Pics of a Parts WD-45 - whats she worth?

Stumbled across this parts WD-45 while scouting out potential properties to put on a tour for a local historic society.....Was the owner's fathers, she assumes its sat there for a good decade or more. Engine is presumed to be stuck , but I didn't try to turn it over or look at it too hard, for I was suppose to be there for the history and architecture, not look at AC's ....but what did catch my eye was those front wheel weights; so I figure its a worth a little something......is $300-400 in the fair offer range for the whole machine?

I think you are in the correct price range.

weights alone are worth what you are offering, hope you get her bought

Here we go again, the tractor's parts are worth more the hole tractor is. Sad but true.

I agree with the 3-4 hundred, looking at it from the owners point of view you will be helping clean up the property and not everyone has the means to load and haul a dead tractor. Must not have any sentimental value or they would have done something with it before now. If it were me I would remove tire chaines when loading and when you get it home take the wheel weights off without unloading tractor then go right to the scrap yard with the rest of it.

How old is the barn and farm house?  Love that post/beam construction.

Rick wrote: To me that wouldn't be the smartest move to take the complete tractor to the scrap yard. Lots and lots of parts there that are still useable, for sure. That's my opinion though. Rick

My thoughts exactly!  I would never take a complete tractor to a scrap yard!

B26240 wrote: I agree with the 3-4 hundred, looking at it from the owners point of view you will be helping clean up the property and not everyone has the means to load and haul a dead tractor. Must not have any sentimental value or they would have done something with it before now. If it were me I would remove tire chaines when loading and when you get it home take the wheel weights off without unloading tractor then go right to the scrap yard with the rest of it.

So with the price of scrap being 25-30 dollars around here the ole 45 would bring you a total of about 20 bucks around here if you were lucky (if you dont remove the tires they will ding you pretty good around here) and they used to charge you 100 bucks for rear tractor tires so would would probally give it to them so all the work you would do would be for nothing so why wouldnt you offer 400 for the weights and do it that way as you would be alot of money and time ahead, but I see a decent tractor there with tons of parts so I wouldnt get rid of it.   And something I see alot and have had people try it on me, like I am stupid when it comes to pricing stuff is if you come in with a low price when someone knows the value and it will do nothing but make them mad, and you wont get it, especially if you stop in and are they one who tries to buy without a forsale sign .   I believe that if you wanted the tractor try to let them price it and be honest about the whole value with the owner and every body wins.  I have done that quite a few times people will ask what it is worth and I tell them my opinion on value and what I would be willing to pay and when you are honest alot of the time it works out.  Had an old woman once tell me what she wanted for something I told her it was worth alot more than she wanted and if I were to buy it for that much money I wouldnt feel right as well as if she told someone they would tell her I was there taking advantage of her and I wasnt willing to do that to her, she then explained that if I wasnt going to buy the stuff she would throw it in the trash" then what will they say " was her response.  I told her I would take the stuff and pay her more and you want to talk upset, she got a little mad at me so I paid her what she wanted and we were both happy

YES!!  Jump all over it for that price and DO NOT even think about sending it to the scrap yard!!  That's a good tractor and worth spending a little money and time on!
IF I WAS ONLY CLOSER!!

That is not scrap, at the least it is parts. 

I'll also chime in with "don't scrap it".  It might be a fun project to getting running, and if is beyond repair, part it out and double or triple your money, (as long as you don't figure your time worth anything).

That is a cool looking farm.  I'll bet keeping the house warm with those stone walls is an expensive project.

Send Ted and I the chains!