Posted by JD Seller on February 11, 2013 at 07:22:14 from (208.126.196.144):
Vince's post below about his GP purchase reminded me of a funny thing that happened a few years ago.
A good friend of mine had a Styled "B" JD for sale. He runs a large construction company. Multi million dollar projects are not uncommon for him to be bidding.
This tractor had nothing special going for it. Just a common old letter series tractor. He was going to restore it for a tractor ride unit for his Grand Son but they found a different one to do. This tractor ran and it had been painted by some years ago. It was like most 60 year old tractors in that it had been modified over the years. That had not made him any difference as he was just going to drive it not show it.
He happened to advertise it for sale the week of the two cylinder show. He did not plan it that way but it just happened. HE was only asking $1000 for it and it ran. Plus the tires where not new but they where good 60% tread and not cracked. So it was really priced right and would have been a good tractor for someone just starting to collect tractors.
HE had 10-15 calls from guys all coming back from the two cylinder show. Everyone of them was an one day expert on how a JD tractor should be after having been "trained" at the show. HE told me that every single one of them spent more time telling him what was wrong with it rather than dealing with him on the tractor. The last one was an older fellow that was with this young guy that was wanting the tractor. My friend told me that the younger fellow was happy with it. The old fellow just went on and on about how all this was wrong with the tractor. Then the old fellow started to tell my friend how he was all active in the two cylinder club. The old fellow then started in on how worthless the tractor was with all the things that where wrong with it. It really PO my friend. LOL
My friend finally had enough of the old fart. HE told him that he was right and my friend would never want to sell something so worthless to any body. My friend walked over a 8 yard end loader he had setting there. HE proceeded to crush the tractor into as little a ball as he could and then he scooped it up and dumped it into his scrap dumpster. LMAO
He told the old fellow he could buy it back from China and to get the heck off his property.
My friend had been starting to collect JD tractors. HE HAS ZERO of them now. HE says the AC and IH guys are a much more friendly type of guys. I mostly agree with him on that. As the two cylinder tractors got valuable the old fellows started to think they where gold. They drove off many potential collectors with their attitude. My friend was the type they need. HE can drop big money on one and never look back but he sure will not now. LOL
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