price check

I posted on t tales by mistake

4 1940 or so Farmall Hs

Three ran when parked,,,and seller says wont take much to get them running

One is stuck ,,and is good for parts

What is a good price to ask ,package deal for all

Lets say,,the tires are in fair condition

You buying or selling? Does the buyer actually want them or would they only buy if it was a smokin' hot deal?

If you're selling you want to get as much out of the as possible.

If you're buying, you want to pay as little as possible.

A buyer will pay more if they actually want them, so the price would be higher. On the other hand if they are just seizing an opportunity, they will not be willing to pay as much.

So anywhere from $900 to $4500 for the set.

The ones that "will run with a little work" would be worth a whole lot more if someone were to do that "little work" to get them running. Otherwise you will be lucky to find someone willing to pay more than scrap price.

what would a little more than scrap price be for 4 Hs?

About $2000.

he will be happy to hear that

Ran when parked? Assume NOTHING!! And place in the category of DOES NOT run, and WHO KNOWS whats wrong with it!

The one that's locked up. Only worth what it is for parts. If sold at auction, it likely not bring much more than scrap price. Iron guy might likely end up with it.

The other 3, if engines are atleast free, they'd probably be worth $350 to $700 a piece depending on condition (rims ok?, etc.), completeness (all there?,
original?), and any extras (fenders, wheel weights, add on 3 point/live hydraulics).

Seen an H sale at auction in Jan. Non runner, engine free, paint ok, rear tires had great tread/horribly weather cracked from sitting flat, fairly complete, no extras, had a mounted mower that sold attached. Was attached homemade style, mower was not right for the tractor. Needed to be taken off and sold to the iron man. Tractor and attached mower sold for $800. I thought that was a tad high. Not much money to be made there for a tinkerer to get it running and then re-sale. Buyer must not of had that in mind. Must of had buying and tinker, and use for themself in mind.

Someone else posted on here not long ago, a couple of running M's recently sold for $1100 each.

So, I'd say for the whole lot of 4, $1400 on the low end. That of course is rock bottom, save from iron guy, plenty of room to make some money, price. $2500 for the top end. There might be some room with that figure. But not if you get them running to only find out they got burnt valves, cracked heads, clutch that slips, leaky radiators, fried electrical systems, the list goes on.
One that has multiples that DON'T run, likely parked one when something went wrong with it, and bought another one. If they retired, or quit doing what they were doing, they likely parked the last one they acquired, and now it don't run. Sound like this guy's story???

5 percent above scrap , you assuming all the risks, anti freeze ,oils ,plugs wire points condenser battery tires add up fast shipping and handling

sounds good then,,he said one is missing a distrutor gear,,he needed it,,,but he will get two running,,all 4 for 2000

If he gonna get 2 running before selling them, that changes things a little.
If he buys new batteries for those 2, that's a couple hundred bucks right there.

With 2 running, 1 has engine free, the other stuck for parts, that easily brings the bottom end up to $2100 or so. If this is the case and all pans out that he gets 2 running, he is not out of line on his $2000 asking price. He'd likely be safe to be firm at that price, and get the money.

he said the buyer would have to buy two batteries,,then he will get them running

Larry
Are you going to get a commission?
Sounds like Old's tractors.

Wish these H's were close to us.

(quoted from post at 12:29:06 03/29/22) Larry
Are you going to get a commission?
Sounds like Old's tractors.

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Based on a couple other threads over in Tales, it appears as though they are.

This post was edited by Rich'sToys on 03/29/2022 at 10:47 am.

they are Olds,,honestly,,I Thought 2000 was a high price ,,but,,,I was proven wrong after responses here ..Im going to admit,,the responses here are proving me wrong.Im not afraid to admit when Im wrong.

I just saw two ugly H's (one with a Schwartz WFE) sell for 1,400 dollar each. The tires held air but they ran w/o too much issue.

I still don't think he is out of line on his price. Buyer furnishing batteries, him guaranteeing he can get 2 to run.

If they got magnito's, they can be pull started. If they got distributors, they can be pull started with very little juice in the battery. If battery can make the light bulbs glint at all, the tractor can be hand cranked or pull started. Like I said, very little juice required for the coil to work. For the starter to work, different story. Better have a good battery, and charged up.

Larry,
Back in the 50-60s we had an H with a loader on the dairy.
It was just a tad better than a shovel.
I don't know what I would do with an 80 year old H.
No 3 pt, no mowers. Extremely slow hydraulics on the loader. No power steering, no live PTO.
What would anyone do with one?? Perhaps they used them for cultivators... not sure..Who cultivates today?

good advice,,I hope all goes well,,and Old gets them sold .

Still seems to be a sale for them,,,,I Was wrong,,and really wish that old gets them running,,and gets his price,,it would be a big help to him

Me too. Hope Old the Best..

Get Rich to send you a photo of each one that you can then post on YT.

I use one for raking hay. Just about perfect for that.

I got a second one with steel wheels on it. It's kind of a collector piece (with the steel wheels). It's fun to play around on. Good for dragging thorn trees around. Anybody that stops by, seems to want to drive it.

They make a nice tractor ride unit. I am a dyed in the wool John Deere man, but I have a Farmall H with a Schwartz wide front for tractor rides. Doesn't burn much gas, and can keep up if they get going faster than my JD will go. Those H's are a nice little tractor.

SOMEONE MUST HAVE LIKED THEM WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY WERE SOLD ONLY FORD SOLD MORE

I had a good running H with new rear tires that sold for $1000 at my auction.

That sounds cheap, but ....I know they ain't selling like they use to either, the last few years.

I'm thinking they are now old enough now, that they are not remembered (as new tractors) by our current retired generation. You'd have to be what, 70 years old now to of been born when these were built new (late production). And more like 85 or 90 years old now, to remember (or perhaps been driving) one of these tractors when new. That, I think has taken a big bite out of the market for them.
And there is also a DIS-INTEREST in
these tractors by younger generations that don't remember them when new, because they didn't have live PTO, 12 volt systems, factory 3 point, factory live 2 way hydraulics, power steering, the list goes on.
Kind of no longer on anyone's bucket dream list to have a restored one of these sitting in thier shed, so to speak. Definitely not like there use to be.
The high production numbers sure isn't helping neither, at this stage in the game.

Kind of sad, but it is what it is. Times change, people move on to newer stuff. Even on the older collector type of stuff. Rare stuff will always hold some kind of substantial market. But, some interest to own it is lost on some of that stuff too.