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I know some fellows will be mad but things had to go!!

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JD Seller

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I have been hoarding parts for years. I had two sheds FULL and several out buildings stuffed. I used to sell a fair amount of these parts on EBay and Craigslist. It just is not worth the bother anymore with EBay's buyer friendly policies and Craigslist's scammers. After getting cheated out of Ebay sold parts and swamped with scammers I had enough. I got sick of fellows showing up an treating everything like it was junk and or low balling everything.

I had a couple of salvage yard guys come and look at buying the entire lot. The one just told me he was not interested right now. The other fellow made a low ball offer with demands that I help load everything. His offer was half of scrap price. He was trying to skin me.



So I sorted through the stuff the last few months. I saved maybe 20-30% of it. The rest was loaded onto roll offs this last week. I did not have to touch anything that was loaded. The buyer did it all. HE weighed them a locally. I would follow him to the scale and he wrote me a check for the amount right then. No poor mouthing or fooling around. I ended up getting $190 a ton for it. Got enough out of it that I am going to look at a newer 1/2 ton pickup for my daily driver.

I now have some shed room cleared out. My son needs it to store the parts he is accumulating from his repair and rebuild operation. He still does farm equipment repairs but with fewer smaller farmers it does not keep the doors open. He took training to work on cars/trucks. He does repair work on autos for selected customers. He is making the best money on repairing car and trucks for resale. He has three different used car dealers that he has been selling the units too. Less fuss and bother than direct retail selling to the general public.
 
Yeah, I understand. I sold some stuff on Facebook for a little while and people would get all tore up because I would say I was gonna junk something like a Farmall H or 9n Ford, but they did not want them. At some point, when it gets bad enough you need to let it go to the atoms.
 
I wish I could have seen what went to scrap I don't blame ya for doing it though there is always some idiot that can get a better deal somewhere else or there uncles coussins sister brother-in-law bought one at action last week for a better price.
 
It seems to be how the world works now,and it doesn't matter how low the asking price is either. They always offer you way less and try to beat you down.
 
I did the same thing after I retired 5 yrs ago. Hauled near 4 ton of steel and iron to scrap yard still have some JD tin, wheels, tires, and misc engine parts left to go. Was also lowballed by an offer which turned me away from letting it go that way.
 
I understand the frustration but wish you had given more thought to selling them via a consignment auction. Terms being as is and where is. A lot of guys such as myself are having a hard time of it and one pallet could save a bunch of money to put gas in the truck and buy groceries for a few weeks. Nothing for me to be mad about so no scolding from me but just expressing disappointment.
 

I fully understand the "running out of room" thing. A few years ago I let go of a Farmall H for less than what I had in it, just to free up some shop space. Another H, that never did make it in under a roof and was in my way out on the back lawn, got fully dis-assembled right where it sat. The reuseable parts got stored in a dry place. The rest of that H now lives on a very small concrete slab.
 
NY 986 consignment sales do not work on tractor parts very well. Most have a $15-20 percent commission on items under $1000. So on a pallet of parts that bring a $100 I would get $80 and have to fool around with it a lot more.
 
I don't blame you one bit. I've caught flak from some on here when I've complained about people when I tried to sell a tractor a few years ago. You and I both have experience buying and selling and you know as well as I do that since all these picker and pawn shows have come out,people's attitudes have changed. Everybody either acts like they're running a pawn shop and you brought it to them to make a quick buck,or try to be Frank Fritz and start in with the "I can't make any money if I give you that for it." garbage.

I've been dickering since I was 5,but asking somebody to take a third of what they're asking and acting all crappy when you turn them down? Come on. If you can't be respectful and courteous when you're in somebody else's yard looking at their stuff,stay home.

The only thing you did different than I would have,was that you involved a middle man. I understand why you did,but the scrap yard is two miles from me and I would have taken it there myself. If anybody wants to get all bent out of shape about things going to the crusher,they'd better learn to be more respectful human beings,that's all I can say.
 
I don't let too much accumulate. I am in the process of getting rid of unused tools and odds and ends right now. And what I am getting rid of isn't even half a pickup load. Still more clutter than I want around. If you don't remember you have it then it isn't useful. When you buy something only to find the same thing a month latter in your pile of stuff then what is the value of the stuff? I have seen workshops stuffed so full it is no longer a work shop. It is a storage shed.
 
I hauled 9 tons at 240.00 a ton yesterday. I thinking about sending 2 60 JDs D jd along with a B A. Have couple M IH and H IH that are parts and couple M5 molines and couple WC allis.
 
Randy I was going to haul it but I am not joking this young man spent every weekend for the last month helping me sort this stuff. He carried the majority of the stuff out of sheds by hand. Heck if I had paid him by the hour it would have been a few thousands dollars worth of wages. He works for a company that has these roll off beds for other stuff. He has bought about ten of the old ones to start a scrap business with. I will say he should make it because he is more than willing to work. So the value of his work was much more than the little bit I would get with a higher scrap price. I might not have even gotten a higher price either. They are paying more to fellows that bring in so many tons each month.
 
Ya,I just checked the local yard's website. If you got $190 and didn't have to touch it,you did good. I'll tell you,I'd hate to try to make a living selling used stuff these days. I just can't take the attitude of some of these people these days.
 
You hit the nail on the head with the pickers comments. If I offer something for sale, I?m not doing it with the intention of being a wholesaler for others so they can sell on, I?m doing so to get rid of something I don?t need and get what it?s worth at that time. Many picker types are just vultures and prey on those who are unaware of what they own. When I buy from individuals, I generally buy what I need for myself, not to flip it and make a few bucks, I try to pay fair value. The flip side of the coin is that because of the picker shows, many think their items are a collectable or rare and ask over the top prices, totally unrealistic.
 
Randy I sell the majority of my stuff at auctions anymore. As-is and take a check home.

I still have a good number of customers that will tell me what they are looking for. I will buy a good many things and pretty much have it presold.

I ran a fellow off here a few months ago. I had a JD 3020 diesel that was supper nice. Late model console controls. Nice original paint, ROPS/JD canopy and good rubber. I was wanting $12,500 for it. I had not even advertised it any yet. Some how a fellow from Cedar Rapids heard about it and called me up wanting to look at it. Insistent that I drop everything one day and wait around for him to come out an look at it. HE came out with a very citified wife. She looked at every step in the barn yard. LOL He drove the tractor around and liked it. His wife called him over and they whispered back and forth for a while. He came over and offered me $5500. What the HECK!!!!!! SHE got all bent out of shape when I told them to both leave right then. She started in yelling at me that I did not know how to "deal" on stuff. I just grinned at her and told her to look in the shed we where standing in. That day there were over twenty tractors in that shed. The JD 3020 was the cheapest one in there. I then told her I own these and you two do not even own the pickup you drove here in. (He had bragged how leasing was so great earlier) She really was steamed then. LOL

So I rarely even advertise anything anymore. My BS filter is way past full so I can't handle any BS anymore. LOL

I called the fellow I really had in mind for the tractor. He came over and drove it. Handed me a cashiers check for the full amount. I teased him about that. He came back with the statement that he KNEW the tractor would be want he had driven all over looking for. He drove the tractor home. End of deal. Those are the ones I like.
 
(quoted from post at 08:02:33 04/01/18) Randy I sell the majority of my stuff at auctions anymore. As-is and take a check home.

I still have a good number of customers that will tell me what they are looking for. I will buy a good many things and pretty much have it presold.

I ran a fellow off here a few months ago. I had a JD 3020 diesel that was supper nice. Late model console controls. Nice original paint, ROPS/JD canopy and good rubber. I was wanting $12,500 for it. I had not even advertised it any yet. Some how a fellow from Cedar Rapids heard about it and called me up wanting to look at it. Insistent that I drop everything one day and wait around for him to come out an look at it. HE came out with a very citified wife. She looked at every step in the barn yard. LOL He drove the tractor around and liked it. His wife called him over and they whispered back and forth for a while. He came over and offered me $5500. What the HECK!!!!!! SHE got all bent out of shape when I told them to both leave right then. She started in yelling at me that I did not know how to "deal" on stuff. I just grinned at her and told her to look in the shed we where standing in. That day there were over twenty tractors in that shed. The JD 3020 was the cheapest one in there. I then told her I own these and you two do not even own the pickup you drove here in. (He had bragged how leasing was so great earlier) She really was steamed then. LOL

So I rarely even advertise anything anymore. My BS filter is way past full so I can't handle any BS anymore. LOL

I called the fellow I really had in mind for the tractor. He came over and drove it. Handed me a cashiers check for the full amount. I teased him about that. He came back with the statement that he KNEW the tractor would be want he had driven all over looking for. He drove the tractor home. End of deal. Those are the ones I like.
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That is beyond Ballsy. That's a stupid counteroffer. I could see countering $11,500 or 12,000, but less than half???

Did you ever get that Frankenstien's monster 4320 put together?
 
rockyridgefarm: I sold the entire pile of parts to a younger fellow about two years ago. He got about 70% done and found a "GIRL", so he is going slower now. LOL
 
A neighbor had an incident similar to that on a 4020 with a 148 loader. He had it right up there in pristine shape. Just fixed it up for himself,but didn't even want to sell it. Somebody saw it,drove in and wanted to buy it. He put a "don't want to sell it" price on it. The guy started in trying to low ball him right off the bat,then said if he gave what he was asking,he'd have to throw in a remote cylinder and some other things. Bill told him flat out that he didn't want to sell it in the first place,now the guy was demanding that he throw more in for that price??
 
Do you remember that short lived show where people would trade things? They'd start out with a lawn chair and by the end of the show they'd own a semi or something. I had one of those drive in here one time wanting to buy a tractor so he could trade it for a boat. He said if he gave me what I wanted for the tractor,he wouldn't be saving much if he traded it for the boat. Huh? I don't know you from a bale of hay,and now I owe you a favor so you can trade it up for something better? Get back in your car and go buy the boat!
 
(quoted from post at 07:20:11 04/01/18) I hauled 9 tons at 240.00 a ton yesterday. I thinking about sending 2 60 JDs D jd along with a B A. Have couple M IH and H IH that are parts and couple M5 molines and couple WC allis.
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good morning shaun and happy easter, john close here shaun I have 2 m5's i'm working on the runner is in my shop for winter refit and repairs. the other m5 was used as a parts machine and was jury rigged patched on the throttle control to the carb (gasser) . shaun if your m5's are parts machines and your not going to restore them and if one has the throttle control system still on it I would like to buy it from you, with something for your time and I will look after shipping and having it picked up. here's a pic of the parts m5 and check out the custom throttle control! my email is [email protected] shaun if you shoot me an e mail with your phone # I will call you and we can set things up.
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I've been restoring cars and old radios for over 40 years. Last year, I sold my stash of "top secret" parts that I had guarded all my life. This year, lots of my radios, tubes and other parts are going to the landfill. Like JD Seller, I'm not going to tolerate the BS necessary to sell the stuff. I figure I have "enjoyed my money out of it" and it's time to downsize. I had hoped to have an auction, but in my neck of the woods, nobody wants the stuff. I'd have $5000 in costs before the first item sold anyways. The landfill is not picky and a rolloff is $150. Done.
 
Wish you fellows that are scrapping good parts were near me the two scrap yards on the area call me when a good load comes in,the one I'm good friends with usually gives me whatever I pick out and the other sells it to me by the pound.Keep on hauling!Maybe I can sell your parts back to you someday(LOL)
 
now jd you KNOW what will happen next week, you will be working on a tractor or other piece and and find something broken and you will say "no problem I have one of those in the shed" about 10 or 20 steps towards the shed the light will come on and jd will slowly come to a stop. (and star to swear) :lol:
 
Eldon no joke I completed this last week. I have been cleaning things up for the last few years. I have gotten rid of most of the project tractors/equipment that I had. If I had not touched it in the last two years I sold it. I had things that I had owned for over 20 years and had never found the time to fix/repair/restore.

The majority of the parts I had left where things you would rarely need. I parted out a LOT of JD 3020 and 4020s in the mid 1990s. I could buy the early ones for $3500-4500 all day long. This was for a running tractor. I could get $2500 for a running diesel motor. The left hand remote setup with all the lines and linkage would run $1000. Sell a good hood for $500 rear fenders for $400. So pretty soon you had a profit and had lost of stuff to still sell.

I had one whole end of a barn loft that had JD 3020 and 4020 frame rails. I bet that I had 30-40 sets. I have only seen 3-4 broke in my life. I had one shed full of fuel tanks. I might have sold 5-10 in my life time. I bet I had 25-30 of them left. Dash panels. Steering columns. Things you just rarely need. I counted 16 front steering motors and housing for 4020s. Some time you might need a motor housing be hardly never the entire front casting.

I now have one 40x80 barn and loft empty. It was full a month ago. I shipped out right at 95 tons of scrap. I bet I could get another 75 if I really got serious about it.
 
I think some of y'all have pretty lofty ideas of "what it's worth."

The tractor collecting business ain't what it was a few years ago. Old collectors are giving it up or passing away. Commodity prices have taken a dive.

You may think you've got something special, but it's only worth what the next guy will pay for it. Maybe you've got the next guy, your so-called "friend," snowed into thinking it's worth some ridiculous amount of money but the savvy buyer KNOWS what its worth, and you do too.

If you don't want to deal with the "pickers" or think that "haggling" means not shooting someone with the 12ga for daring to offer a dime less than your asking price, then fine, keep your stuff, or send it for scrap. Maybe you'll stop complaining about people who are just trying to see if maybe you'll make a better deal.

I just wish everyone would see your ads for your ridiculously priced stuff and just keep on reading. There's always the one that has to "take a shot" and get you guys all worked up and frothing.
 

Not a tractor but I had a pretty nice 2000 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer, 145,000 miles on the clock, that I wanted to get rid of. Had lots of new parts on it and good tires with less than 9,000 miles on them. Ran good and just some rust under the doors. Instead of dealing with the C-list rabble and getting ridiculous low ball offers that I didn't have time to deal with, I donated it to the Goodwill Auto Auction in Columbus. They got $1,650 out of it (more than I thought they would) and I have it gone and a little tax deduction to boot.

Sometimes you just have to do the expedient thing and move the stuff along to someone that can get some use out of it.
 
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