Re: Are perfectly good tractors being dismantled?

Posted by jdemaris on February 03, 2004 at 05:37:35 from (209.23.31.42):

In Reply to: Are perfectly good tractors being dismantled? posted by Brad on February 02, 2004 at 19:39:18:

I've seen many good tractors get sold to parts dealers. It's simple economics. When I worked for a Deere dealer, half our trade-ins went to tractor salvage yards although most times they were good running tractors. Salvage yards paid more money than we could sell them to individuals - considering in order to sell them they had to be checked over and gone through first. $50 an hour shop labor plus parts adds up fast.
On a sadder note is our local scrap metal yard. I've seen countless good running machines get scrapped - and I mean destroyed, not salvaged. A few months ago, I was there when someone brought in an old Cat D4 with pony motor - drove it right off the trailer. Also had an Allis H3 dozer with 6-way blade, also running. Both sold for scrap by the pound and destroyed. Same goes for old cars, trucks, motorcylces, and shop equipment. National Guard brought down a load of military generators with Continental and Leroy engines. They looked to be old but unused; in practically new condition. The guys that brought them had to stand by and make sure all was crushed before they left - to make sure no "civilians" got them. I went back later and salvaged parts. I also came by shortly after the N.Y.D.O.T. (New York State Department of Transportation) had cleaned out a few of their automotive machine shops and dumped off a pile of drill presses and half a dozen Sioux valve refacers, Sioux valve seat cutter kits, and a few large cartons of brand new, unopened - still in factory wrapping - Sioux stones and dressing diamonds. I managed to take some of the stuff home, damaged but repairable. The scrap yard is a goldmine for collectors, but unfortunately, the owner - as he told me - is prohibited by law against reselling anything to individuals. He's let me take a few things by simply bringing scrap and trading, pound for pound.

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