Posted by M Nut on August 15, 2015 at 20:21:14 from (74.36.230.219):
After attending an auction today, I got to thinking back to an auction I attended back in June. I had no intentions of buying a tractor, but the only tractor on the sale was an Allis Chalmers 190 with a Westendorf quick tach loader. The tractor had been sitting outside and not run in about 8 years, but I knew it had run pretty good when last used. It had one new rear tire, one that was fair to poor but holding air, and a set of tire chains on it. When it came time to sell, no one would bid, so finally when it got down to $500, I bid. They got a $600 bid, and I bid $700 and was the high bidder. I now had a 190 that didn't currently run to try and haul home. Within 5 minutes, my brother's cell phone rings, and long story short, it was his father-in-law who couldn't attend the sale, and he wanted to know if the tractor had sold, and for how much? He was really bummed, and wanted to know if my brother knew who bought it? When he found out it was me, he asked what I was going to do with it, and I said sell it. He offered me $900 for it, and he would take care of transporting it to his place. I knew he needed a tractor, and I didn't, so I sold it to him. He picked it up with his dump truck and trailer and hauled it home. He overhauled the carb. Replaced the points and plugs, and had it running again in short order. So, for all of maybe 10 minutes, I owned a 190. That's the shortest amount of time I have owned a tractor. How about you?
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