Pics of a Parts WD-45 - whats she worth?
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Topic: Pics of a Parts WD-45 - whats she worth?
Posted By: JayD-17(NY)
Subject: Pics of a Parts WD-45 - whats she worth?
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 10:00am
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Stumbled across this parts WD-45 while scouting out potential properties to put on a tour for a local historic society.....Was the owner's fathers, she assumes its sat there for a good decade or more. Engine is presumed to be stuck , but I didn't try to turn it over or look at it too hard, for I was suppose to be there for the history and architecture, not look at AC's ....but what did catch my eye was those front wheel weights; so I figure its a worth a little something......is $300-400 in the fair offer range for the whole machine? http://s88.photobucket.com/user/jml77/media/100_3019.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s88.photobucket.com/user/jml77/media/100_3020.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s88.photobucket.com/user/jml77/media/100_3018.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s88.photobucket.com/user/jml77/media/100_3015.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s88.photobucket.com/user/jml77/media/100_3022.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  |
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Posted By: Brian G. NY
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 10:07am
| Jay, you had better get it before someone else does....not only are those front weights hard to find but the D-17 pie weights on the rear are as well! |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 10:11am
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I think you are in the correct price range. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Dan73
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 10:24am
| I was looking at those pie weights as well those are a great find all by them selves. I would jump on it for that price range. Probably hard to sell the tractor but those weights are a deal all by themselves. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 10:54am
| weights alone are worth what you are offering, hope you get her bought |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 11:25am
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Looks to be complete. I would buy it and get it running. Soak the engine for a few months and rebuild it. Chances are it would work good after that. I did that with a D14 that was exactly like that a few years ago. I only paid $200 for the tractor.
------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 12:48pm
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Here we go again, the tractor's parts are worth more the hole tractor is. Sad but true.
------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: Rick
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 2:21pm
| Yep, Don's right on the parts being worth more than the purchase of the tractor. The front donut weights and rear sectional weights are worth from 600.00-750.00, guaranteed. Rick |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 2:24pm
| I agree with the 3-4 hundred, looking at it from the owners point of view you will be helping clean up the property and not everyone has the means to load and haul a dead tractor. Must not have any sentimental value or they would have done something with it before now. If it were me I would remove tire chaines when loading and when you get it home take the wheel weights off without unloading tractor then go right to the scrap yard with the rest of it. |
Posted By: Rick
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 2:26pm
| To me that wouldn't be the smartest move to take the complete tractor to the scrap yard. Lots and lots of parts there that are still useable, for sure. That's my opinion though. Rick |
Posted By: Cernunnos
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 2:26pm
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How old is the barn and farm house? Love that post/beam construction. ------------- 1951 CA, 1952 CA with cultivator, 20 Series 8' disc harrow, 2 bottom pick-up plow, forage blower, 2-row rear mounted drill corn planter, Allcrop grain drill, No. 80T sickle mower, MN No. 130 barge box |
Posted By: mjbower
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 4:01pm
| Yes jump on it definitely worth it weights alone |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 6:54pm
My thoughts exactly! I would never take a complete tractor to a scrap yard! ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Rick wrote:Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 7:21pm
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Put new skin on the sidewalls and with the steel roof, the old barn will stand another 100-150 years. Thanks for the pictures. ------------- 2-8070FWA PS/8050PS/7080/7045PS/200/D15-II/2-WD45/WD/3-WC/UC/C |
Posted By: dustinmo
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2016 at 7:05am
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2016 at 7:11am
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when you go to get it, bring a mower and knock down the weeds, make it look pretty. Do that and you'll get the 1st phone call when she finds more stuff lying around !! jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2016 at 8:38am
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YES!! Jump all over it for that price and DO NOT even think about sending it to the scrap yard!! That's a good tractor and worth spending a little money and time on! IF I WAS ONLY CLOSER!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: wdtom
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2016 at 9:40am
| I agree it is worth getting and fixing up. However the engine may be stuck, the transmission/rear end full of water from a rotten shift lever boot. The block could be cracked. It could jump out of gear. Still with decent looking tires, weights, chains, the loader, and many other parts you could (if the engine or trans was junk) part it out and still same most of the parts that way. It necessary I might even pay a little more than the $3-400 to get it because of the weights and loader. Get it. |
Posted By: wdtom
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2016 at 9:42am
| That is not scrap, at the least it is parts. |
Posted By: Dave in il
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2016 at 6:21pm
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There's easy $300 or $400 worth of weights, might get more those rear weights are about scarce as hen's teeth. If it's a trip bucket loader it will bring $150 or more. Then you have a tractor. We all want to buy low but if it was in my backyard I'd be offering $500 or better even if the tractor is stuck and the tires are shot. ------------- AGCO My Allis Gleaner Company |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2016 at 11:43pm
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I'll also chime in with "don't scrap it". It might be a fun project to getting running, and if is beyond repair, part it out and double or triple your money, (as long as you don't figure your time worth anything). That is a cool looking farm. I'll bet keeping the house warm with those stone walls is an expensive project. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2016 at 6:03am
Probably has a few hundred bucks worth of bearing races!  ------------- Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD |
Posted By: KenBWisc
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2016 at 8:46am
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Send Ted and I the chains!
------------- '34 WC #629, '49 G, '49 B, '49 WD, '62 D-19, '38 All Crop 60 and still hunting! |