Good info. Thank you all.
I agree that when they are fully dead, the bones get picked clean. I guess I am looking for when it is just dead enough to be parked in side yard and mowed around for the next 50 years.
I think the craigslist and ebay are good ideas.
When I was shopping for other Renewable Energy type projects I have put "wanted" ads on them and have all the parts find themselves and come to me.
Here is a sample of this type tractor conversion.
Steve Heckeroth's Yanmar Tractor Conversion
Just for a backgrounder -- I am an Electrical Engineer with an Ag background -- cash crop Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans -- and now I do industrial and utility electric power designs and work. Looking at combining those two things towards a model "Electric Farm."
Sample info and discussion on that concept >>>
The Renewable Electron Economy Part VIII.1: The Electric Farm « Green Thoughts The Renewable Electron Economy Part VIII.2: The Electric Farm - 2 « Green Thoughts