ran a super nice G-708 up to $20k at a sale a while back - and it was "just because I wanted" it and they are hard to find. What do you call that then?
What would you call it then when a tractor sold for like $4500.00 in 1939 new and now goes for an average price 135,000.00 that is what is 30 times more than it sold for new.
30 times more than something sold new more is a bit much on something that is used. I never said to con old people out of anything they have to sell. Just be reasonable about a sale and not greedy. We are all collecting these old dinosaurs and you have to ask yourself and other collectors why they don't many younger people own any of these old tractors or collecting. It is because they can't buy a 2000.00 Starter tractor like an old U, R, or even a Z because people think they are worth that.
Greed does because if you can easily throw one hundred dollar bills around like there nothing. Where as I or even younger kids have to scrap up enough cash by either raking leafs, shoveling snow, mowing lawns waiting on that one chance to buy there first U tractor that was coming up on a farm auction that fall and to have it bought up for more way more more money than it was ever worth even now from some outsider from across the state to build into a puller tractor.
Yeah that's right busting my a@@ for my first tractor and many sales after to the big money people tends to destroy ones hopes. Until one day outta of the blue my first UTS came to me for 500.00. From an elder old man that was going to a old folks home and wanted some young man to have it. He told me his own kids where just going to have an living estate sale soon and he didn't want his greedy kids to fight over the money from that too. I still have it today and this all took place back in 1985.
There's a big difference in I want and I need. I needed a tractor to go to the local shows and parades and to save the history of farming and I don't even work on or own a farm. It was much cheaper to get into collecting tractors then it was a muscle car but now that is going away too. Just so you wonder why more young people are not interested in it is because it costs too much to play so they have their video games and computers.
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