Did a new Farmall 806 cost $10,000?

Had my JD 730 diesel out for a spin this afternoon and saw a neighbor out mowing his farmyard so I pulled in. Thought he would like to see it as they had a brand new JD 730 diesel on their farm when he would have been a young man starting out farming with his dad. Got to talking tractors and he said they either traded a IH 560 gas or the JD 730 on a new Farmall 806. I said the 806 might have cost $5000. He said he remembered that it cost $10,000 and he remembered that because it weighed 10,000 pounds. Was he right???

Somewhere around here is the receipt that came with my '63 806 gasser when I bought it from the original owner. Think it was about $6000. If I stumble across it, I'll scan & post it.

Mike

Sticks in my mind they were around $6,000.

My father-in-law traded an 806 in on a new 1066 and got more trade-in on the 806 than he'd paid for it.

And that 806 had a lot of hours on it. My FIL did custom fertilizing with anhydrous ammonia and his game plan when he had jobs to do was daylight to dark. He was an interesting man. He'd go to bed at 11:30pm and at 4:30am he'd be wide awake and rarin' to go again.

From tractor data

Original price (USD): $6,800 (1967)

Tractor data shows made 62 to 67, $6800 in 67, I'm guessing that is base gas burner.

Agreed ! Only if You were dumb enough to pay 10 ,000 for a 806 IHC,.. I recall a 4020 Gasser in 1968 costing $8200,the Diesel cost a thousand more ... a 1966 new 430 CASE diesel dressed, ps-teering, dual remotes , positive traction listed for $4250. When the Case 1175 came out , Case advertised that a Farmer could get a NEW 1175 for $11,750.

Interesting thread. I have an 806 gas and expect I could still probably get $6800 or more for it. It?s been a very good tractor for us.

Well i bought mine new 9-11-67, with out 3 point and 1 hyd remotes, but 18.4 x38 tires and wide front and diesel full list was $ 8810,88 but later put on the 2nd hyd, , also no used dual tires which i put on new later, If it had factory 3 point and add all the other stuff i put on it, would of been close to $10,000.

He could be right. Our JD 4020 bought new in 1964 was just over $9,000. Wheatland model with a cab, diesel engine, and power shift.

These are list prices for the last year of production, taken from the nooks we used as a bible in the dealership,,

Dad bought the JD 4010 diesel WFE that is here today for 5,500 as a closeout with a 4 bottom F145H plow and 10 mower included. A 4020 synchro WFE diesel would have been 6,500 dollars by itself. The 806's were not out around here at the time but 2-3 months later the IH dealer approached dad with an 806 diesel WFE TA for 6,600 dollars by itself. All tractors mentioned were row crops. Towards the end of the 1970's boom dealers were offering 10,000 dollars on sharp 806 diesels to trade on new tractors. Those were the days when salesmen still called on nearly all farms and I remember the salesmen talking about a deal he had just made where his dealership offered 10,000 dollars on an 806 that was a little less than perfect. They got it sold before the 1980 grain embargo hit.

suggtd retail price would have been...

806 gas 1963 $6690
806 diesel 1963 $7480

1967 $7260
1967 $8125

Well since i am and OLD FART and was standing there when my old boss whipped out a company check and bought the first one that was showen to the public back over labor day weekend even before the fair opened his check was for around 8500 . The vary next weekend i was with my uncle when he bought the next one that hit the area and his was a 125 more . Then came the new five bottom plows and the 16 foot wing disc. . Both tractors were wide ft. full wight packages with dual remotes . Before both tractors had a week of new dirt on them they were both turbo charged by General Maintenance Diesel . G.F Howards tractor was bought almost straight off the truck at the Canfield Fair ground on Tuesdays afternoon two days before the start of the fair. My Uncles was bought the next Saturday after the Fair off another dealer about 20 miles away . . It was still setting on the truck when we pulled in to the lot as they were unloading a 504 and a 706 first . Buy 1:30 that afternoon the hich pin was being dropped into the draw bar of a John Bean Tater harvester and digging tater. First tractor that could handle the harvester on the hills with out something helping and second gear low was the perfect speed as it matched the trucks speed .

Those are great books. Dad somehow managed to get on years ago, and it?s always been his go to book for looking up info about tractors, even if the price data is completely out dated.

I want to say that the list price on the 806 I mentioned was just a little over 7,200. Not sure why the dealer came back after the 4010 was bought unless there was a
break down in communication. Outside chance since grandpa was still around and was looking at possibly buying some neighboring acreage maybe there was the
chance in the dealer's mind my family would have bought the 806 as well.