This thread really has a lot of different topics going on all at the same time and I can see it becoming self destructive pretty quick.
My 2 cents:
First and foremost, we do not take advantage of the elderly no matter what, period!
I have no sympathy for the guy who thinks these are "throw away grass cutters" and says "I dunno, it wouldn't start so I went and bought a new one" or some other such BS thing (Including "My wife says..."). He obviously doesn't care, so I'm not gonna cut him any slack.
Parting them out:
For me, that is a really tough call. I have 6 or 8 of them here now, that could be parted out, for various reasons. When does one "deserve" to be parted? I realize that for some to "live on" others have to be parted, but where is the line? I have bought some in the past. knowing that I was going to cabbage parts from them, but I can't leave the rest of it set around forever waiting for another donor, and seriously, how often are you going to sell a grill shell for a 1X4/5 or 1X6/7 anyway. I also can't keep buying them, just to keep them from being parted or scrapped. And yes, you can't buy one, "rob" the parts you want and then sell the rest. Terry's 123 is a perfect example of that (absolutely no disrespect or slamming intended Terry) it is a pretty nice looking tractor but it's either too far away from those who do want it or it doesn't have the parts left on it for someone who is close. As far as the people who buy perfectly good running machines, with full intention of parting them out (you see ads on epay all the time... "Came from a good running... ") I can't post what I want to say about those people or I'll end up like "MurphyCC"...
If I had my way, I would buy all the Cubs I could find, make them run/drive then sell them (as a "restoration project") for what I have in them, just to keep them in circulation. It's too bad that (around here anyway) you can't buy one, put a little money into it and then make any kind of profit.
I really do hate seeing them parted because, I really enjoy these old tractors and there are only so many left and there will never be any more.
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