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flusher · 10-08-2009, 05:02 PM

Steve C:
Sorry to hear about your experience with that jerk. Keep the faith. Another tractor will be coming your way real soon. They always do.

So far I've bought 2 tractors off craigslist--a 1951 Farmall Super A and a 1951 Minneapolis Moline BF. The Farmall was 130 miles away in Janesville CA. I made an appointment to see it. The seller was there right on time. We did the deal. And one of his friends hauled it to may place for $100. The BF deal went about the same except I had it hauled to my place on a rollback towing truck (about 120 mile round trip from Redding CA) for $240. I buy really old iron and restore them to parade condition.

Next time I buy a tractor I hope to have traded in my 2001 F150 on an 2000-2004 F250 or F350 and get an 18-ft GN flatbed trailer with electric winch. Then I'll show up at the seller's place with $$$ in my pocket and the hauling rig ready to load the tractor--deal over and done with. no muss, no fuss.

10-08-2009, 05:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
flusher Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Northern California-Tehama Co. Posts: 3,011	Re: Rant Therapy....grrr Steve C: Sorry to hear about your experience with that jerk. Keep the faith. Another tractor will be coming your way real soon. They always do. So far I've bought 2 tractors off craigslist--a 1951 Farmall Super A and a 1951 Minneapolis Moline BF. The Farmall was 130 miles away in Janesville CA. I made an appointment to see it. The seller was there right on time. We did the deal. And one of his friends hauled it to may place for $100. The BF deal went about the same except I had it hauled to my place on a rollback towing truck (about 120 mile round trip from Redding CA) for $240. I buy really old iron and restore them to parade condition. Next time I buy a tractor I hope to have traded in my 2001 F150 on an 2000-2004 F250 or F350 and get an 18-ft GN flatbed trailer with electric winch. Then I'll show up at the seller's place with $$$ in my pocket and the hauling rig ready to load the tractor--deal over and done with. no muss, no fuss.