841 ford diesel totaled?

heres the photo.

Undoubtedly you will have a hassle with the insurance company. It is their job to pay out the absolute least they can. They will dispute whatever you tell them. I would hire a lawyer experienced in dealing with insurance companies and I would guarantee you that I would have been injured some in the accident. And yes, I have gone round and round with insurance companies in the past and am a little bitter about the experience. They have been total JERKS!

I think the diesels started in 1958 and from what I have read, the diesels today are worth a little less than a similar gas model. The power steering probably adds $1K to the value of your tractor and the Sherman is probably worth at least $500 over and above the value of a basic tractor. The value of such a tractor might be very different depending in where you are, but I would doubt that you would find very many 841D's that work for much less than $2K and I would be surprised to hear of a basic tractor selling for a whole lot over $5K.

Depending on how badly it was damaged, you might want to consider fixing it yourself. If the engine is good and the mount for the front end has not broken the engine block, it might not be too bad a job. The tin is available, as are the radiator and the front end parts. The specific diesel fuel tank might be a little problem, but probably someone has one that they would sell you. In any case, I would try to retain the "salvage" of the damaged tractor, since it sounds like there would be lots of valuable parts that could be sold from it, even if you can't fix it. But I like to tinker with things, and not everyone does.

Back to the idea of hiring a lawyer: Lots of times they charge about a third of whatever insurance settlement they get for you, so you might want to consider that when you are talking about what to do about the situation. But the insurance companies tend to want to settle a claim, especially when an attorney is involved, where they might drag their heels in just dealing with you, and try to "lowball" you.

If that happened to me, I would hope to come away from the situation with about a $10K check (including pain and suffering) and keeping my tractor. That is assuming that I was in no way responsible for the accident...and if it happened on a public road, that might be a real hassle to prove.

Play hardball with the insurance company! Good luck.

Do you have receipts for your earlier repairs? That can help you prove how much you have invested in the machine.

Good luck.

You can find all the parts needed even though some will have to be used because new are no longer available.

Ins company paid me the 12,500. Then they sold the tractor on sealed bids at my place. Guy bought it for 1800 and uses it as a stationary irrigation pump power source.

As to value, Id guess yours 3500-4500 here. Glad you are ok.

A 841 diesel is a 1958 to 1962.
The sherman high low trans is a add on and not included with the tractor. Make sure you compair yours with a tractor that has this $1000 add on.
All tractors of this age did not have power steering so watch for that.
Looks and paint are also factors. Is yours a rust color needing paint or does it have a decent paint job.

Start shopping around on ebay or adds like the ones on this site.

With a decent paint job and running well your tractor would bring 3500 + in my area. If your timing is right you can get almost that much by parting out the parts on ebay.

So like the others say. How did you survive this crash or is the tractor really totaled.

I'd say that any running hundred series Ford is worth a MINIMUM of $2000. And that would be one in very poor condition. With the exception of the Select-O-Speed models (which command lower prices), a tractor like yours in good, working condition should be worth at least $3K. I would think $4K would be the upper limit for a tractor in good condition without a loader. Maybe five grand if it was exceptionally clean. Now a "fully restored" tractor might bring much more, but it sounds like yours was a working tractor, not a show piece.

If you can't get the insurance company to give you a reasonable price for your tractor, you might want to buy it back from them and either fix it or part it out. Hundred series components are in demand, and the high/low plus four speed (if undamaged) could be used to convert a blown Select-O-Speed tractor to manual. I would think the salvage value of your tractor is at least $1000.

So, there are bluebooks out there, my Hotline one doesn't have any price, none musta sold in their network in 06. Banks have bookvalues of ag machinery for loans, but I suspect they likewise won't have anything so old. You can look up prices on the varoius tractor selling web sites, like tr ac to rh ou se dot com. But, again, you won't find too many older machines, have to search them all.

I'll guess it would sell for $2500-5000 at an auction. That doesn't help you much.

Man, how did you survive, if a minivan hit hard enough to total the tractor????

--->Paul