Isn't it funny....
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Topic: Isn't it funny....
Posted By: Claus
Subject: Isn't it funny....
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 8:29am
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I was reading a couple of stories on here and thinking back, I'm sure some of you here have done the same thing, you go and look at a tractor, sometimes it is not exactly like you picture it in your mind. Then you go home to think it over or wait for the auction or whatever the case might be, isn't if funny how that tractor keeps getting better looking now that you are home in your Lazy Boy, and all the things that seemed wrong with it when you were looking at it now seem like such easy fixes, things that maybe even adjustments or wax might fix. Then you go buy it and it comes equipped with a big box of reality. My first tractor reminds me of this. |
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Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 8:49am
Yes I know exactly what you mean, I'm lucky the really bad ones haven't come home yet!  ------------- In Search Of: 1958 Allis Chalmers D17 Diesel serial #9643D |
Posted By: wdforty5
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 9:06am
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I overlooked a few flaws and minimized my "problems" when looking at my wd45.
I had no idea I would enjoy working on the tractor so much. I figured it would feel like work, but it doesnt...and I just keep finding more things to maintain, clean, adjust, fix, paint, and shine.
Its almost become a "christine" like obsession with it
  Reminds me she needs a name!!
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Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 11:17am
| Thing is after you experience some of those the next tractor you look at you remember some of thet stuff to look at and you talk yourself out of buying them because this isn't right and that needs fixin. Like you said tho after you go home and there is no other tractor to buy in better condition or for less money, than you sometimes regret not buying the one you looked at. |
Posted By: cwhit
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 11:32am
| I have this issue with everything I buy or don't buy.. lol |
Posted By: EricSWPA
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 6:56pm
| Everything i buy seems to turn into a money pit. But in the end you have fun atleast hopefully. |
Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 9:04pm
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I never have that problem, They are always too cheap to buy, take nothing to fix, and sell High!! Oh I must be typing in my sleep again! :-) ------------- Still in use: HD7 WC C CA WD 2-WD45 WD45LP WD45D D14 3-D17 D17LP 2-D19D D19LP 190XTD 190XTLP 720 D21 220 7020 7030 7040 7045 3-7060 Projects: 3-U UC 2-G 2-B 2-C CA 7-WC RC WDLP WF D14 D21 210 7045 N7 |
Posted By: RichinWis
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 9:28pm
| Seems almost like Roger Welsh who wrote about the joys of fixing the old WC that he had. Then after he got it all restored and was standing there looking at it, said to himself now what do I do with it? |
Posted By: Ian
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2012 at 11:45pm
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I bought my d14 the very same way. I knew I was looking for one, well actually, I was looking for a wd45. But happened across this one, at a town not too far away. I knew I wouldn't get a pristine example for what I wanted to spend. But like the others said, I enjoy working on them, so wasn't that big of a deal. So, I talked to the guy over the phone, we came to a price agreement. First time I ever saw it was when I picked it up. Came around the corner, and there she was. Rusty, a horrible paintjob, they even got the tires with the overspray. guy started it. sounded beautiful. Made him drive it onto my trailer. Never checked the oil. Never checked the PTO. Never checked the hydraulics. nothing really. Never even asked questions. So I drove it for the first time in the dark, unloading it from the trailer. Drove it around the yard a little bit then parked it in the barn. Next day I checked the oil. white. played with the hydraulics and PTO. PTO worked. Hydraulics did not. Took the nose apart to fix a radiator hose that was leaking, and figure out why the oil had water in it. Waterpump was trashed, the oil canister for the air filter was full of water. One of the valve springs had rejected one of it's keepers. And it leaked its gear oil all over the garage floor like a scared puppy. The wheel bearings are loose. The seat bushings are gone completely. The axle pivot is as sloppy as it can be without loosing the axle. I'm supposed to start mowing in a couple months...and I haven't regretted it yet. The only dissappointment I have is that I was excited to see what was in the toolbox when I got it home only to find that half the bottom was missing and whatever treasures in may have held had fallen out long ago. I did find one 1/2" and 9/16" double sided open end wrench and an ancient pair of leather gloves that had somehow survived in the intact corner. I've named it Alice(how original am I?). And I don't even have it close to sorted out yet and I've already found a D19 I want to bring home next. Although this time, I'm asking questions :) ------------- 1980 AC 616 1958 AC D14 1960 AC D14 1987 Cub 1204 1982 Cub 682 1974 Cub 154 Lo-Boy (SOLD) Hauler: 1998 Dodge Ram2500 Cummins |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2012 at 12:20am
| awwwwww...what's money for anyways?? |
Posted By: Ian
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2012 at 12:34am
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I can't complain too much. The guy has quite a few D series he's restored, he called this one a mechanics special. I got it for a fair price. I thought I was getting it dirt cheap, but I'll call it fair now that I know a little more about it. Even with all the parts I've bought and the price to get the cylinder rebuilt I'll be in it for less than 2k. I'm a single guy with no kids so my time is remarkably free. I still feel good about it:) plus I can say that I'm becoming intimately familiar with the D14 very quickly.
------------- 1980 AC 616 1958 AC D14 1960 AC D14 1987 Cub 1204 1982 Cub 682 1974 Cub 154 Lo-Boy (SOLD) Hauler: 1998 Dodge Ram2500 Cummins |