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Posted by Paul in Mich on February 04, 2004 at 10:34:10 from (68.188.227.110):
In Reply to: Wrecking Tractors for $ posted by Michael Soldan on February 03, 2004 at 20:35:54:
In many ways it breaks my heart to see a tractor parted out, especially if it has a chance for survival, however, it is easy to opine from afar, since it is someone elses property. Those of us who recondition or restore are in some way grateful to the guy who just happens to have the part we need, whether it is off a tractor in a fence row or one just recently designated to be parted out. Also, not everyone has the same passion for preserving the past. This attitude transends antique tractors. Think of the buildings that have been razed that may have historical value to everyone but the owner. Or the farmer who sells off frontage because the commercial value far exceeds what he will ever realize in a lifetime by farming the same acerage. Parted out tractors are parted out because as most of us know, it costs, in most cases, far more to restore a tractor than the finished restoration. Unless the owner plans on restoring the tractor for himself, he is better off selling parts to folks like us. If we didnt buy them, they wouldnt sell them. And are we so arrogant as to think he should just sell us the tractor for junk price in order for us to get a bargain or worse to part out the tractor ourselves? Yeah, it is bothersome, but only to a lesser degree. At least tractor parts bring more to the actual owner than kidneys or hearts. a
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