Bought a Tractor Yesterday - Stumbled Upon a Pickers Dream!

[Peat]

Very Cool!!

 

[DPittman]

I salvaged an old tractor from a place very similar to that. The guy cleaning up that property wasn’t interested in taking time to sift through stuff and see what was what.
I know he made some money from the tractors that were sitting around but I think a lot of collectibles went to scrap. A semi truck with a dump trailer was taking out the 3rd load when I was there to pick up the tractor I bought. Cool find though

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

RC with a nickel pack of Planters peanuts poured into the bottle was a great snack.

Is that a Southern thing? I have heard it described before. Not common in my part of Wisconsin. We do have RC Cola.
Ken

 

[RTR]

Is that a Southern thing? I have heard it described before. Not common in my part of Wisconsin. We do have RC Cola.
Ken

it is. Pretty good stuff.

 

[RTR]

I salvaged an old tractor from a place very similar to that. The guy cleaning up that property wasn’t interested in taking time to sift through stuff and see what was what.
I know he made some money from the tractors that were sitting around but I think a lot of collectibles went to scrap. A semi truck with a dump trailer was taking out the 3rd load when I was there to pick up the tractor I bought. Cool find though

This guy is taking all the time to go through it, unfortunately it is going to be harder and more time consuming to sell it all and I think he'll find that it will tire him out and he won't make as much money as he thought. Alot of really cool stuff worth saving, but I've done this for several years and have came to that realization.

 

[RedMF40]

Cash offer of $5 for the Everlast jump rope. I need to get into better shape. I see a colossal cleanup effort there, maybe he can call in those picker guys if they're still doing their thing. A similar property sold locally sometime ago, and the new owners put an ad online listing everything for free. A lot of people showed up and cleaned the place out. I made off with a few cans of unopened Rustoleum paint. Big Hobart welder with a 4 cylinder gas engine was out in the yard. Guy who wanted it must have camped out overnight waiting for the equipment to lift it. Hadn't run in probably 20 years.

 

[THinAl.]

RC with a nickel pack of Planters peanuts poured into the bottle was a great snack.

Yep, same here with the peanuts. On Saturday at the evening milking time my Dad would buy my younger brother and myself a RC cola and a pack of peanuts to do the milking while he went to the house to watch “rassling” on tv.

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

Like that old bicycle in the rafters.

 

[55 50 Ron]

I got a random text message last Thursday from a guy I used to work with asking if I was interested in buying his old tractor. Just so happened that the 3 days prior to this message, I had been looking hard locally for a good used exhaust manifold for my Farmall H tractor and that is what he had!! I had only 1-1/2 days left until the hayride and it came at the right time! I ended up just buying the whole tractor and it will probably get parted out. Upon arriving at his place to get it, I came across a pickers dream of junk and antiques!! He bought the place as-is and is planning to sell off pretty much everything to help pay for the place and is going to remodel all of the buildings and turn it into a motorcycle repair shop. I've been twice now looking and every time you look there are new things you've missed! I will be going back a few more times and might do a video of the whole place! PICTURES DO NOT DO IT ALL JUSTICE. THERE ARE 3 BUILDINGS ON THE PLACE AND 2 OF THEM ARE 2 STORY. THEY ARE ALL FULLLLLL!!!

A friend bought an antique Moline horse drawn corn planter that is complete even with the single tree. So far, I bought the tractor and a couple of Meyers Hay Lift Forks. I have no idea of the value of a lot of it but love antiques. What do you all think? See something I need to snag and re-sell or buy and keep??

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Where is this? I'm a geography guy and very curious. thanks

 

[m16ty]

I like it too. They guy is a little high on stuff having that he is trying to recoup some money. I don't really see me using something like that though being that it takes up a lot of room and is heavy. I'm sure it'd cost a pretty penny to restore.

He’s got some stuff that will sell, but I bet he thinks he has a lot more value there than he does. Some of this stuff looks pretty used up.

I it were mine I’d have an auction. That would probably get him the most money with less hassle.

 

[Ray,IN]

He’s got some stuff that will sell, but I bet he thinks he has a lot more value there than he does. Some of this stuff looks pretty used up.

I it were mine I’d have an auction. That would probably get him the most money with less hassle.

Auction companies generally charge 40%-50% of the gross receipts; however, with the right advertising it will pull in a lot of pickers who might get into bidding wars.

 

[Ray,IN]

Is that a Southern thing? I have heard it described before. Not common in my part of Wisconsin. We do have RC Cola.
Ken

In the 1950's & 1960's it was a normal thing in Indiana. So ya, a Southern thing for you. Try it sometime, take a few swigs out of a bottle or Royal Crown cola, then pour in a snack size bag of peanuts. The salt makes the soda foam, thus the few swigs to lower the level in the bottle. Kinda like adding a dash of salt to a mug of beer.

 

[SweetFeet]

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Wow! He literally has some of everything! Great you got the tractor for the part you need.

The ram is disconcerting tho'.

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

In the 1950's & 1960's it was a normal thing in Indiana. So ya, a Southern thing for you. Try it sometime, take a few swigs out of a bottle or Royal Crown cola, then pour in a snack size bag of peanuts. The salt makes the soda foam, thus the few swigs to lower the level in the bottle. Kinda like adding a dash of salt to a mug of beer.

Interesting. Thanks.

 

[john in la]

Is that a Southern thing? I have heard it described before. Not common in my part of Wisconsin. We do have RC Cola.
Ken

I don’t think it’s so common today but 50 to 75 years ago it was really common. More of a rural southern thing than just a southern thing.
Salty and sweet at the same time and you could eat the bag of peanuts with your greasy hands because you never touch the peanuts.
Some swear by RC but Coke was used just as much if not more.

 

[RTR]

Where is this? I'm a geography guy and very curious. thanks

Southern Tennessee

 

[RTR]

He’s got some stuff that will sell, but I bet he thinks he has a lot more value there than he does. Some of this stuff looks pretty used up.

I it were mine I’d have an auction. That would probably get him the most money with less hassle.

Agreed!!

 

[NDIHC]

I like the old mail box and the jump rope. I wonder if that is a 283 or a 327
My Grand daughter would like the rocking horse.

The engine looks like a mish mash of parts. Heads are 69 or newer with the accessory mounting holes. Intake is 68 or older with the oil fill tube. Right valve cover doesn't have a hole for the breather, indicating it is for an engine with a road draft tube but the left valve cover has 2 holes, one for the oil fill and one for a pcv valve.

 

[560Dennis]

Very interesting post ,thanks

 

[used red MN]

Right valve cover doesn't have a hole for the breather, indicating it is for an engine with a road draft tube but the left valve cover has 2 holes, one for the oil fill and one for a pcv valve.

Just FYI, SBC valve covers with no provision for PCV vents does not mean the engine had a road draft tube, road draft tubes were eliminated in 1963. The 1963-67 models connected a PCV hose to the port in the back of the block where the road draft tube previously connected. The breather oil cap on the front intake fill tube was the crankcase ventilation spot on these models. The 1968 and later models eliminated the cast in rear breather port and then went to breathers in the valve covers. I do agree that engine is a mix and match of parts. The harmonic balancer appears to be the larger later model one.