Scrap Yard find

[roadkillinct 58]

 The owner of Novella's scrap yard in Danbury Ct [203-743-5275] called me about this tractor. It seems to be in good shape the engine is free turns over with pull rope. Must have been taken care of the deck looks nice no exterior rust. The big selling point is it has a branded John Deere seat. Good luck if you end up with it.

Edited March 12, 2022 by roadkillinct
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[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

I can not believe the things people throw away… 

[AMC RULES 37,130]

Betting it was the seat that did it in. 

[953 nut 55,228]

Seeing that yellow seat was the only downside of that       seems to be a lot of potential there, just too far away for me.

[squonk 41,105]

Interesting Kol-Air with the rope starter. 

[WHGuy413 2,683]

Other than the seat that’s a great looking tractor. Just under 2 hours from me. What are they looking to get for it?

[peter lena 8,625]

@roadkillinct , easily worth saving , you can make that into anything you want , local bone yards in my area of ct , sell everything by the pound on a scale. you might luck out and get a low take it now price.  most of the lawn stuff I see there is garbage, just the bones of that horse are worth  the save, good luck with that , pete  

[roadkillinct 58]

3 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

I can not believe the things people throw away… 

I hear you. My neighbor ran that scrap yard for years. His shop is filled with working equipment from there. This 16 Automatic came from there it did not run when I brought it home exhaust valve was burnt and the carb bowl had a whole in it from rot. Runs great now. The sheet metal is perfect other than the rust.

[ri702bill 8,319]

3 hours ago, squonk said:

Interesting Kol-Air with the rope starter. 

@Pullstart Kevin would be right proud to see that added to a K181.

[Pullstart 62,864]

I’d love to add that to my collection, but I’m busy today 

[Wheelhorse#1 1,657]

Nice pick.I don’t think most folks realize the value of this old equipment or have the resources for repair.There certainly is a throw away attitude these days,what a shame and waste.
 

 

[EB-80/8inPA 1,641]

10 minutes ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

Nice pick.I don’t think most folks realize the value of this old equipment or have the resources for repair.There certainly is a throw away attitude these days,what a shame and waste.
 

 

I think they may not realize that once upon a time, things were built to last and could actually be repaired.  They’ve probably grown accustomed to cheap unfixable consumer junk that can only be tossed once broken - it’s all they may know.

I have enormous respect for those members who are teaching the youngsters about repair, maintenance and restoration.  Keeping this old stuff going may be the best we have to work with in the foreseeable future if things go askew.  Plowed out this heavy snow with the ‘73 no name 8 this morning.  Almost 50 years old and still ran like a champ!

[AHS 1,440]

1 hour ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

I think they may not realize that once upon a time, things were built to last and could actually be repaired.  They’ve probably grown accustomed to cheap unfixable consumer junk that can only be tossed once broken - it’s all they may know.

I have enormous respect for those members who are teaching the youngsters about repair, maintenance and restoration.  Keeping this old stuff going may be the best we have to work with in the foreseeable future if things go askew.  Plowed out this heavy snow with the ‘73 no name 8 this morning.  Almost 50 years old and still ran like a champ!

Bingo! I got an 82’ WH 10 hp Kohler form the junk yard… a dead battery, but it ran, and I drove it onto the trailer at the junk yard!! My Father is still mowing with it today!