Re: Re: Re: Tractor Collecting In 50 Years

Posted by Chris on January 09, 2003 at 10:50:10 from (162.123.17.82):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Tractor Collecting In 50 Years posted by The Hayman on January 09, 2003 at 10:11:05:

Most of what makes something collectible is the human emotion involved with owning it. I think Steve@ND hit it pretty much on the head. I remember reading that in the last few years the trend in collectible cars shifted from the '20s and '30's to the '60s because of the influx of boomers buying up cars they wanted or had owned as teenagers. I'm only 40 but I have a soft spot for my Dad's H from around 1950. I wish I had a spot in my garage for it! I never saw it new but I really associate my growin up years with the old lady.

The human scale of tractors from before 1960 helps a lot too. It is hard to see how outside of museums that alot of the tractors of today will become collectibles. I know some private collectors own the odd WWII tank or vehicle, heavy trucks, or construction machinery but they seem to be pretty small in number. They are almost but not quite in the same league as railroad locomotives. Of the thousands and thousands that were built, only a handful are still operating because of the expensive of keeping one running. Not saying that people won't keep them around and running, but that they will more likely to be a small number of organized groups or weathly individuals.

I wonder if this would mean that more and more lawn type tractors (seriously!) are going to be come collectible. They would scale out similar to an older farm tractor (easy for one person to finance and repair) and might have some of the emotional attachement.

I would be willing to be that a lot of the tractors from the '30s-'50s will still be chugging a long too. There are a lot of collector cars from the 1910's still running and I can't see why a good solid built Farmall or Deere wouldn't keep on chugging to the century mark either.

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