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| PocketFarmgirl |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 1:40:31 PM
Not sure if this is the right place...scattered around the land we bought are pieces of old farm equipment...plows, harrows, trailers...I can post pics if that would help. Anyway, I'm sure they're supposed to be decorative, but they're rusty, overgrown and in the way. I don't know whether to freecycle them just to get them out of here, or whether I should try to sell them. Anyone else had to clean old farm machinery out of a new-to-you place? |
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| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 09:34:18 AM
Now I'm stuck for another uck rhyme. Shuck(s). I really need to master the art of posting pictures. Hopefully by the end of summer I'll have it down. I might have to learn to blog. I could really use 3 more of me to get my list done.
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| Rosemary |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 4:38:44 PM
Good luck, Huck! (Sorry, Michelle -- I couldn't resist!) Be sure to post a picture if you get that truck! |
| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 09:08:49 AM
Okay, we've begun negotiations on the truck. Problem with buying old trucks: no papers. Apparantly all we have to do is put air in the tires and drive it home, once we can clear the title/paperwork that is. Definitely going to follow through on the sign idea. That's what drew me to MaryJane, she does so much of what I think about. :) Now I just need to act and share the enjoyment like she does.
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 24 2007 : 3:04:48 PM
My family has a piece of farm equipment from the family ranch. It is a horse drawn corn planter. It plows the row, drops the corn, and the covers the seeds. It is a pretty amazing piece of machinery. It used to be my favorite thing to jumpstart my imagination when I was a kid!
Alee
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| Rosemary |
Posted - Jun 24 2007 : 2:06:22 PM
There you go! MaryJane would. And it would be on the cover of her next book and people everywhere would be wishing they had an old truck just like that. Act now, or forever hold your crates! |
| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jun 22 2007 : 08:39:22 AM
Oh, wouldn't that make a cute sign holder for the farm...baskets of flowers or old wooden chicken crates on the flatbed part, and prop up the signs on the runnerboard? Too cute... I'll file that one in my "get to it" plans.
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| Rosemary |
Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 1:16:08 PM
It sounds charming! Hey, if all else failed, you could make a planter out of it. Well... |
| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 08:44:16 AM
Oh, this old truck would need new everything I imagine. It is mostly just the body that is in "good" shape. It has those wing-flaps over where the engine should be (probably still there, I didn't peek.) It would take lots of time and money to make it roadworthy, but who knows...I may win the lottery if I ever buy a ticket... :)
We make a difference. |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 08:28:37 AM
Those old trucks fix up nicely -- of course, they're awful polluters. Is it possible to outfit old vehicle with emission control stuff, I wonder? Or convert them to ethanol-burners instead of gasoline? So many fun options, so little time... |
| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 08:13:32 AM
Have a story to share...DH and I were doing clean up at the farm and were both hot and dusty, so we went for a drive. He took me to look at "yard art." I burst out laughing and thought of this post and all you gals. I explained, and he said, "well, they're only $5 each." So, after cleaning up what we called "junk" we bought someone else's "junk". I don't know what they are, but they are big, rusty, metal things you drag behind a tractor during some point in grain production. They do have pretty spoked wheels, and for $10 it is worth having a laugh and a memory. I may end up going back for the early farm truck...I just love the smooth curves and rusty patina. It is all in the eye of the beholder... :)
We make a difference. |
| Celticheart |
Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 1:05:45 PM
I use rusty farm equipment--gates, plows, wagon wheels, old picket fence--in my yard and gardens. It drives my DH nuts! But....he has found lots of old rusty farm equipment here since we moved to our 'little farm' last spring. Just last week he drug an old rusty hay rake down off the hillside across the road. It belongs to the neighbors. They say it's ancient and told him it wouldn't work. He fixed it and used it behind the little tractor to rake the pasture after the hay was baled. He got 15 more bales of hay. There is also an Ag Museum across the creek from us where they have lots of that stuff. They'll probably be after this too.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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| farmer miller |
Posted - Jun 18 2007 : 04:53:59 AM
If the farm equipment is of the 20's and 30's it is worth big bucks.If it is of the 50's and 60's it not worth,much. |
| Rosemary |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 09:44:29 AM
A surprising number of people use rusty old farm equipment for decoration -- even farm folk, who should know better! You might want to post the availability of your pieces to your local Craigslist, or post a few index cards around town. (Don't forget to include landscapers, garden nurseries, etc.)
Someday, you might acquire a tractor. Do you think you might be sorry you let your equipment go? It's true that stuff you think wouldn't be usable really is. We have a fellow near us whose ancient Ford tractor is the only vehicle that can reliably clear our road when really heavy wet snow hits us. The man has almost no teeth and he's about a hundred years old (all 85 pounds of him), but he's like Robert Redford to me when he shows up with that rickety old tractor! |
| Alee |
Posted - May 27 2007 : 11:55:34 AM
How is the old farm equipment project going? Have you found people in your area that want them?
My parents had and excellent horse drawn plow as lawn decoration when I was growing up. I used to love to climb up onto that seat and pretend to drive the horses. Lots of fun!
Alee |
| nashbabe |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 3:40:37 PM
Even if you're out in the sticks, there may well be a metal recycling company around there. I grew up on a farm 14 miles from the nearest town of 2000, and a couple farms over the guys ran a metal recycling biz...you can try that if it isn't worth selling.
Grew up on a farm...moved to da city... |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - May 02 2007 : 7:56:54 PM
you could even trade them out for tilling/plowing of areas on your land where you'd like to put in gardens or such.
or trade them for some livestock or whatever.
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| Sarah Blue |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 7:26:27 PM
PocketFarmgirl,
These items will be dear treasures to someone who appreciates them (whether they work or not!). I have rusty tractor implements here too and I couldn't count the offers I've received from people who would like to purchase them or trade for something. I bet you could barter for something or find someone willing to pay. If interested, post a sign on your fence or at the local trading post :)
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 4:21:43 PM
you just need to greese the moving parts...the dirt takes care of the rust on the disks and blades.
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| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 4:16:56 PM
I would definitely look into the museum idea...my DH's family rebuilt and donated a lot of great old equipment to the place they hold the county fair each year. If you don't like this brand of "yard art" there are those who do collect old farming gear...it is worth getting the word out. Someone might just be thrilled, and some of it may be worth money...
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| PocketFarmgirl |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 3:43:24 PM
I would love it if I could use them...no tractor, though. They're also pretty rusty. |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 2:59:36 PM
we were lucky to find a disk and a plow on our land and Rob uses them. They are old, but they are still very useable.
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| LadyCrystal |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 2:14:52 PM
You might be surprized what might be worth something. I would do a little googling and see if you could find if they are worth anything or if it is just worth it to you to get it out of there I would freecycle it. I wish I was closer Hubby and I would come and take a look. Good luck
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 2:09:23 PM
might there be a museum in your area..like a rural living museum or a place where they do reenactments that might want to use the equipment to add interest to their "homestead" areas? that is an idea for you.
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