BUYING A TRACTOR

JR Frye · Jan 25, 2010

My neighbor just call'd me up and ask me to look out my window. so I did, He bought him self a
WD-45 with a loader-drag blade- an older styel bush hog and even got a set of chain's for it, and set up for 3 point hitch,
I call'd him up and ask'd where did he get that
he said I bought it privetley for $1.500. I said right:: He showed me the bill of sale $1.500.
BEING AT THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME, and MONEY in pocket. How lucky: Have you been that lucky. By the way the tractor runs and sounds great and dont smoke, and gas to boot.
MY MY MY MY:
JR Frye

Dean · Jan 25, 2010

Sounds like a good deal.

I've always liked the 45s. They were/are a lot of tractor for the money.

Dean

Flurette Farm · Jan 25, 2010

Sounds about right. 1100 for the tractor and 400 for the rest of the junk...

larry@stinescorner · Jan 25, 2010

Now your neighbor can plow your snow and you can let your wifes cub get the rest that it deserves!!

Paul in MN · Jan 25, 2010

I know some guys like that tractor, but I would not have paid that much for it. I had one here for a few years and hated it (and sold it in running condition for $1200). I never could figure out how AC sold a tractor where you needed a short right leg and a long left leg to drive the darn thing. Besides my left arm was never long enough to shift the thing without leaning far forward. Yes it was cheap power and usually started and ran well. I'm glad there are some guys who like them. And I'm glad I never have to drive that darn thing again.

Paul in MN

Ray · Jan 25, 2010

Dad had one of those awkard things,glad to see it go.

Lou from Wi. · Jan 25, 2010

Flurette Farm.!!!NOW THATS DOWNRIGHT CRUEL lol.

BDT in Minnesota · Jan 25, 2010

Paul, didn't you ever read the operator's manual?? You were supposed to rest your right foot on the gas tank..

Ultradog MN · Jan 25, 2010

That was a good deal. That is a lot of machenery.
I have told more than one guy that for an old tractor to haul wood with, skid logs, drag the road, maybe cobble a snow plow onto or put a set of cultivators on or disc to dig up deer plots the most bang for their buck is an old WD45. Don't get caught up restoring one. They just don't bring a lot.

Paul in MN · Jan 25, 2010

Naw, never did learn to read, and besides they wrote those AC manuals in Milwaukee in a tavern down next to the AC factory in West Allis. And even though I was a student in the Milwaukee schools at that time, readin wasn't one of the things they taught. Survival skills like how to fight and when to run, and how fast to run were the main survival skills needed to get a high school diploma there. ...just kidding, but not really.

The lady who lived next door was the overhead crane operator at the AC plant. She'd climb the long ladder up to the operator cab in the morning with a full lunch bucket and an empty pee bucket, and at the end of her 8 hr shift came down with an empty lunch bucket and a full p.. bucket. In her off hours she spent a lot of time in the local tavern (probably with some of the engineers who designed that gawd awful WD).

Thanks for the fun and reminder of how uncomfortable that tractor was.

Paul in MN

Lloyd Sorlien · Jan 26, 2010

I got a good deal too. I just bought a Super H with wide front, a nice 250 dual loader and cnains. $400.00 for the whole outfit.Good tires too.

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