Moscow Mills Mo. Auctiuon results

Eddie, that D19 you restored looks nice, good job. Tim

DougG wrote: I'd never take on a restore job,, Geesh it'd take forever and where do you stop!

Well Doug that the hardest part of refitting a tractor, I like to start at the front end and stop at the back of the drawbar. lol

AndrewGubbels wrote: When guys are talking of prices being so ridiculous you have to look at all sides of it I think. If you restore a tractor correctly unless you have one excellent very perfect original tractor it takes tons of hours and dollars if you do it up to potential. And as far as finding an excellent original they are getting really costly as well! Just high quality paint jobs costs anywhere from $1000 to $2000 to just buy the paint alone depending on the size of machine. Then Tires!! haha and of coarse decals. Some would rather purchase a nice quality finished product! Thanks for the photos of the auction everything looks great! Hats off to the guys that restored the tractors they look great! Andy

Andy, you are so right! I have stopped using the term "restore" I find that it's used way to much like when all a tractor got was repainted and no to just a little repair work done before the paint job was done; so I now use the term "refitted" not "restored"
Guys think back to the last repair you did, take something simple like a carb rebuild think about the time you spent starting with finding the trouble tell it was back running and ready to go back to work, was the total time around 1 hour or maybe 2 hours from the time the tractor came in the shop in tell she was good to go, then look at that time X $75. per hour = that's $75. to over $150 just in labor then add in the parts. Guys what I'm trying to say is, it's not hard to put in over 100 hours in a larger size tractor like a D21.

I hope I didnt come across as slamming the guy or his tractor, to each his own is my motto. If it is a series 3 it must have been a rough one and a lot of parts and pieces were replaced with more commonly available ones. I am NOT a D-17 expert but a short list of the obvious is, no holes for fender lights or grab handles, grill, round muffler and matching hole in hood, no hydraulic filter, black styled steering wheel that shows no sign of ever being cream.

Edited by Butch(OH) - 07 Jul 2015 at 6:34am

I think the 90 sat out in the rain a time or two

100.00 for the 90

You are correct Orange fever . I stand corrected that is a 90 .Not sure what it brought , Auntwayne took the photos , I just posted them . Guess I need to look a little closer . There is a previous post named Kreig sale with photos and prices of most stuff

Orange4ever wrote: Noticed there was a 90 there also, wasn't listed, how much it bring?

Did not see a 90 there

Edited by Pat the Plumber CIL - 06 Jul 2015 at 9:45pm

allismanamp wrote: What that roll over plow bring you took a pic of

900.00 for the roll over plow

    If I am not mistaken , the D-19 was going to Iowa along with some other tractors .

What that roll over plow bring you took a pic of

I'm with Butch on the D-17D.  It is a late series 1 Black Bar grill with the power steering and dry air cleaner update kit that was available from the factory. I have one the same  that came to me with the update kit. Looks like the auction prices were very strong.

Edited by Calvin Schmidt - 06 Jul 2015 at 9:43am

Butch(OH) wrote: Only thing series 3 about that D-17D is the decals

The 72 was a bit high in my book. If that's worth 6,000 then my brother's is worth 30,000. It was advertised as "never been wet". I'll have to take some pics of his "never been wet" 72 next week.