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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 12:58:51 GMT
In our area, driving along well traveled two lane roads it's not uncommon to see a 2-3 acre field filled with old implements for sale. Even of less traveled roads you'll see a dozen or more old plows, harrows, bale spikes sitting along the fence line with a big "For Sale" sign. Nick's problem in acquiring implements to add to the collection are the ones sitting in fields and ditches, weeds and grass growing up through them, and the owner refuses to part with them.
I know he feels so sorry for the implements, languishing with no hope of ever being used again... We both feel the same way about what we call Sad Houses: houses that knew better days, but are now neglected, abandoned, and forlorn.
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Post by Jolly on Jun 3, 2020 13:04:46 GMT
There's a couple of guys around here, that run small side businesses selling used and new implements (mostly used). Occasionally, they'll have a used tractor or two.
Might be a nice retirement business...
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Post by daw on Jun 3, 2020 16:26:05 GMT
Along the highway going south there used to be a long line of tractors. I think those tractors had been used and abused and then used and abused some more. When he got enough he would load them on semis and send them to their new owners. Then he would go get another load of oil burners. I asked what he did with them and he said they sold like pancakes. I said not here and he said no . I think they went south not sure but maybe across the border.
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Post by joebill on Jun 10, 2020 21:26:50 GMT
Where I come from in central Illinois, glaciers broke up way back during our last period of "global warming" and left massive deposits of jet black dirt that will raise anything in the plant kingdom, and when I left there they were already using tractors that hardly looked like tractors any more they were so huge and advanced.
Down the road, though, less than 50 miles, the glaciers had already shot their wad and most of the ground is milk-white and nearly devoid of nutrition. Down there, farmers are trying to figure out how to depreciate a corn planter they bought for $10 a decade ago. THAT is where all of the old implements go to live on and be kept in operation with bailing wire and lots of welding rod.
The line between the white and black dirt goes through the town of Effingham, Il. It is a major crossroads where interstate highways cross, so plenty of travelers drive through or spend the night there. When anybody I know tells me they are driving through, I always suggest they stop at a local truck stop and order the Effingham sandwich, since they grow some mighty tasty pork in those parts.
I get varied reports back from those who decided to risk it......Joe
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