Farmall m value

[Farmerwright97]

I've got a farmall m I want to sell, it's got a m@w 9 speed transmission and a m@w govener along with powersteering. The engine is shot and missing parts but the tin and tires are good. What's a good asking price for central mn?

 

[DeltaRed]

500 to 1000. But probably much closer to 500.

 

[Mark Poss]

Condition of tires will have a lot to do with price

 

[NY 986]

The 9 speed, M & W governor, and power steering make it much more valuable than a plain M. I'm thinking around 1,500 dollars in today's market.

 

[tomturkey]

I am curious why the m&w 9 speed makes it valuable. That M can out run just about anything on a tractor ride, only a few using an M for hobby farming and you sure don't need 9 gears, can't imagine a puller utilizing a 9 speed. So other than bragging rights why would the M&W 9 speed and governor make that tractor valuable, the engine is shot according to the poster....school me fellas....gobble

 

[kgreg]

Might be interested in it depending what you come up with on price. Located in Central mn

 

[used red MN]

Tom, the 9 speed does not make road gear faster. It just provides 4 more gears faster than the original 4th gear but lower than road gear. A couple common uses were for rotary hoe and raking. Not sure if you are a Ford guy but usually a Funk or Sherman transmission raise the price of those machines why would it not be the same for a Farmall? I believe the ones for Farmall are less plentiful than those for Fords so they should be worth something.

 

[rustred]

probably for the same reason people that have a torque amplifier in a tractor they think its gold.

 

[redforlife]

The M had 5 forward gears. The top gear (5th) was basically a road gear only. The the other lower 4 gears were all pulling gears. The problem was, 4th gear was about 6 or so MPH max. 5th gear was probably close to 20 MPH max. The problem being, nothing in between 4th and 5th gear (6 and 15 MPH). So if you was doing something lite like raking hay, you better have some patience because your not going to get out of 4th gear. 5th gear was fine if you was on a smooth road and just roading a piece of equipment in transport. But wasn't powered to pull equipment in use in 5th.

M&W brought more gears to the table. From what I understand, some of them was faster than the factory 4th, and you could pull with them. And not be robbed of all the power as you was in factory 5th.

I hay with an M. Mow and rake. Not sure I'd want an M&W. But I haven't driven one with an M&W on it either. So my mind could be changed. But if they were problematic, I wouldn't want one just on the count of that.

Not many head to the field with an M anymore, M&W or not. So, I don't see how an M&W would add any extra value. By saying it would or wouldn't is merely opinionated.

 

[redforlife]

Explain engine shot. Engine shot, as in locked up tight and full of rain water? Or, wore out and hasn't ran in years, but engine free? Because if 2nd scenerio, these engines are an insert engine and can be rebuilt if the headache of being locked up isn't there.

But either way, I'd say $500 to $1,000. To get over $1000, the tires better be more like new, and not just good. Rear rims be descent as well, and not rusted out.

 

[Janicholson]

Unless the tires were very nice, the failed engine and missing parts drop a price 700 to 800 US dollars. Even then, putting a good engine and parts in it would possibly bring $2000. I would not put more than a $700 price on it. It just has, in my opinion, a lot of work to make it good, and it has no live Hydro, No live PTO, and limited utility. Jim

 

[Olyj1947]

Is the 9 speed good? If the unit has been sitting the differential is full of water and things get rusty.Especially the cable mechinism that shifts the hi/lo. But the high 4th gear runs out at about 9 mph where low 4th is 5. Much nicer on tractor rides as I usually run high 4th and keep up with everyone.
You can hot rod a Farmall govenor and get the same from it as an M&W. But I do have all of it on my 41 M!

 

[tomturkey]

thanks

 

[gene bender]

the OD is very helpful farming so many things you can do with the extra gears but it also depends farming now is on a small scale and the M is the big tractor

 

[NY 986]

Jim, I watched a few M's back in January which were sitting in a field for decades bring 800-900 dollars each and they were froze up, no unique features such as 9 speed add on and only one had a CharLynn live pump but then again sitting for decades. Yes, decades. All the M's had poor tires and rims. From where I am in NY I stand by my assessment of upwards of 1,500 dollars. I tried bidding a M a few years ago at the local auction yard which had very low parts potential and was not running. Poor tires, no coolant, and hole in oil pan among the issues. It brought just shy of 500 dollars and I could have towed it home. I just wanted the manifold and was willing to gamble that the cylinder head and block were good. Too much money chasing too few tractors. Now the OP has to have common sense when evaluating what he has. If the oil pan and transmission are full of water then it is highly probably quite a few internal parts are permanently damaged.