I had to get rid of some of my cubs and jd garden tractors this summer. Initially I had them up for sale extremely cheap. Nobody even gave me an offer. I said whoever wanted them could have them free. A jd 300 a jd 216 a Cub cadet 126 and Cub 129. A guy took the 129 but no interest in the 300, 216, or 126. YouTuber Taryl fixes all lives down the road from me I told him they are free. He said he already had too many projects. I sold a couple parts to my buddies and had to scrap them out. How come these things arnt collectible like they used to be? I had to scrap tons of parts and engines too. Even my old lawn boy push mowers.
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Why does nobody want these things?
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Most everyone under about 45 years of age were raised to believe things to be disposable rather than serviceable, and most everyone older than that (+generally interested) is probably already out of shop space/storage space too! 😥
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Knowledge & fix-it skills are endangered species, I fear.
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How many times have we read in these forums, when a tractor is posted for sale, "I wish i lived closer".. I think thats the key to this problem. 
I've also come across the same problem, trying to find a willing buyer, or even trying to give something away for free. I believe the root cause is: This hobby is just very small. There *are* people who want them! But not very many people. And the odds of finding one of those few people **within driving distance** are very low. There might be five people (just to pick a random hypothetical number) who would love to have them! But all five live too far away. And vintage tractors are almost never worth shipping, so they are always "local pickup only" ..
So, IMO, the buyers exist, they are out there.. but the odds of finding one that also happens to live close by, are low..that's the challenge. Vintage garden tractors is actually a very small niche hobby.
Scot
I've also come across the same problem, trying to find a willing buyer, or even trying to give something away for free. I believe the root cause is: This hobby is just very small. There *are* people who want them! But not very many people. And the odds of finding one of those few people **within driving distance** are very low. There might be five people (just to pick a random hypothetical number) who would love to have them! But all five live too far away. And vintage tractors are almost never worth shipping, so they are always "local pickup only" ..
So, IMO, the buyers exist, they are out there.. but the odds of finding one that also happens to live close by, are low..that's the challenge. Vintage garden tractors is actually a very small niche hobby.
Scot
if you really want them gone I will come get them. I am not sure what to do with them either but cannot let them go to scrap.
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