Abandoned Equipment

jiminnd wrote: Not exactly the same but have a neighbor who buys tractor, combines, and other stuff, soon as he has trouble he just parks it and buys another,  has 7040,7030,a couple 190xts, 3 New Holland combines, a JD and an L, all broke down and you can't buy anything from him to try to fix, think he has ten acres of decent machinery that could all be repaired except some has stood for  too many years now.

Sounds like my father.

Another example; how many of us have driven by an old dealership for years and see the same tractor/equipment sitting out back? "Not for sale" and they will say nothing else . . .
As a kid, asked my dad enough times why the local dealership had so many tractors out back on blocks, current or fairly recent models and one day at that dealership the owner overheard me asking my dad again.
He took the time to explain that they will likely never move as all were in litigation over repairs and or warranty issues and he could not touch them legally.
Dealer passed and building fell down about ten years ago and to my knowledge, all tractors from the 60's and 70's are still there . . . .

Dan73 wrote: Yup Shameless there isn't alot of money in it for agco when I can farm this land with a d17 probably better then I could with modern equipment.   I have often wonder it that didn't have alot to do with farms getting bigger and bigger and the smaller "difficult" fields just being deemed unfarmable.   Around here the fields are just small between the rivers and mountains but if you have the older small equipment they produce well. Sad as I struggle to try and get the farm going again and it feels like you can't make money on a farm this size.

Dan,
Not sure how much money there is to be made. My dad never made a bunch of money but sure enjoyed raising crops and milking cows.
Good luck with your farm!
Regards,
 Chris

I understand people keeping for pats but this stuff just stands there, went from AC to IH, Versatile, had Olivers too, its not just tractors, I think 4 gooseneck stock trailers, floor goes bad get another one rather than fix, I think has 6 corn planters, JD, AC, and a newer White that he used one year, not for sale, been siting now 5 or six years, just a little maddening for someone that could use some of that stuff.

Chris my goal right now is to just get it to pay the bills. Problem is there are alot of unreasonable bills because I am just trying to get things going again. The place is really run down. But anyway that is way off topic. I have a plan and if I can work the plan this summer I should be ok. I know I won't get rich here but paying my bills would be nice right now I am just spending savings.

Its not my money thats tide up so I really dont care what anyone does!!  But yes i do question them for letting their stuff just sit!!

Farmer down the road seems to be a pack rat so I looked at Google Earth and took a look from overhead.  Holy cow he's got trailers, trucks, big trucks, dump trucks, tractors, tillage equipment, combines scattered all over the place that can't be seen from the road and that's just what can be seen from overhead and not hidden by the trees and brush. 

Dick if you want to keep them talking move it around once in a while... I think they call that yard art.

sometimes they win.guy around corner has small Case hydralic tractor/loader(446,464,466?),anyway, has yard sale, I ask ??, he says $1200.sorry, too much, here's a 4" sapling growing through the loader, tires, shot,12HP Kohler.but had 'potential' at $500. That was 25 years ago...Last summer I notice it's gone,ok got moved, then missing, guy pulls in( cause Jay has everything) looking for tires,says he bought a babby loader down the street. Yup he bought it, so I had to ask $$, he PAID $1000 for it !! hello ? rotted hoses,no tires,bad engine,rotted steel and this guy figures 'it was a good deal' ! Oh well, both sides of the deal were happy, me I just shake my head.....I've bought a RUNNING, GOOD D-14 with plow for less !

Jay

I've left certain pieces of equipment scattered all over....why? cuz when someone comes in a night with their lights off to steal something...they'll hit it and do more damage to their vehicle than to the piece of equipment! (has worked...several times)!

But if you lives out in the boondocks, no one gonna see it anyway!!

it's a farm, farms have equipment, equipment parked where ever shows it's a farm, I pay for the equipment, no one else does, so no one else can tell me not to park anything I have anywhere they think it should be! my farm is a business too like most all others are! city bots used to call in to our office and complain that the farmer was parked on the grass on his own farm and they didn't think it was right that they do that....now...what do you think?

I don't get you guys who say you couldn't buy a old machine because of the tax man having his fingers in it?  

Did you figure out who wants those laws and politely encourage them to move back to the city? We get alot of imports here who move here because they think they would like to live in the country then they start trying to get all the services they had in the city. One of them kept commenting on how great it was close to Boston where he had all the services. I finally told him if he missed it that much he should move back we didn't move there he moved here. Needless to say he left looking pretty upset.

Gerald J. wrote: There has been an ordinance in Story County Iowa that limits equipment that can't move itself to a maximum number of 3 items on a acreage. I know a fellow with horse drawn buggies was cited under that and he sued. I don't recall the outcome. Under that rule a tractor had to be capable of running to set in the yard. The rule didn't apply to a property zoned as a farm which requires 35 acres exclusive of the road right of way. Gerald J.

It is a good thing there is an exemption for farms because you couldn't have very many implements otherwise.   Just thinking off the top of my head I have about 10 things or so off the top of my head I would be in trouble for with those rules.
I do actually understand junk yard rules got a brother who just collects old junk cars things he has no plans on fixing. He has gone down and registered them before to get the town off his back. But he has frames and rusted out bodies all over the place has to clean them up every 5 years or so because the town comes knocking on his door. I think it is a classic example of how people are bound ot mess it up for everyone else.