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Steam Tractors for sale

If you have a Case steam engine and would like to show it for sale, please contact me and I will list it here at no charge.

Joseph

YEAR MODEL SERIAL # PRICE CONTACT
1914 Case 40 31701 $22,500.00 offer SOLD!
1917 Case 75   $67,500.00 offer 205 652-7718  Nick          
1914 Case 80 31478 $50.000.00 641 919-2072  photo
  Case 65   $35,000.00 937 836-0081  John
1915 Case 50   $22,000.00 573 834-5467  Henry or David Groner  photo

I'm fairly recent to the steam market, and have had to repair what I own, and even though I have done much of the work myself I have had to pay for what I could not do. It seems to me that the value in an engine is in what you do not have to repair. A good boiler 20k, good paint 5K, good whistle, gauges and injectors 3K, good engine 7K, good governor 1K, good bunkers 10K, good wheels and metal 5K . We are already up to $50,000.00. And that is just for "good" not exceptional. So it is very easy for me to see 75 to 100K engines if they are really nice. It is also easy to see 15K ( or less) for one with a bad boiler and no bunkers. ANY decent engine should cost $35 to 40K. Now add in rarity, desirability ( really big or small) and provenance (history) you can see that Case steam tractors have really not risen to nearly the levels they might. I do not think there where ever be a time where there is no steam power because there is simply no inherent safety problem to support a ban. So buy the tractor you want now, in the future the good ones will just go higher and the bad ones will cost more to fix.

As you can see, steam tractors can vary all over the place in value from $3500.00 for a beater to $150,000.00 for a rare one.  Case is a very popular brand so it commands abut 25% more for the same condition of tractor.  I think that 20 to 25 K for a running 30 to 60 hp Case is a fair price.   If it needs work then the value can drop, if it is pristine then it should go up.  Add 20% for each 10 hp increase after that.  George cost around 20K and cost about that again to repair. I is much more expensive to repair a cheap tractor than to buy a good running one for more money.

I think the 80 hp with the accessories at 55K is a good deal, and that the 50 and the 65 are also about right if they are running and sound.  The 75 is listed as pristine original so it may have some added value too.

I just saw a 60 go for 20K on e bay, running.  A good price.

And another for 15K, needing boiler work, might be a good price, perhaps not. 

Joseph



Photos of For Sale Steamers listed above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Groner Case 50

 

Case 40

Broadhead 80
s/n 31478 80 h.p. Case traction engine, has working gear pump, boiler jacket, Baker balanced valve, everything on this engine works. Has an older Illinois certificate for 100 p.s.i.(from the last time it ran). Comes with extra boiler that is in like new condition. I am listing this for a friend, you can reach him at iowasteamer@hotmail.com or 641-919-2072