OT git yer bid in

I learned to drive on an 8N. That one looks pristene, but it's local pickup only and would cost a fortune to ship to the west coast, sadly.

Don't forget to add the buyer's premium to the final bid (15% or CAD$1000).

Yep. .. many of these auctioneers charge the seller ~ 30 % fee ; then the buyer pays the auctioneer another ~ 15 % and the government gets it's 13 % sales tax ... My family's little 1.3 acres was served by a 1949 BF Avery - somewhat rare in these parts but collectors & clubs & shows exist down in the USA :

On my Mom's side of the family, it was a Farmall B and a couple of Minneapolis-Molines (who acquired BF Avery in 1951).

On Dad's side, it was Massey Ferguson 50, 65[*] and 180 (and the Ford 8N).

I currently have a Kubota B7800 for my hectare.

Many old Farmall tractors still in daily use in the market garden and orchard / winery areas. Until the retired farmer gets hold of it - then it becomes a "parade" tractor ... and can be seen putting to/from the monthly breakfast meetings ..

Talking about "parade" vehicles, I learned to drive on a 1932 model A Ford automobile. You had to know how to set the spark advance, how to crank the thing without breaking your arm if it kicked back, and had to double clutch. There was about 20 degrees of rotational slop in the steering and it stalled very easily if you misjudged when you needed to downshift. And absolutely lousy suspension. Of course it needed leaded gasoline. Driving a more modern car with manual transmission (we have

My grandfather's neighbor had a Farmall M and a Super-C. He and my grandfather harvested their oats together; Grandpa had the binder and Herman had the threshing machine - the M was used to run the thresher belt drive, the B to collect the bundles and the minnie for the binder and the baler (straw).

Out here in California, the neighbor across the street has an 8N (the six-cylinder version) parked in the yard (not sure of the running status, he passed a few years back and his widow doesn't use it). Going into a nearby town, there are two old 8Ns as (rusty) decorative objects in a fellow's yard.

A nearby farm has a Farmall B (it's now just decorative at their store, but was used until two years ago). Most of the rest of the neighbors have Kubota; one has a decorative JD Model B in his front yard. There's a Farmall C for sale in town (wants 1800USD or BO) that I've been thinking about, but it has a single front wheel instead of the dual. Saw a Fordson for sale last summer, but didn't bite.

Down in the valley, a lot of vegetables are grown (Garlic, Sweet Bell Peppers, Sweet Corn[**], Hot Peppers, Tomatos, Lettuce) and it is basically all large green tractors; on the other side of the Santa Cruz mountains along the coast are thousands of acres of strawberries, raspberries (Driscoll's) and juice (Martinelli) apples along with salad greens.

I see it went for 3,525 CAD eventually. Is that a fair price? I must admit that I know nothing about tractors and what they're worth...

Auctions set the fair price every single time -

John T.

That's not a bad price , but it's not exactly top dollar . A lot depends on location .

Of course. I shouldn't have used the term "fair price" when I wanted to know if was a good deal for the buyer.

I'm no expert either but I''d guess that the buyer is happier than the seller - what would he have paid for the

at CAD3525, in that condition, the buyer stole the tractor; although the buyer's premium may have reduced that from "steal" to "good deal".

$ 530. buyer's fee + $ 460. sales tax - still only $ 4500. ... a well-used old 6 hp Yahama snowblower sold for over $ 1000 at the same sale .. dunno .. John T.

You think the "A" is fun you want to try driving a "T"!!! or this:

a 6 cyl 8n would be a Funk?? Nice well balanced unit - the Funk 8 was a bit overpowered

I worked with a '49 Massey Harris 44 and a '62 Cockshutt 540.

This '29 recently sold - near Sarnia Ontario .. .. not running but looks pretty solid condition :

John T.

My Yanmar 1500D is a bit newer than most of the machines discussed ... and it's a furriner to boot - I never got a chance of getting Grandpa's 8N (or Dad's '57 Jeep pickup) , I think my brother had it (them) sold before Dad's body was cold . Four wheel drive and built in probably 1978 . Currently the oldest running machine on the place .