High $$$$$ IH's!

big tee · Feb 4, 2018

Some results of a retirement sale in Ohio. 1066--$27000...3-SMTA's--$8000--$8600--$10600--W-9--$6900--W-6--$6500-- Red is HOT!---Tee

Philip d · Feb 4, 2018

Wow is it ever!

oldtanker · Feb 4, 2018

WOW, somehow I just don't see the collector value on the 1066. Most often that's a 8-10K tractor. SMTA's are much more in demand. Only built in 1954. Most of the W's you see are WD (diesels). So a W 6 or 9 may be more collectable than the diesel model. I saw a W9 sell a few years ago and thought it went high until I talked to a big time collector who explained it to me.

Thanks for sharing.

Rick

Dave H (MI) · Feb 4, 2018

I would like to see the SMTA that sold for $8K or more. Something not quite right with that.

Traditional Farmer · Feb 4, 2018

Only takes 2 folks that want something with the money,bet the seller was happy.

IanC · Feb 4, 2018

About 30 years ago I went to a sale and saw an M (might have been super, don't remember) sell for 6-7000. Two guys bidding fast. Found out later that day from a guy who knew them that it had been their dads and both were determined not to let the other one get it. As for collector value on the 1066, around here some of the big guys are really after the last of the non-electronic ('66 &'86 IH, "40 &'50 Deere etc.) as they are "southern neighbor" resistant and can be fixed on farm.

MARK ROBKE · Feb 4, 2018

I was there yesterday-it was cold,but there was a huge crowd. The 1066 was low houred,1 owner.It went to a buyer in Canada thru internet bidding.His bidder # was above 1000. I had met the owner(now deceased) a couple of times.All his equipment was inside kept and low houred-there were 3 686's one of which went for @ $13,000,and another @ $9,000.Almost all the tractors had the dirt plugs in the remote outlets.He had a CIH 8920 that went for around $78,000 I believe.He even had a New Idea 4 row uni-picker-it sold for over $5,000. Mark

carvel minne farmer · Feb 4, 2018

this is just my opinion big tee, but I think your going to see a lot more of this especially with low hour well kept machinery that has been stored inside, older pre electonic equipment pre emission, built with real steel not plastic and fiberglass junk. what would a new tractor the equivalent of the 1066 be worth? the new owner of that tractor can work on it himself, no laptop required to keep it up and running, whats that worth? my wife who caterers auction sales was doing a farm sale about 20 miles north of us 2 years ago, all the equipment was stored inside when not out working, it was clean, no leaks on any of them. it was anywhere from the 1950's to the 1990's. I stayed to help out as it was a huge crowd there and every piece went for top dollar. I think good used older equipment in nice shape will only go up big tee, the demand is there, people are fed up with the new plastic computerized junk that is parked on the job site or out sitting in the field waiting for a dealer mechanic to come out and plug his laptop in to get it going again.

NY 986 · Feb 4, 2018

I can see the prices if the previous owner had a reputation of keeping things well maintained along with low hours. Also, it helps to have motivated buyers such as family, neighbors, and friends who want "part of the legacy."

ss55 · Feb 4, 2018

The collector tractor market is different than the market for working tractors. I would suspect the SMTA's, W-9 and W-6 were bought to be put in collections rather than to be working tractors. The 1066 is over 40 years old. Was it also purchased to be put in a collection or to be a working tractor?

Old weldor · Feb 4, 2018

Around here, central Iowa, 1066 tractors usually sell for about 10,000.

RBMI · Feb 4, 2018

I wish I?d have bought all the SMTAs I could find 20 years ago. Of course had I done that, I probably couldn?t give them away now. Their prices keep creeping up. I myself would rather have a 400 or 450.

gbs · Feb 4, 2018

give I time, as carvel mine farmer stated about all the computerized plastic equipment being sold today the end users are starting to realize the COST of owning it, one brand now won't share rights to the software to repair there equipment so you can pay for their technicians no longer mechanics to sit at a computer trying to figure out a glitch problem in the system that has everyone involved at a stand still with no clue as to what is causing the problem , while the owner is getting charged by the minute, then has to pay $$$$$$ multiple times what the electronic part is really worth, it has got to the point that on some tractors you can't hook up an extra light no matter the amp draw it will shut down the lighting system unless a tech with their computer to program it in.

Bruce from Can. · Feb 4, 2018

Run the new tractors down as much as you like, you probably don't put more than 200 hours on a tractor seat in a year. You start to clock 1000 hours of seat time a year and cab comfort becomes much more important than whether or not there is plastic in the grill. And if you clock a 1000 hours per year, by the time the warranty is run out , you can have 4-5000 hours on the tractor and are ready to turn it in before it looses too much trade value. Tractor manufacturing companies , build tractors for the new tractor buyers, not the guys that want to buy a used tractor, just a fact of life.

SodBuster87 · Feb 4, 2018

(quoted from post at 13:09:29 02/04/18) Run the new tractors down as much as you like, you probably don't put more than 200 hours on a tractor seat in a year. You start to clock 1000 hours of seat time a year and cab comfort becomes much more important than whether or not there is plastic in the grill. And if you clock a 1000 hours per year, by the time the warranty is run out , you can have 4-5000 hours on the tractor and are ready to turn it in before it looses too much trade value. Tractor manufacturing companies , build tractors for the new tractor buyers, not the guys that want to buy a used tractor, just a fact of life.

Thats about it. You just pray they stand by their warranty........ Bought sone brand new equipment best warranty in the industry they said. But when something broke they found every excuse they could to say it was "operator error." Sod Buster

NY 986 · Feb 4, 2018

They have to be pretty good if not low houred to bring that. I've seen plenty of mediocre 1066's bring 5-6 thousand dollars especially if the tires are not pretty.

kj(seil) · Feb 4, 2018

My Dad had 2 smtas at one time one was a factory ta delete, wish I had them now.

SVcummins · Feb 4, 2018

after working at a truck shop for a year on newer
semis we had so many electronic problems it wasn?t
funny we had a new Kenworth that the right front
signal on the tractor quit working well I took the first
crack at it i figured this won?t be bad usually it?s a
broken wire where the harness goes through the
hood and There?s a broken wire well I spent a whole
shift on it never got anywhere the next day the lead
man worked on it talked to him when the next he got
nowhere so i took it again and I mean I opened up
every inch of harness on the underside trying to find
the bad wire or connection finally end up running a
jumper from the trailer wire circuit the front of the
tractor just so we could get a signal on the truck to
go down the road well that made it throw a light
circuit code so the other guy who?s the computer
genius Came and worked on it he couldn?t figure it
out we never could find the light control module on
the truck it ended up going to the stealership for a
light control module it cost over five thousand at the
dealer for parts and labor not to mention the time
the company already paid three guys to fix an
seemingly easy problem

oldtanker · Feb 4, 2018

(quoted from post at 13:09:29 02/04/18) Run the new tractors down as much as you like, you probably don't put more than 200 hours on a tractor seat in a year. You start to clock 1000 hours of seat time a year and cab comfort becomes much more important than whether or not there is plastic in the grill. And if you clock a 1000 hours per year, by the time the warranty is run out , you can have 4-5000 hours on the tractor and are ready to turn it in before it looses too much trade value. Tractor manufacturing companies , build tractors for the new tractor buyers, not the guys that want to buy a used tractor, just a fact of life.

I have to agree with you. Right close around me most guys are farming with stuff that's 10-30 years old. Go just west of me and most are running stuff that's under 5 years old. Big 4X4s and such. For them a "yard tractor" used in the yard to run grain augers, clear snow and such most likely has 150 or more PTO HP. Bigger grain operations with 1500-2500 acres being a little guy.

Yep they build for the newer buyer. And the new buyer want auto-steer with GPS and all the other bells and whistles. Most don't even set in the tractor themselves, they hire operators. And they buy enough stuff that if something does break down they get attention right away. If you buy a used 50K tractor from the local dealer and I buy a new 250K one who do you think they are going to take care of first if we both have a problem? You may call first.......but they are going to work harder at keeping me happy.

I keep thinking that for 27K a guy can get a MFW 150-200 HP tractor with a half way decent cab on it.

Rick

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