A really sad sight.

This picture was sent to me this afternoon. Tractors are heading to the scrap dealer. Makes me kinda mad and sad.

Wow, yes very sad. Most are 55s, great tractors!
Second is an hi arch 55!

Such a sickening waste of old iron.

@$%^&@*(#)......as you can see, I'm speechless....@$^@*(@#)!!

Ben

Didnt someone just post yesterday what his Massey 55 was worth?? Bill

Should have gotten a price for the load and saved them

Too many for me to try and save. That is not the only truck load going to scrap. There will be more.

That could be Hoofer B. I didnt notice. He got offered lots by the scrap yard so thats where a bunch are going.

I think the scrap yard people know they can make more selling the tractors, and not taking the time cutting them up. Stan

Hi 37 chief. Im not sure which scrap yard they are going to but I know the few that are close to me here dont resell them. They get crushed or shredded and most of the scrap goes overseas.

Sad but real. Most people don't want an old tractor. They want the comforts of the newer tractors, with the ease of operation and warranty on it. Look how many times somebody asks on here about this model or that and most refer them to a newer model with all the creature comforts on it.

Hi caterpillar guy. There are very few of the old tractors around here that are actually used in the farming operation. Maybe some light yard work. Most are just in collections or are family tractors that the owners just want to have around.

I will just tell myself they are going to a salvage yard to be used as parts units, and not think about them becoming an Alpo can.

that is just stupid. them scrap guys put out adds just for this purpose. i see a W4 there in the bottom picture. and a 444 jumping the front massey 44. will that make it a 4444? where was this? maybe that reddeer outfit?

Hi rustred. Yes to all of that. In his defense he tried selling some and did sell a bunch to individuals but the scrapper apparently is paying more and he only has to deal with one person not a whole bunch. Im going up as soon as I can to try and save a few.

ooh boy, wish i was closer. so what is your estimate for them tractors? still might get 1k ? for them. last i heard in his add he had 50 left to sell.

Liquidating to much at one time, equals higher percentage of it all going to scrap. Seen this happen before myself a couple of times.

A person has got to realize that your parts salvage guys, your fixer uppers guys, your collector guys, and your old tractor enthusiast guys can only take on a limited amount of stuff at one time. Somebody's life time collection is often times to much for these types of people to absorb at one time. The scrap iron guy has no limits to what he can absorb. He is going to re-sale to iron yards right away. The only difference it makes to him is number of loads like you see here in these photos.

Now grant it, some stuff will end up going to scrap yards anyhow. Stuff that is to far gone and the engines are locked up. But alot more of it than that, will go to scrap if to much is liquidated all at once.

This is becoming a bigger issue now that the interests in pre 1960 era stuff is on the decline.
Nobody can really do anything to boost any interest in this older stuff. But a person can spread out the liquidation of it, so that those interested can absorb a little bit more of it. That one guy that might be interested in a single Massey Harris 55 for parts, might not he interested in buying this many all in one day. And if he buys one today, he might be interested in another one for parts down the road. But the truth is, you can bombard a guy like that with to many of them at one time. He has no choice but to buy one, and be done. If spread out over time, he could maybe absorb more than just the one.

More of this is for sure going to be happening. No one is going to have time to spread things out when somebody dies off and leaves a lifetime accumulation behind. Nobody is going to spread things out then.

It's sad. But just how things are.

redforlife, that is an EXCELLENT description of the reality of the situation.

Trying to piecemeal out a collection of that size for top dollar will take decades. Meanwhile taxes and insurance whittle away at the estate. Plus someone's time and resources to market, show, and load everything out.

Sure you might "save" some old junk tractors but at what financial cost? It doesn't pencil out.

This is sad. But if you look on the bright side ours are getting more unusual and maybe worth more someday.

Im not sure on a price for some of them. Hes got more than 50 to sell yet. Ill know more when I get there next week. Hope I can make it early next week.