Somebody KICK me in the

rear. I went to our show grounds today for the summer consignment auction. One of the last things to sell was a C with a Woods mower. I didn't raise my hand at all and the last bid was $240. It had been repainted and was faded pink. It had one new rear and one new front tire and the other 2 were ok. It had straight tin and was complete. It also the hydraulic lift on the mower deck and need a little work and new belt. The worst was it was stuck. While I was looking at it, this guy say put it in gear and see if it turns over. He stuck it in 1st and tried to rock it. I think he might have been the one that took it home
 Oh well, I didn't need another project anyway.
There was also a 53 SC plow with a set of tie barred lift latches that sold for $100. I bought a FMJ mag that has a broken impulse spring for $11.

Ive done the same thing many a time. Watched a C sell about the condition you described for about that money and my hands were glued to my side. Watched a 210 sell for $3,500 that run soooo smooth and again my hands were stuck. Watched a beautiful Gleaner G with a 301 gas in it sell real cheap with heads and a perfect like new John Deere 42 combine sell a couple years ago for $700 with bean head. It was nice nice nice and a scrap man bought it and loaded it up. Had a chance to buy a 720 diesel Deere about 10 years ago for $1,500 from someone I knew. It was all painted up and ran nice but the pony wouldn't start. My rear is gettin sore from all the self kicking.

Rocking it in first is least likely to move the engine even if its free. Rocking is far more effecting in the top gear.

Gerald J.

Charlie - you know how this works - $240 was your starting bid - you would have run it to $500 and then kick yourself for paying too much. Oh well, either way, I will save a kick for you.

opposite experience today at my first auction.  nothing big, no orange available but i got a usable set of front and rear wheels for a garden tractor, 2 large rotary cultivator blades, an 8 disk 3 point rig, a roller on a stand (for cutting long boards) and, oh yeah... and an almost new 10-24(11.2 -24) tire... all for exactly $100. the tire went for $25 and i was not the only bidder!  a smooooth running farmall low boy went for $1200 but i'm holding out for something orange, preferably a B,

If it was meant be, it would have been. Darrel

Charlie - consider yourself kicked ---- Rich, not sure you need kicked -- those are pretty cool tractors. What are all those hydraulic hoses on the "H"?

Jim Lindemood wrote: Charlie - consider yourself kicked ---- Rich, not sure you need kicked -- those are pretty cool tractors. What are all those hydraulic hoses on the "H"?

I dont know what it was for. It has a different pump on the pully shaft.

CAdon wrote: richard - well now of course you need the implements to go with the extra hoses...  and on and on it goes.

Allready have some, Danhuser 3pt posthole digger for a H, IHC plows, disk, and cultivators.