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Saw this on Craigslist. I am curious as to how well this ad works. Wish I had thought of it!

Red
 
Can you post a link to the ad please? Would be nice to see how they have this set up. Really does sound like a good idea, providing someone is set up for hauling. ...I'm not. :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
https://houston.craigslist.org/wan/d/humble-haul-away-old-tractors/6893512722.html


Here you go. Hope it works. You've asked a dirt farmer to be smart as his computer so no guarantees!
 
(quoted from post at 04:34:32 05/21/19) KCM,
Since you're not set up to haul them you
can just call me and I'll go get them
instead.
Click to expand...

I can get the small ones. You can have the bigguns. ....But I ain't going to Texas to get them! BTDT *haha*
 
Wife's cousin owns a "recycling" business. That means he has a crusher and trucks for hauling. He get paid to go get em.

Prior to the 80s farm crisis this whole area was 100-200 acre farms. These small farmers were buying older used equipment and using it up. They parked the stuff in wood lines. Their kids were up and grown by then and dad was mid to late 60's. When they passed JR now living in the Twin Cities or Chicago kept the old farm and mostly rented it out and hunted on it. Well now JR has passed and his kids have no interest in that farm or start fighting over the will. The first thing a realtor tells em is "will sell for more/better if you clean the place up". So they start looking to pay someone to clean all that old "scrap" out. Heck that's better than getting em for free.

Rick
 
I guess it's like a guy standing on the street corner and asking all the good-looking girls who walk by if they want to go for a drink with you. So 99% of the time they tell you to get lost but that one-in-a-hundred happens now and then. Can't blame a guy for trying.
 
I will give you my example, but it is a case of one and done. I bought land in TN, and it had two old broken tractors on it. Both were way beyond repair or recondition. I responded to one of the ads for 'pickup old machines, tractors, combines, and haul away free'. They called me a few days later, and we had a discussion. Most of it was related to questions on how old it was, tires, condition, last run, etc. I told them it's very old, no tires, hasn't run in 20 years, and where it was, come get it.

They declined. I'm quite sure they are looking for tractors that can be renovated for a couple hundred and then re-sell. A scrap dealer will ask you what it weighs, a guy wanting 'tractors' is looking for someone with a slightly used, recently ran, has tires and rolls easy on his trailer so he can put in $500 and then sell it.
 
Yeah, Arkansas history and Texas history are kind of connected. Lots of Arkansas natives in the Alamo. Arkansas was the last stop in the USA for settlers heading to Texas back then.
 
Seems alot like the ads "wanted free farm animals" then give a very specific list of what they're looking for. Or back when scrap was worth something they'd offer free haul away and start a flagging war with any competing ads.
Enjoy Craigslist now folks. They've started charging for by owner car ads. So you know it's only a matter of time before it all costs to post. I must not be the only one who thinks it's not worth the cash or hassle to post. Lately there have been less then 20 posts per day and 15 are dealer ads. When there used to be around 100 ads a day.

Sod Buster
 
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