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Steam Tractors for sale
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. |
