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I went by the old lady house who I bought my 54 3100 from . her husband is sick and is in a home . she going to start selling his stuff soon . she has this 50 6400 sitting in her yard . what do you guys think its worth ? I forgot to take a picture of the motor but I believe it was a 235.
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In Utah I would expect to pay $800-1000 for a truck like that. I have snagged similar for as little as $500.

Not trying to beat your friend up, but old farm trucks like this are a dime a dozen. It's hard to sell them for more than the price of scrap. Things to think about are the cost to get it home, Engine/trans condition are unknown (cost to get it running???), needs brakes ($1000) and needs tires ($1000)...it's easy to be upside down in a hurry.

I agree with Brad's pricing...

Mike B

In mid Missouri, unless they are in shape to legaly drive away the day you buy it, scrap price or even a little less.
If there is no meat on the bones, scrappers won't mess with it.
$500 to a $1200 for a truck around here in that condition.
Back in the late 90s, I actually had a few given to me to get them off their property. Get a few items off them and then give them away again. That's before scrap prices went crazy.
The big boys sell cheap.

As Mike mentioned unless you have a pretty good sized rig it is hard to get these big un's home. I have stripped them in place and cut them in half (see pictures).
Then had the challenge on a couple of just getting rid of the old flat tires.
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Brad, you are right about having the rig to haul them and don't forget a way to load/unload them. I use a 20'+4' dovetail gooseneck dual tamdom, rated for 20,000# behind a 3/4 ton 7.3 diesel.
Last one I bought was in KC and it had six brand new Firestones on it, still had the nips on every tire. 1948 1-1/2 or 2-Ton with hoist and steel bed. Seller was a college student and sold us the whole rig for about 1/3 the price of the tires.
Already have the truck sold for what I paid for it, less tires, when I get them off and rolling rubber on.
John got to watch me load a 48 3/4 ton on the goose last Reunion, without brakes and with out a winch. It was not pretty.
So, I bought a 12,000 winch to mount on the front of the goose that should be installed by this summer and also be able to move it over to the little 16', tag-a-long car hauler.
Don't know yet what we'll bring to KC this Sept.
If you have a way to move them and don't go small on the rig, have cash, you can find some good deals, just to get them out of peoples way. They are few and far between, but you have to be ready.


Don

I have a 20ft tilt car hauler tilt car hauler with 2 7,000 axles and F Load range tires. My 2500HD handles it pretty well with a 2 ton bob tail loaded. However, something that few people realize is that pulling a trailer that weighs over 10,000 lbs. requires a CDL. And if something happens and you were required to have a CDL and don't have one, it is just like driving with no license at all. I have had a commercial license since 1959, but pulling a bobtail on a bumper pull trailer ain't no fun. This is my preferred way of moving anything bigger than a 1 ton.

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crenwelge
Do you think that includes farm tags. The F-250 has 24,000# farm tags.
And what about the retiree, that buys a one ton duelie to pull his 12,000# fifth wheel camper, is that in the CDL class?

Thanks

The guys with the RV's don't have to have a CDL or even a medical card. Some of them are built on Class 7 & 8 chassis and use air brakes. In my area the DOT is cracking down on the Farm use stuff, they are pushing having a yearly DOT inspection on the equipment and if over 26,000 the drivers are required to have a CDL with a medical card. They do get a pass on registration fees for farm use.

Just relized, I help steal this post with the talk about weight limits and CDL's.
Sorry and I will start another thread about hauling big bolts and anything over 10,000#.

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