A few days ago I posted about finding a Plymouth Tractor and the owner turned down $10,000. So THANKS to all that replied. So, what do I offer? $7500 or maybe $5000? I am estimating that it will take a minimum of $4000 to get this tractor back to original. This is just an estimate and I may be 100% or more off target. I hate to not get it even though I do not need it at my age, but I hate to see it go to someone that will set it outside by their mailbox just for show. Give me your thoughts.
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Blackhole49
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- White Lake MI
I did read the other post. Just curious, if he turned down $10,000, why do you think he will take considerably less now? The answer should tell you what to do.
rustyfarmall
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Offer $5,000. See where it goes.
BarnyardEngineering
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- Rochester, NY
Explain what has happened to the antique tractor market in the past couple of years when you make the offer. You know they were offered $10,000 but between the shrinking old tractor market (i.e. old farrmers passing on) and the tanking farm economy (i.e. less disposable income) that its value has gone down significantly.
curtkeiser
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- Location
- Beresford, South Dakota
If you do not get it let me know. I am interested. I would go up to 12-15.
John Deere D
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I offered $1,500.00 for a 1952 TEA 20 in running condition, looks tough...owner said NO!
Year later I offered $1,000.00 for the same tractor...owner said NO!!!
Eighteen months later owner dropped by and said "I'll take $1,000.00 for my TEA 20,as is, where is, how as"...I said NO!
Tractor is now mine...paid $875.00!
Sometimes people require a wake up call.
Year later I offered $1,000.00 for the same tractor...owner said NO!!!
Eighteen months later owner dropped by and said "I'll take $1,000.00 for my TEA 20,as is, where is, how as"...I said NO!
Tractor is now mine...paid $875.00!
Sometimes people require a wake up call.
Maybe it's just me, but when people say they were offered so much money for something ie: 10 000, and wouldn't take it, did the offer even exist? In situations like that I ask who made the offer and generally the seller waffles and can't remember or gives some lame excuse. I would offer 5000 cash, simple to the point and people seem more receptive to money in hand.
I don't think the Plymouth was built in anything but the wide front. The single wheel came later after the small wide front carrying the Silver King name. And I do like the single wheel better than the wide front. The single wheel was the field tractor, the wide front the road mower tractor or about a 1 plow size.
OldFarmall450
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A good friend always says that's where two fools meet: one for offering that much, the other for not taking it. Example:
I had a different friend who had a very rough, well used Belgium Browning A-5. We were at Walmart getting a license and he told some guy about it. The guy followed us to the truck, looked at it, pulled out a stack of C-notes, and offered $1500.
I'm jumping up and down telling George to take it, but he smells a rat and doesn't. He had traded for the gun, had no attachment to it. I later take him to a gunshop where there's 2 Belgium A-5's in better shape for $500.
He passed away 3 years ago, his family tried to sell it for the $1500 he was offered.
Its still in his closet.
It would seem that if you can get it for from 5-10,000 you could save it. Then you could decide if you wanted to go to the work to restore it yourself, or you could find someone else who wanted to restore it and sell it to them for little or no profit, knowing you had saved it.
Blackhole49
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- Location
- White Lake MI
The difference is, your talking about a $900 tractor to start with! Still curious why HE thinks they will take less now. There must be a reason.
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