What to do with Vintage International tractors?

[tallyho8]

My sister in law in her 80s has moved out of state and is trying to sell a 9 acre plot of land she used to live on in Louisiana. Her son lived on the property for the last 20 years and was a junk collector. The property is full of old Mobile homes, travel trailers and many tons of junk with weeds and trees growing through them. Her son died a few months ago leaving a huge mess that would need bulldozers and excavators to move and the realtor told her that it would be impossible for her to sell it without cleaning up the property first.

I went to see the property today with her other son to see the property today and give advice on what to do with it and saw these 2 old tractors on it. The story is that he had bought them a couple of years ago for $800 each and at least one of them worked. He was planning on fixing them up but got sick and never got around to doing anything but taking the hoods off. No one knows anything else about the tractors. Ten years ago I would have loved to get one of them to fool with in my spare time but now I have overloaded myself with other projects and am too old to take on anymore.

I don't even know what models these are and if they are collector items or not and if they are worth anything to anybody and I sure would hate for them to sell them as scrap metal if they are worth something to somebody. Anyone who wanted them would have to load and transport them as is.

I just took 7 photos with my phone and they didn't come out too great. There is also another rear tire I did not get a photo of and part of a disc.

Can anyone tell me if these might be worth something to someone or to tell them they are only good for scrap metal?

 

[MossRoad]

We have an International salvage yard near us. They buy old equipment and sell used parts. Maybe you have something like that near to that property where they'd at least remove them for you?

 

[lilranch2001]

Post those pics on CL and see if anyone wants a vintage tractor for a fair sum

 

[tallyho8]

Post those pics on CL and see if anyone wants a vintage tractor for a fair sum

I wonder what a fair sum is? I know what the scrap yard pays per pound.
The main problem is that the property is a 100 mile round trip from where the brother lives and 4 out of 5 Craigslist people want to go see it and aren't even interested in buying. After a few trips like that you are losing money when you sell it.

 

[tallyho8]

Any International experts who could tell from those photos what year or model they are?

 

[MossRoad]

I guess you need to know what you have before you can figure out a price. Find the tag if you can. There's a bunch of tutorials on the internet as to how to find the tags on International tractors, where they are located, and how to decipher them and engine/rear end casting numbers as well. You're going to have to put in some time if you want to get something more than scrap value out of them, so find out how to find the tag and casting info before your next trip down there. Take some rags and water in case they are dirty.

 

[TMGT]

I'm not an expert on IH, but they look like maybe later model 140's?

 

[goeduck]

I see yellow which may be a ~1975 Cub

 

[TMGT]

I see yellow which may be a ~1975 Cub
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I think you're right, it has the hinged hood and bar style hood ornament.
The pictures made it look bigger then the CUB to me at first.

 

[ultrarunner]

The red one sure looks like a Farmall Cub...

Bought a restored one with new short block for 2k... old guy was downsizing and while I was not looking it seemed to be a good buy...