Pricing a county tractor.

rockyridgefarm · Jul 12, 2021

My wifes aunt is trying to sell her late husbands County tractor. I talked with the her this weekend and she was telling me that she had gotten some insultingly low offers. County did not make a lot of tractors, which means it is rare. I know that rare does not necessarily mean valuable, but it is a tractor made out of a Ford, and there are Ford collectors out there. I told her to list on an online auction and make sure they do a good job advertising it. I do not think she is too keen on that idea. Incidentally, her and her late husband own the oldest farm continuously owned by one family in Iowa.

Anyone have any idea how to figure a good price on a County tractor?

Majorman · Jul 12, 2021

All County tractors make very good money over here but it would be good if you can post
a picture or at least give us the model number.

moresmoke · Jul 12, 2021

Theres one recent auction result on Tractor house for an 1164. $7250.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 12, 2021

Be a good candidate for something like an Aumann auction.

showcrop · Jul 12, 2021

I advertised a tractor on the local Craig's list and got just two bites offering around 60% of my asking price. I then put it on a national site and in three days had five offers at my full asking price. It is a matter of reaching the potential buyers.

Hoofer B · Jul 12, 2021

Sell it at MECUM auction this fall. It is in IOWA. Bill

super99 · Jul 12, 2021

Tell her to talk to Mecum's and Auman auctions and sell thru one of them for top dollar.

Steve@Advance · Jul 12, 2021

Be sure it is in running condition and able to start and drive.

Otherwise the price drops dramatically!

DoubleO7 · Jul 12, 2021

(quoted from post at 07:57:35 07/12/21)

I advertised a tractor on the local Craig's list and got just two bites offering around 60% of my asking price. I then put it on a national site and in three days had five offers at my full asking price. It is a matter of reaching the potential buyers.

But did you sell it to one of those five offers, successfully?

DoubleO7 · Jul 12, 2021

="rockyridgefarm"](reply to post at 03:06:14 07/12/21)

" I told her to list on an online auction and make sure they do a good job advertising it. "

How does one do or make them do that to a the sellers satisfaction??
Are you able to tell auctioneer they did not advertise good enough and declare "no sale" ??

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 12, 2021

Yes, it's called a reserve.

If she's gotten "insultingly low" offers then obviously she has a price in mind. It's easier to start high and come down than it is to price too low and try to come up.

Craigslist and Facebook marketplace are not the places to look for top dollar. They're more if you want to get rid of something and don't care how much you get for it.

showcrop · Jul 12, 2021

(quoted from post at 06:08:25 07/12/21)

(quoted from post at 07:57:35 07/12/21)

I advertised a tractor on the local Craig's list and got just two bites offering around 60% of my asking price. I then put it on a national site and in three days had five offers at my full asking price. It is a matter of reaching the potential buyers.

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But did you sell it to one of those five offers, successfully?

Yes, Double 07, of course. Why wouldn't I?

rrlund · Jul 12, 2021

I'll tell you this much, you get the right guy interested, they'll go a long way to get one. There was one that made its way
through several owners here over the years. Gene was the last owner. When he passed away, somebody came all the way to central
Michigan from Kansas to buy it at his auction. That was 20 years or more ago. I doubt interest has waned much since then.

GeneMO · Jul 12, 2021

I will be the dumb one to ask. What the heck is a country tractor?

Home made?

Gene

rrlund · Jul 12, 2021

Basically a Fordson Major 4 wheel drive.

DRussell · Jul 12, 2021

It is a product of the County Commercial Car company in England. They took Ford tractors, beefed
up the transmission/rear end and put a four wheel drive on them. There were two front driveshafts with one
differential. IF, and that is a big if, the left rear tire would spin then the front left tire
would spin. Same on the right. All four tires were the same size. They made essentially two
sizes, the super 4 and the super 6.

I used to have an 1164 County which was a Ford 5000 rear end with a 401 cubic inch engine out of a
Ford 8600 mounted to it. It had 18.4/34 rice and cane tires on all four wheels. It was pretty
much unstoppable in mud.

This post was edited by DRussell on 07/12/2021 at 10:08 am.

Pete in MD · Jul 12, 2021

Google- Ford Country tractor -for pics.

DoubleO7 · Jul 12, 2021

(quoted from post at 13:10:51 07/12/21)

(quoted from post at 06:08:25 07/12/21)

(quoted from post at 07:57:35 07/12/21)

I advertised a tractor on the local Craig's list and got just two bites offering around 60% of my asking price. I then put it on a national site and in three days had five offers at my full asking price. It is a matter of reaching the potential buyers.

Click to expand...

But did you sell it to one of those five offers, successfully?

Click to expand...

Yes, Double 07, of course. Why wouldn't I?

Well, when you advertise stuff now-a-days on the net, you are likely to get lots of asking price buyers.
Wanting to send you a check which comes in at more then the price.
Yada yada yada.............(scammers).

Leroy · Jul 12, 2021

Nice looking tractor. But way made not a short turner.

Timmycornpicker · Jul 13, 2021

Here's a Machinery Pete video on an 1164 selling in Ohio in 2018.
Machinery Pete County 1164 on auction

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