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<blockquote data-quote="rla442" data-source="post: 1130797" data-attributes="member: 13688"><p>I'm always out for a good deal and do a lot of buying at estate auctions. Auctions are probably my favorite pass time. </p><p>My best buy was about 120 treated wood fence posts that were seperated into 3 piles. The posts were used but probably only used for one season. I bought them for $7.50 a pile. The auction was at a school surplus sale and I never dreamed they'd have a pile of fence posts. </p><p></p><p>Last year I bought an early Case VAC tractor that was done up like a show tractor but not running. Bought it for $500 (not a steal but a deal since it had good rubber, wheel weights and new sheetmetal). got it home and tightened the mag index so it would stay in time (that took a while to figure out why it wouldn't stay running). The only money spent on it was for the oil change and the fuel bowl gasket. Starts now on the second crank and it's now one of my favorite putting around tractor to run around the farm pulling the wagon hauling sap or wood. </p><p></p><p>Last week I bought a Cockshutt No.30 burr mill that looked like it was lost in time for $35. Super clean but stuck. Brought it home, spayed some PB Blaster on it and with a little bump on the plates its free and running. Looks brand new inside. Its going to get attached to the VAC tractor mentioned above and will be a good for the antique tractor/engine shows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rla442, post: 1130797, member: 13688"] I'm always out for a good deal and do a lot of buying at estate auctions. Auctions are probably my favorite pass time. My best buy was about 120 treated wood fence posts that were seperated into 3 piles. The posts were used but probably only used for one season. I bought them for $7.50 a pile. The auction was at a school surplus sale and I never dreamed they'd have a pile of fence posts. Last year I bought an early Case VAC tractor that was done up like a show tractor but not running. Bought it for $500 (not a steal but a deal since it had good rubber, wheel weights and new sheetmetal). got it home and tightened the mag index so it would stay in time (that took a while to figure out why it wouldn't stay running). The only money spent on it was for the oil change and the fuel bowl gasket. Starts now on the second crank and it's now one of my favorite putting around tractor to run around the farm pulling the wagon hauling sap or wood. Last week I bought a Cockshutt No.30 burr mill that looked like it was lost in time for $35. Super clean but stuck. Brought it home, spayed some PB Blaster on it and with a little bump on the plates its free and running. Looks brand new inside. Its going to get attached to the VAC tractor mentioned above and will be a good for the antique tractor/engine shows. [/QUOTE]
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