Yeah, price is pretty high at least for around here. I gave $1100.00 for my 140 w/ FH + cultivators, and $1300.00 for my 130 with FH, plow and a rear mounted blade someone did a decent job of modifying from a 3 point blade. Both very mechanically sound, the 130 had brand new tires on the back. Neither are show quality, but I don't care I use them. While I can appreciate the work that goes into one getting them to look better than they came from the factory, I've come to appreciate natural patina.
I took my 140 to the Fair to display at our tractor club set up. Everyone else's tractors are all painted up and spotless. I noticed people would walk by them barely giving them a glance, but would stop and look at my 140, mud/dirt on the tires and all. Noticed one guy looking it over when he turned around and shouted, "Who owns this tractor..??" I held up my hand and walked over. He turned and pointed at the other tractors and said, "I like these tractors, but I LOVE this tractor, you actually use it..!!" I noticed the same thing about a little 50's model Cub with cultivators at the RPR at Springfield, OH. Natural patina, and they had been using it to cultivate. Sweeps were shiny/worn some from a lot of use and actually had a few weeds/vines hanging from the shanks. Out of the hundreds of pristine tractors setting there, this little Cub got more attention than most of the others.
Not a lot of those models around in my area. I think it's partly because the production in the US totals were beginning to drop for this type tractors. the hp race was beginning to heat up and the small tractors manufacturing was beginning to shift overseas. Most of the major US manufacturers that continued to sell small tractors saw the shift and changed their tactics based on the market trend. JMHO Stan
