Is It Worth $700?

[adsm08 2,060]

Out driving around Carlisle today at work and I ran across a WH 10 for sale.

 

I really thought I took some better pictures, but I didn't.

 

 

 

The machine looks solid, it's not pretty, as the paint looks like it was redone on some parts, or parts have been mixed and matched from different tractors. Not all the panels are the same shade.

 

Has what looked like a 42" SD deck on it, and a K241/8speed combo. and it needs tires. The key wasn't with it, and I didn't have any in that style on me, so I don't know if it runs.

 

I was thinking of looking for another unit just for mowing that the show. This would fit the bill, but is a little more than I was hoping to spend at $700.

Edited June 3 by adsm08

[Pullstart 62,881]

Sounds like a pretty inflated asking price, to me.

[adsm08 2,060]

29 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

Sounds like a pretty inflated asking price, to me.

 

 

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.

 

If it had been a C-series I might have called the number and tried to get him down to $400. If i could find a good running 310 or 312 with a good solid deck that just needs some TLC I might be talked up to $700.

 

That tractor for $700, seemed high to me.

[squonk 41,118]

Those pics aint' much but any tractor that runs ok, has a deck that works and you can mow with it is worth $700 all day long. IMHO

[adsm08 2,060]

9 minutes ago, squonk said:

Those pics aint' much but any tractor that runs ok, has a deck that works and you can mow with it is worth $700 all day long. IMHO

 

Yeah, but according to my wife I'm stuck in 1980 when it comes to pricing.

[leabassett@sbcglobal.net 149]

I would day offer $500 and go from there.

[c-series don 8,707]

2 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

Yeah, but according to my wife I'm stuck in 1980 when it comes to pricing.

Ha! Ha! Me too!!!! 

[sqrlgtr 552]

is that a73 no name or ?. 

[sqrlgtr 552]

the hood decal looks different than my 73 12hp?

[adsm08 2,060]

8 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

is that a73 no name or ?. 

 

I was hoping someone could tell me. I don't know where to find the info that breaks down the numbers into the common model names.

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,318]

The model number in your pic comes up as a 73 Raider 10? The hood decals are more in line with the Raider style.

 

1-0360 1973 Lawn & Garden Tractor Raider 10 8-Speed Kohler K241S-46636D 10 Wheel Horse 5086

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1-0365 1973 Lawn & Garden Tractor 10 Hp 8-Speed Kohler K241S-46636D 10 Wheel Horse 5086

[Pullstart 62,881]

13 hours ago, squonk said:

Those pics aint' much but any tractor that runs ok, has a deck that works and you can mow with it is worth $700 all day long. IMHO

 

 

 

 

[squonk 41,118]

4 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

 

 

 

 

You're givin it away.  I've sold about a dozen horses with decks out of my front yard. $695 every time. 

[Lee1977 6,659]

I wouldn't pay $700 for it.. 

 

Edited June 4 by Lee1977

[8ntruck 7,004]

A fair selling price generally settles to a point where the seller is equally unhappy with a lower than asking price matches a unhappy buyer with a higher than original offer price.

[squonk 41,118]

A crappy big box mower is over 2 grand. This mower will probably still be going when the new one dies 

[adsm08 2,060]

Got better pictures today. It's a little more beat than I noticed  yesterday.

 

 

Deck shell has a crack that is repairable. Fender pan is cracked at mounting bolts. There is welding spatter on the fender pan, so a repair attempt was made and failed. Probably nobody drilled the ends of the cracks and so they kept spreading. Hood has a nice dinger that they tried to cover up with one of the for-sale signs. Looks like the carb and a hub have been replaced.

 

Implement lift handle is damaged, but hand controls move freely.  There is that awesome home-brew heat shield around the exhaust.

Edited June 4 by adsm08

[adsm08 2,060]

8 hours ago, Pullstart said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking at my pics and your pics and the pricing I think I'd rather have your 1056 that this Raider.

[squonk 41,118]

That one doesn't look like it runs too good or cuts grass too good. What I meant by my statement relates to a tractor that is mechanically sound. That one isn't. I've sold tractors that had worse paint and more rust, but the hood wasn't falling apart and the lift handle worked like it should

[adsm08 2,060]

23 minutes ago, squonk said:

That one doesn't look like it runs too good or cuts grass too good. What I meant by my statement relates to a tractor that is mechanically sound. That one isn't. I've sold tractors that had worse paint and more rust, but the hood wasn't falling apart and the lift handle worked like it should

 

Right.

 

Assuming it did run I have most of the parts and or skills I need to put it in working order. I have a half decent lift handle, and my part-out unit is the same body, so I have a good square hood, I have the tools and skills to fix the fender pan, but $700 seems high.

 

In fact after getting a good look over it I'd want to come in a lot closer to $300.