theres an origonal owner mid 60's houghs h60 in my town guy who owns it is in his 80's allot of hours on it buckets beat to hell has hole punched in back of it. blade is been patched to hell with scraps over the years got acces to a proper welder to fix the bucket up with would 2k be reasonable offer on this when the time comes?
Its weight in scrap price
Yup, agreed. And the owner is probably not going to want to entertain that. Point out that parts are going to be very hard to find for it.
If he throws those 2 mowers in with the loader it'll be worth less.......... Also you could point out to him that it would have to be cut up in order to get scrap price for it. As-is it's worth less than the scrap price for however many tons it weighs.
Yup. In some ways, it’s a liability. Fixing a flat tire exceeds its worth.
The price and restoration value of an old machine like that should always consider that five letter word...parts. You'll likely find many if not most parts for that machine are obsolete.
it runs im just watching for something to plow snow in the winter. in yard as we get 1-2meters of snow every year
Until it doesn’t, then it will probably need parts to make it run again. As @willie59 pointed out above parts for that particular machine are unobtainium.
i live down the st from king of obsolete if that helps
It's still only worth scrap value whichever way you look at it.
so something that would just get left in the bush to rot and whats scrap value as theres no scrap places
Probably, because if you have to deduct the cost of transport to move the remains to a place that buys scrap then it makes it worth even less. Current scrap price in MN is CA$1,800/tonne. There isn't another identical machine around there somewhere that you could use as a parts machine.?
no but i know where theres one sitting 500kms away this poor old machine runs the guy prolly has parts for it what are unobtaium vs i can jerry rig on the h60
I think your mind is already made up. It isn't going to matter what any of us think. Oh well.........we need another 60+ page repair thread for entertainment.
hahaha im also looking at it to help me move a 50x30 foot building on skids
Joey's stuff don't have powershift nor hydraulics from what he's posted.
You could send it to my friends in Pakistan and they will totally restore that ol’e Hough for you.
My father had a hough in the early 90’s. Parts where hard to come by then. She took a can of either every morning to start. My thoughts are exactly as above. Tyres are worn out, one is flat already. The bucket is paper thin which indicates mega hours without love. The way the bucket was repaired will be an indicator of the quality of all the other repairs its had. If it’s been sitting, when you go to operate it, every hose and seal will leak. The problem is that if you buy it, dump a heap of cash into it, it will be still scrap value. But if you like expensive projects, please keep us entertained.
if i could find a 70's 930 or something i would go for that but no one sells theirs up here it was being used this past winter but the old guy has a hard tim,e getting in and out now due to bis knees
Ok. Sounds like your are already committed. Before you hand over cash, I would give the machine a good check over. Look for play in pins in loader. If its worn through the bushs into the loader arms, thats bad. Check coolant, trans, diff hydraulic and final drive oils. Should be clear and clean and correct level. No burnt smells. Check rear axle pivot bushes. Make sure they havnt worn into diff snout. Check uni joints while under machine. if you get this far with out running away pump up the flat tyre. If it holds air you might get away with it. Cold start engine. Listen for knocks, rattles missfires and smoke. Check brakes. Dont move it if they don’t work. You might run over his favourite mower and have to buy it as well. Now try hydraulics. Should be smooth not jerking. Now try moving machine. Compile a list. Price up repairs. Then make a logical decision.
i might be able to just borrow it for what im upto me and the old man are guna meet up proly next month start messsing arouind see what it might need besides hoses says she ows him nothing and started smiling when i asked about his machine
There you go. That sounds like a great idea. He will appreciate the company and probably tell you some great stories. I like old fellas.
hes the handyman in town and kinda handing me the reigns we got outa are way to chat allot
If you're close to the KOO get him to give you an opinion on it even if you have to pay him. He has fixed a lot of obsolete stuff, hence the name. He's also a pretty good welder. If he says it's not worth considering then walk away or run depending. I don't know what engine it has but some of the old engines are near impossible to get parts for.
kinda hard to even talk to him tride and been told to stay away. he doesnt care much for town and likes to be left alone period. ill have to talk to xena see what she thinks
Coaldust, skimmed through that o-haul and noticed the clean guy head mechanic doesn't have a torque wrench. About 13 minutes in the main caps are just cheater bar tight, none of that clicking nonsense required. They did check the crank to see if it rotated though, that's always good. Joe H
Those ol’e boys are entertaining. Fascinates me how they do stuff.
I’m going to be an old guy one day, just like that. I’m getting pretty close.
This old guy ain't squatting in the dirt like that without someone to lever me back up. Creak & groan Joe H