Posted by Randy-IA on April 06, 2008 at 09:38:06 from (207.177.83.161):
Hi All , Yesterday at an auction there weren't as many scrappers in attendance which is good but there was a kid there with to much money and little regard for the older tractors other than the money they could make him from parts . He bought at least two Olivers , a 1600 and a 1650 that both ran like tops but one had a cracked exhaust manifold . One had the high speed rearend supposedly . The tin was OK but they were working tractors not parade tractors . He drove them out of there . He wanted them strictly for parts . What a shame to destroy good tractors like that ! I hope he never has kids that like tractors because the only tractors left will be the ones that won't run without a computer and we all know how fast computers become obsolete . I'm getting tired of trying to save anything for the future generations . All they can see are dollar signs . I know all of them aren't that way but it seems the majority are . It's sad that the kids of today have no appreciation for the technology of yesterday , of how things were built to last generations not just a few years . Sorry about the same old ranting - I suppose I'll get the same old defense about how there were thousands of those tractors built and they aren't rare because of that . No - they aren't rare now . But at the rate they are being destroyed for ebay sales how many years before they are rare ? ...Randy
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