A fellow a couple miles down the road has had a MF 20 (?) diesel with loader sitting in the trees beside his driveway for a few years. Never seen it move. Stopped and asked about it last fall, and while he says it will run, he told me the tranny is stuck in gear, rear rims are shot, rear tires about 25%, loader cylinders need work, bucket cylinders were replaced and mountings cobbled so it doesn't tip as it should, etc. I asked what he thought he might want for it, and he said "what does it weigh"? What would be a reasonable "scrap" price for this, providing it does run (or not)?
I dunno... I'm adaquately good with a wrench and a welder, and a tractor with a loader would be mighty handy here, but not if it's going to cost a small fortune to get it working reasonably well.
I have a 65 HiClear sitting in the shop, still picking away at it's issues as time and finances allow, so I suppose the loader could be transfered, but that still begs the question of whether it would just be better/cheaper to find a "good" loader to put on the 65, or to just get this one and save the search to sift through someone else's problem.
What think the experts here?
I dunno... I'm adaquately good with a wrench and a welder, and a tractor with a loader would be mighty handy here, but not if it's going to cost a small fortune to get it working reasonably well.
I have a 65 HiClear sitting in the shop, still picking away at it's issues as time and finances allow, so I suppose the loader could be transfered, but that still begs the question of whether it would just be better/cheaper to find a "good" loader to put on the 65, or to just get this one and save the search to sift through someone else's problem.
What think the experts here?