When is a pile scrap metal worth more than its scrap value, here's why.

[Rob]

hi guys
As i am allway doing something orange and tractor related i am allways on the lookout for spares and bargains, preferablytogether.
They dont often come along, but, sometimes when they do its well worth it.
Anyway, i have been on the lookout for an old b6000 for some spares but to date nothing has come to light at a sensible price(cheap),then a few days ago i came across an advert for a b6000 for sale, all parts for sale.
The tractor was at a scrap metal merchants and to be honest was pretty well that, scrap.
The guy had put up the normal pics including a rear pic, on closer inspection the rear pto looked different, but not clear enough to say what it was, but i had a good idea what it was.
I called them and spoke to guy, he said make him an offer, so did a deal for £200 with as there were enough good parts to justify the amount offered.

Collected it today and it is pretty rough, well, very rough would be a good description. On the plus side the rear axles are near perfect as are the hubs, rear weheels are good to, tyres are fine allbeit a bit narrow for my needs.

has a complete rear 3pt hitch, i needed that and also the better fuel tank/battery arrangment along with a proper hand throtle lever setup.

engine is an unknown quantitybut it is all there, i have a complete rebuild kit inc pistons/rings /bearing gaskets, the lots, so that will be used to good end.

here is the real party piece, when i took a good look at the rear end and the pto area, what was fitted to the back......yep, a hub city pto reverser in near perfect condition, just covered in greese and dirt.

also has a nice big alternator fitted with the brackets etc, another bonus as i wanted to do this mod on my b6000 but had not managed to get any mounting brackets until now, plus a big alt.

well that really made my day and the whole trip worth while, just shows that all that is scrap may also be gold, well for me anyway
some pics attached
rgds
rob

 

[Rob]

some more pics of the hub city and alternator setup.

rob

 

[Apogee]

Awesome score!

Congrats!!!!

Steve

 

[gurn]

I say a jolly good find old chap Are you going to try and start it or just use the parts for now? Congrats, it pays to keep an eye out.

 

[Kytim]

I'd like to have found that treasure...er.. I mean scrap pile. congrats on saving a couple rare parts from the smelter.

 

[Kytim]

I'd like to have found that treasure...er.. I mean scrap pile. congrats on saving a couple rare parts from the smelter.

 

[Stumpy]

Gosh that looks like mine when it rolled off the flat bed. Same condition really except mine was still assembled. Wow are you lucky on that PTO reverser!

 

[skeets]

Nice,,I figure the PTO parts and the reverser would just about pay for the whole thing,, good find

 

[Rob]

thanks for the replies guys.
I am not sure what to do with the tractor as yet, when i saw it i was only looking for a few parts, then i saw it had the revereser which moved the goal post's abit more.
I paid £200 (about $320) for the whole lot, which was cheap over here in the uk, and i know of only 1 other pto reverser for sale over here, the guy knows what he has and wont sell it for less than £450.00 , yenbitz in belgium have one also which with shipping is closer to £600.00
I rekon that makes me quids in, as for the rest of the tractor, i do need some parts for spares and to be honest a 2 wheel drive machine is not ideal as the ground is very wet except in high summer so it may not be worth rebuilding it, just keep it for parts etc.
rgds
rob