get the best results?

Start calling other tractor friends and word of mouth?
Right here on Yesterday's Tractors photo ads?
Ad in your local paper or farm publication?
Craigslist?
eBay?
Tractorhouse?
Facebook?
Consign to a neighbors farm auction?
Tractor collector magazines?
Consign to an antique and collectible tractor auction?
Take a couple to any tractor show you can get to and hang a for sale sign on them?
Let em sit and rot and let the wife worry about it when your gone?

They all have pros and cons and a combination of tactics would likely be employed but
what I'm wondering from you'alls experience is.....,
what worked for you and what was a waste of time and money?
 
Generally, parts bring more money than non-running tractors.
If you have the time, ability and ambition to dismantle them.
You will get stuck with all the parts that rarely break and will
likely have to scrap those, but you'd make more money.

If your objective is to have them brought back to life, rather than
to make money off them, then put a fairly low price on them and
sell them to some of the younger generation that need a cheap start.
My nephew bought a running JD B for $500 (needed work) that way.

Use all methods of free advertising available.
An eBay item that doesn't sell is free advertising with a wide net.
 
If you run ads do not list more than two at one time. If you give most people more than two choices they can not decide what they want and will never decide anything. BTDT
 
Craigslist and facebook . Craigslist built my business. Over time probably close to a half million rolls of hay from my place to points all over. FB marketplace is the new shining star. Before that was ebay. I've bought and sold trucks, tractors, atvs, and other stuff all over the world but right now fb is the hot money.
 
Depends where you are located and if they have any agents in your area check out Big Iron auctions. They are based in Nebraska but sell things all over the country. Have never used them myself to sell anything but their auctions seem to get pretty good prices for tractors. I've bid on a few tractors but they have always gone for more than I wanted to pay, even the parts tractors normally bring fair money. Just an idea for you. Greg NE
 
And HOW DO YOU FIND anything like that on facebook. I don't even know how to get on facebook to get things like the school closings.
 
"HOW DO YOU FIND anything like that on facebook."

Well, first you sign up for an account and give them your personal
information. Then you agree to their terms which include that they
own anything you post, including those naked bath pictures of your
kids/grandkids to do with as they wish.
Then you can search and find lots of things.

Not so much different than the rest of the internet, except people
don't usually put there entire life on a tractor forum.
The younger generation doesn't seem to care what's out there.
Maybe they don't realize that pictures from a cell phone often
include the GPS coordinates of where that picture was taken.
 
Yea, not a Facebook fan, I wouldn't know where to look there, or why.

The other options have good and bad.

Haul them all to an auction, pay your cut for the advertising, find out what they really are worth, collect your good check with no hassles and no worries. Have a good day.


Paul
 
Forget facebook for that. Last fall I bought a hay rake off of Craigs list, delt for it sight unseen as I felt it was good price if it was only good for parts. When I picked it up owner told me they had it on facebook for quite a while with no callers. I found it on Craigs list a couple of days after being posted and glad nobody was looking at facebook. Don't even know how to get school closings and delays on facebook.
 
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