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ANYONE IN THE TRACTOR RESTORATION BUSINESS?
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Points: 10335 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TomYaz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 9:56am
 
 
As for how much one should put into a piece of old machinery, it all "depends"...
 
I am rebuilding an allcrop for a customer who is paying $12K to have it done.  And at
12K Im not making anything, (but learning quite a bit).
 
Now when done the fellow probably wouldnt get his 12K back if he decided to sell it, but that is not why he is doing it.
 
He is getting it done because the allcrop is very much valued for the specialty threshing he is doing.  This machine will be used to make money, not to be resold. And he doesnt want to be always fixing the thing. 
If its not an All-Crop, it all crap!
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I want to thank all of you men for the posts of information and your personal comments you have shared on this subject.      Thanks.   Mark
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Points: 846 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cornbinder Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 9:12pm

yeah mark, alot of good points made bye people on this topic.  i painted a ford 8-n, and did some basic maintennance on it last year, the guy wanted cheap so that's what he got. you get what you pay for. if someone is gonna charge $3000-$5,000 for a paint job on a  tractor it should be automobile quality (not maaco either) with very little dust or dirt in the finish and should be buffed out and detailed when finished, then again there are many variables that play out here with pricing. that's where i go back to you get what you pay for.
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Originally posted by GBACBFan GBACBFan wrote:

I would put any family tractors in the category of those worth restoring, not for the monitary value but for the sentimental value.
I agree!  This is what I keep telling myself - restoring our old WD45.  Thousands in and thousands to go (paint and tires)
 
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