new unsold SC in the trees

[kly]

Back in 1956 the case dealer in town was closing out. It had been around since steam engine days. One item on the lot was a new 1954 SC with eagle hitch and foot clutch. The tractor was taken to the dealers farm ( was just down the road from where I live) and parked in a barn along with a used DC-4 and lots of new parts. The barn was tore down in 1984 and the SC was sold. I was 14 and can remember all the old timmers in town talking about the new SC. I saw it when it came out of the barn. It was very dirty but the paint was still shinny and the tractor was complete. it was sold to a guy in town who used it for about five years and then parked where it is now I have tried a few times to buy it. The owner won't sell any of his tractors. I did get him to tell me once how many tractors he had. it was a bunch!


 

[casenut1]

where are these tractors located. would be fun just to look at them.
 

[Joe Young]

How old is the man......
 

[John Saeli]

Yeah, heard it before, won't sell, but leave them outside to rot!!
 

[rich10e]

That is pretty weird you just want to leave them sit outside if they're that important to you
 

[kly]

he would have to be in his mid 80's. Still raising cattle. He would chase you off the place if you tried to look at them. I knew he wasn't home and used my zoom lense and took the photos from the county road.

I caught him in a good mood once and he started telling me about his tractors. he has,

2 DC-3's
1 DC-4
1 SC-3
3 830's
1 930
1 CC
1 LA
1 1370
2 970's
2 Farmall M's
1 Farmall F20
1 International 600 diesel
3 mcCormick 10-20's
1 John Deere B
1 Ford 9n
2 Ford NAA's ( one with live PTO)
1 Cat model 22
 

[Case Nutty 1660]

guy's I have to say some thing here,, I have a few tractors myself and I DO NOT sell them either, they sit out side yes, my question is to you why do you critize me and others for not wanting to sell them they ARE mine and if I don't want to sell them it is my choice isn't it??? it does PO me when people stop by here and act like this I tell them to get back on the county road and DO NOT come back, just because I do not use them do not mean I am a jerk for not selling them, I like having them and again they are mine not that I would do it but if I wanted to bury them in the dirt with me thats my buisness not yours so please get off your high horses about some one not wanting to sell, sounds to me some are just mad because some one does not want to sell their property to you, I am not sorry for this rant I have heard it way too many times here and to me it really is geting old, again if some one wants to look at my stuff and enjoy it that is great but if you will be POed because I wont sell it to them then stay home I do not need to hear it cnt
 

[John Saeli]

Hey Nutty: Simmer down, don't blow a gasket. You are in that dry Western climate. Anywhere's else, sitting outside, and it rots, no good for anything or anybody. At least you place a value on it, and I don't know of anyone using more old iron than you. Bottom line, you are right. But, can you understand the frustration of someone wanting to make an old tractor valuable again and preserve history?
Loren & I both know of a 1030, full compliment of weights, really sharp from a distance, just sitting in a field, rotting in this Eastern climate, but the guy won't sell it.
Don't we all admire a restored tractor or piece of machinery? Or, even unrestored, still earning her keep?
 

[casenut1]

Sheez! I just like looking at old tractors.I have some sitting out too. Need to get the barn put up.
 

[blueeyes]

well here you go again Mr.Saeli, what do you want one time you don"t want the tractors sold or scraped. an again you don"t want them just sitting in a field. You are a very confused man. If the person owns it they can do with it as they wish. oh let me point out one thing i"m girl not a man. I hope that not a problem. Case nutty i have to agree with you.Thank you to everyone that has helped me.
 

[Walt Davies]

I have met a lot of old Geezers like you they won't sell anything, my own grandfather was like that just pile it in the backyard.
Well your wife or kids or who ever gets your stuff will sell it the very first day. Grandmother called the junk an the day after grandfather died. So us young guys just have sit and wait and get it for half what it's worth.
Real Bummer Ain't it.
Walt Davies
 

[John Saeli]

How ya doing sweetheart??
 

[casecollectorsc]

That's what I have said My funeral in the morning so they can have the auction in the afternoon!!!
 

[JimEvans]

Its when the kids call the scrappers first is the frustrating part.
 

[blueeyes]

Again Mr. Saeli I'm not your sweetheart. I asked before that you not call me that. my father calls me that. an hope that some day the man that loves will call me that. I just ask for the respect as i have shown you.