40 crawler

[Steve_in_Ga]

It was a nice sunny day here in north Georgia, about 60.I found this on CL last week. It is a 1953 crawler that is reasonably complete. The crawler is sitting on a hill in the seller's yard. He parked it there a year ago and has not been started since. Undercarriage looks good as well as the tracks. Tin is fair to poor but very little rust. Thinking of doing another restore project, (unless I can talk myself out of it). It would go nice with my 40 standard all fuel I guess. I wonder if it is worth it..

 

[Carlyle hoffman]

The PTO system it has alone is worth $500.00 40 Crawler and 40w wheel tractor are the only ones this PTO fits.

 

[Carlyle hoffman]

Then again may be this is the early one , now that i look closer can't be sure by your photo.

 

[Mike M]

What are they asking for it ?

 

[Steve_in_Ga]

Based on S/N, I believe it to be a 1953.
The PTO shaft looks different than my 40S.

The fellow is asking 3500.00
Steve

 

[OhioTractorGuy]

If I am looking at the picture correctly this is one of the early three roller undercarriage crawlers. . . those crawlers had the pto incorporated into the transmission -- it was basically fixed on the back of the tractor and could not be removed. The later machines with the 4 and 5 roller undercarriage had the stub shaft pto that could be unbolted/removed. As far as the value. . . I have two pto stub shafts from 40W tractors that Id gladly sell at $500 apiece!

 

[OhioTractorGuy]

Steve,
Undercarriage is everything on a crawler. Was there a reason the owner parked it and left it in that spot? Before Id pay any significant price Id want to hear it run plus see/hear it drive and turn/steer. A lot of money can be spent on a crawler if the internals (transmission, steering clutches, etc) are not working correctly. If everything works as it should and the undercarriage has good life left in it Id consider $2-3000ish to be a fair price; if there are mechanical problems youd be better off looking for a running/driving machine.

 

[Steve_in_Ga]

I agree.
The tracks and undercarriage looked good from what I could see. It is a 3 roller. I know the fellow that repaired the left side steering clutch and looked it over. He does good work.
The crawler is parked on a hill in the owners yard. It has not run in a year according to him. I think it would take me about a day to get it running again. I would have to drive it off the hill to get to a place where I could load it on a trailer. So I guess if it made it that far I would have an idea about the condition of the undercarriage.
I have restored other 40's including my 40S all fuel so I have an idea of what it will take.
I am just wondering if I want to tackle it at all.
That's the trouble with a warm day in January. I skews your thinking..
Steve