Help with identification, year, value, on any of these?

[RetroMower 349]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

I'll keep this thread updated with progress and questions so just stay tuned. 

That means I got dibs on the ross steering boxes  like I said mine is useable but its pretty crunchy 

[Gregor 4,846]

7 hours ago, RetroMower said:

That means I got dibs on the ross steering boxes  like I said mine is useable but its pretty crunchy 

Those boxes are adjustable.  I have also made new adjuster screws ( # 15 in diagram )from grade 8, 1/2"  bolts. These screws ride in the spiral of the shaft. Over time, the screws get wore flat. Sometimes you can turn them just enough to get back to a round surface, sometimes not.

Edited December 8, 2021 by Gregor

[ebinmaine 67,464]

@Gregor

No worries on being off topic in one of my threads. I get to learn more new things.  

[RetroMower 349]

3 hours ago, Gregor said:

Those boxes are adjustable.  I have also made new adjuster screws ( # 15 in diagram )from grade 8, 1/2"  bolts. These screws ride in the spiral of the shaft. Over time, the screws get wore flat. Sometimes you can turn them just enough to get back to a round surface, sometimes not.

I'll have to check my adjuster screw. I cant remember if its worn flat or not. My problem is the aluminum housing that holds the big threaded plug has a fair size chunk missing and those weird cup bearings are less than stellar. I didn't realize Hapco had them. 

[oliver2-44 9,743]

On the Ross Steering boxes, if you need to replace the upper tubing, it is an odd size.  

But the tubing they use for Trampolines legs will fit. I used it on my Case 180 ross Steering box rebuild and had to sand the outside just a little with my belt sander to get it to fit.  I used JB Weld to glue it to the aluminum housing.  

[ebinmaine 67,464]

I got a chance to speak with the owner of the collection.

 

Super nice guy. Very bright. Very intelligent. Very aware of what he has and it's quite a huge collection.

 

I'll have to pow wow with the BBT later today and see when we can get up there to poke around....

 

[ebinmaine 67,464]

Fella has some rare stuff in the tractor world. He's well aware of what that Panzer loader is and the rarity of them.

Far as full size tractors he has several Hart Parr, even has a Plymouth brand which predates the Silver King.

[6wheeler 603]

On 12/6/2021 at 12:27 PM, ebinmaine said:

Friends of ours have a family member who's getting up in years and wants to start selling off a collection of both garden tractors and farm tractors.

I posted here a few pictures of some of the garden tractors.

 

Any information whatsoever that you can contribute would be much appreciated.

I realize that the value is kind of a regional thing but if there's anything that sticks out like a sore thumb as being particularly rare please let me know.

 

The two in particular that I would be interested in are the Minneapolis Moline and what appears to be a Panzer with a loader?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

I am not going to lie. I wish I was living in Maine today. That Moline and that White I saw would be in my shop. Plus several of those  Massey"s. The Minneapolis Moline Is from the latest Moline series before they joined Cockshutt,  Minneapolis Moline, Oliver. And? White farm equipment. At that time they were fashioned so? When farmers bought a new tractor? MM,White and Oliver offered them a mower at a huge discount. It was a sales gimmic alot like the WH 420LSE. Except? The 420 LSE was custom and expensive.  These mowers were designed to sell more heavy tractors. They were made in the image their larger counter parts. That Moline is in the Vista image. Later they matched Oliver in the 1600 series image. When Cockshutt, MM. And? Oliver looked very similar. With different colors of course. But? When White became the Parent company? Then, The White mowers looked like the later WFE's with the chrome grille and sleeker lines. On An interesting note? In the Mid 90's? The original Minneapolis Moline building in Minneapolis Mn. was razed to build a parking ramp on Washington Ave in Minneapolis. I hauled a lot of concrete there. In  2015/16? The last Minneapolis Moline Factory in Hopkins, MN. was razed. And? a New apartment complex was built in its place On Excelsior Blvd. In Hopkins. Again? I hauled alot of concrete there too. The neat part (at least to me)? Is that they have memorabilia of MM posted conspicuously all over. COOL. It would probably cost a fortune to get it here. DANG.

Edited January 23, 2022 by 6wheeler
I thought Oliver2-44 may be able to add something

[ebinmaine 67,464]

1 hour ago, 6wheeler said:

MM

I like that MM quite alot too.  

Unfortunately the current owner is looking for a king's ransom to part with it.