repost.. jd40c approximate estimate needed please

[Buck Paradis]

looking for some estimates on today's value for this antique, baby.. barely used about 200 hours, surface rust, original paint, working, moving, running condition, all minor (guages, seat, radiator, hoses, plugs, small maintenance stuff) broken stuff replaced and fixed! Will be putting it up for sale soon.

anyone?

[Lavoy]

You will have to forgive my skepticism, but most people are not going to believe that the crawler has 200 hours. I was told this same type of story on a 420 I called about one time. I asked the owner how he knew the hours, and he was just guessing. He may have known the crawler, but I know tracks, and his tracks had hundreds of hours on them, the crawler could not have been anywhere near the hours he stated.
Look at it this way, on a crawler that was most likely purchased to work at least 8 hours a day, you would have to assume that his crawler only worked for a little over 3 weeks in its entire almost 60 year life? I am not saying it is not possible, but you can kind of see what you are up against.
Lavoy

[Buck Paradis]

hi! thanks for the reply! i was told by my father (im 39) and he was told it has around 200 hours.. now im not sure of that but the guy that owned it before used it like 8 or 9 times (estimate) and it was parked up on blocks after he died.. it was just sitting there for that amount of time you specified.. he did a little work on an island nearby here with it.. and it has been parked ever since.. the sprockets are like new and the track is barely used.. im telling you this baby is in tip top shape! i will post some high def pics when it is finished being fixed (is running (started right up after a little maintenance and prevention against harm of the motor and crawler) now but clutch rings needed replacing and a few odds and ends) and i am going to post a youtube video and a link to it here if that is allowable any guestimates yet?

[Buck Paradis]

where should i post pictures.. i have some low def video snapshots of it of shortly after we bought it.. and can i post a link in this thread if theyre on a different thread or page?

[Lavoy]

You can't get high def on here, only lower res, you will have to link offsite for that.
Lavoy

[Buck Paradis]

ok so now after talking to dad again we dont know how many hours it has or how often it was used.. but it is in nice shape.. sorry