55 with loader

[Sammy in Kansas]

I am trying to help and elderly man set a price for his old tractor. He has a model 55 with live power pump off of crankshaft runnning a loader. the tires hold air but nothing special. It has set for 10 years. was wondering if 2500. sounds in the ball park. I know with out pictures it is hard but I know nothing about Massys or what to look for both good and bad. any help would be appreciated.
 

[maxwell99]

must not be many of them around.

I looked for a Massey harris 55 with frontend loader to see what they were asking for them.

I never found a 55" massey harris with a loader mounted. If the old tractor has power steering i would start at 3500, but without power steering it would be a man killer to drive,

if the attached picture is what type tractor you are talking about, a 55" is a big tractor.

there were a number of 44" narrow frontend with loader, but never found a 55"

good luck,

might get more for it by selling the frontend loader seperate, if it has a seperate hyd pump as the loader might fit a number of other tractors.
ask around some, as there must not be too many of these tractors with loaders, who knows what the means, could be good or bad.

 

[mkirsch]

Massey 55 was the "big hoss" heavy tillage tractor of its day. It's not a great loader tractor, so odds are this is the only one with a loader you are going to come across in your lifetime.

If you can get it running good I would have to imagine it's worth something more than $2500. The loader might actually DETRACT from the value, though.

I suspect at $2500 it will sell quickly if it starts up and runs at all.

Massey 55s aren't real common.
 

[EJ70]

. I assume its in kansas. Pto? 3Pt?
 

[Sammy in Kansas]

It is in SE Colorado Las Animas. No 3 point. Not sure of the brand loader but has not ran for several years, so not sure what it will take to get it running.