Shoulda Checked it out

On Saturday, the wife's nephew called me up at 7:30 in the morning...got me out of bed. Jerry told me the neighbor had a Cub Cadet with mower in his yard sale, and had a sign on it: MAKE OFFER. Jerry allowed as how he was gonna offer him $10 and see where that went.

About 9 o'clock, Jerry called again. He'd raised his offer to $50, because the guy said "it ran pretty good but it smoked when you started it." I told Jerry that if it ran at all, it was probably worth $50.

At 9:30 Jerry called me back and told me he'd bought it for $50. Jerry said they started it with jumper cables, and it DID run pretty good, "'cept it smokes." I allowed that Jerry had found a good deal.

At about 10, Jerry called me again. "I took the brand new Wal-Mart battery out of my Murray rider, and this thing started right up. So I took it across the road and filled up the gas tank, and I brought it back and mowed my yard with it. It mows pretty good...but it smokes. And it's got wheel weights on the back."

THAT got my attention. Cub Cadet "factory" rear wheel weights, which are the same as front weights for a full-size Cub, sell for anywhere from $75 up on eBay. So I told Jerry I'd be over in about an hour to look at it.

Just before 11, Jerry called me back. "I sold that Cub Cadet."

"What'd you get for it?" I asked.

"$100," Jerry said. "After the gas and the battery, I guess I just about broke even on it...but I did get my grass cut."

About this point, I'm thinking that, since I alreadyhave a good mower battery, I could've given Jerry $75 for the thing, removed and sold the wheel weights, and had a mostly free Cub Cadet. But I didn't move quickly enough to "vulture" it, I didn't really have the money to spend, and Jerry's pretty happy about getting his grass cut.

hind sight 20-20, I do stuff like that all the time . GRRRrrrrr!!

Essence of humanity:

Always looking to make a buck.

what model CC was it?

Wow I didn't think those wheel weights were worth that! I have a pair of CC wheel weights on the rear wheels of my Deere 112

That usually happens to me too. The one time I did move quick enough was on a D17 Allis with a diesel engine. Tractor had been advertised for a couple months with only one nibble. I looked it over and went back a couple days later and bought it. Good running tractor. Wife wasn't too happy, but can't please everybody all the time. I saw the guy a week later and he said he could have sold it 3 times that week.

need to be the early cast iron ones

Ron

Bolting I-H wheelweights on a John Deere cuts the value of the weights by at least half.

I was at a auction yesterday. Alot of stuff was going cheap. They sold a parts IH H for 350. All the tires was shot and locked up. Then a 8N ford locked up with bad rims for 650. It was just getting worse. Then they got to the Ford 860. It was a great runner with live PTO HYD and power steering. I was in a daze when they were begging for a bid of 1050. But, you know what it starts and runs just as good today as it did yesterday at the sale. Already been offered 2500 for it.
Bob

you are right! I bet those wheel wights wont bring 5.00$ each know.

John Deere weights, on every deere tractor, are overpriced by greedy old farts.

Don't really matter to me. The old 112 turns 40 years old next year and still mows as fine as it did the first time I mowed with it the day Dad bought it new. The weights came off the 62' Cub Cadet Dad traded in on the Deere.

Don't know...never saw it.

oh well, water under the bridge. i will hope the new owner will restore it and make it his prize posession.

The good deals go quick I'd of been on it in a minute

Thats what I love about auctions.Always a bargain
IF you're paying attention and quick thinking.The slow headed and the BSing talking to the neighbor crowd go home fussing cause they missed the bargains and blaming the auctioneer.

Probably had a PTO and Creeper gear like the EARLY Cub Cadet I used to Have ,,,YEP !,, I GOTTA Nephew just like that that,. Too !!!and to think we Coulda had the same nephew ,,..LOL