| The first question you want to ask yourself is, how | | | | using some extra muscle when operating your |
| mechanically inclined are you? All vintage tractors | | | | tractor the vintage farm tractor is one of the best |
| need to be maintained and sometimes, like | | | | investments and in my opinion probably better than |
| everything else, the unthinkable happens and they | | | | any built today. |
| break down. I have been working on John Deere | | | | When it comes to price of a vintage tractor don't |
| tractors for over 45 years and I do love the early | | | | think of buying the cheapest one you see. Many |
| models.ones. The rest is history since the very first | | | | tractors on E-bay will need work on them to operate |
| day I have been hooked on tractors. One of the first | | | | properly and safely. DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK THE |
| things about vintage tractors a newcomer will soon | | | | SELLER A FEW IMPORTANT QUESTIONS "BEFORE" |
| find out is that they were made for work. Tractors | | | | YOU PLACE A BID. REMEMBER ITS "YOUR" MONEY |
| from the early days were some of the best, if not | | | | TALKING. |
| the best, equipment ever produced here in the USA. | | | | Here are some not all, good questions to ask: |
| Something to keep in mind before you buy is how | | | | 1) Does the motor smoke or have any noise that is |
| the vintage tractor operates. You will have to use | | | | not normal. 2) Are the tires cracked? 3) How |
| some muscle to make it work. | | | | responsive is the Hydraulics and do the leak down. 4) |
| Most of these early tractors did not come with | | | | How good are the brakes (both sides). When you |
| power steering, power brakes, automatic | | | | are asking these questions it's always a good idea to |
| transmission or with remote hydraulics to work or | | | | ask if you could come by and see it in person, even |
| adjust the various implements that were available. | | | | if you don't intend to. If a seller refuses to let you |
| Aside from the PTO and lift, most other operations | | | | see it in person, then they may be hiding something. |
| were preformed manually. For the most part they | | | | My personal experience of eBay is through my son, |
| were a Mans tractor not for the Ladies. Because of | | | | and we have never had any problems at all. People |
| this they are not as easy to operate as their modern | | | | selling on eBay rely on a good reputation to keep |
| counterparts. | | | | going and you don't get a good reputation by |
| Bottom line if you can work on them and don't mind | | | | misleading folks. |