Posted by RobMD on February 22, 2008 at 16:51:30 from (205.188.117.74):
In Reply to: wife says im crazy posted by utupuller on February 22, 2008 at 13:04:23:
Forget it. The only source of profit is by parting them out. Unfortunately, folks like the new McGrew outfit that bought polk out are determined to take everyone's tractors away and create a parts empire (what's gonna happen when there are no tractors left to work on?).
Restoration is something that should not be taken lightly: if you do a half-arsed job for the sake of MAYBE $250-500 bucks profit, that doesn't help out the hobby, does it?
The only thing that I can think of is to buy a tractor and get it running, and then re-sell.
Full restorations will put you in the red - UNLESS you manage to get that one person to make your day. How often do these people come up? ...Let's just say at least you're not paying holding costs for a house - you could be looking for a buyer for months.
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