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He got $15K in insurance reimbursement

 

About 25 years ago my dad had a Vermeer round baler, he was baling on the neighbors property and when he got to the last bale he left it in the baler to bring home with him like he always had. He started down their driveway and noticed smoke, by the time he got down to the shop it was on fire. A bearing had went out and he didn't know it. My brother and I yelled at mom to call the FD and we got dad to dump the bale and we unhooked it from the tractor so he wouldn't lose it too. We had the fire out by the time the FD got there.

Dad contacted the insurance company, they sent him a check. Never even came and looked at it. Dad put it up for sale (cheap) and a guy came and bought it, said the same thing happened to his and he was fixing it and needed parts.

 

Uh, that's just scrap at this point...

 

Nah... lots of good parts left.

 

Not $15k worth...

 

Id say tracks and engine prob ok. Needs new valve covers and accessories, wiring. But def totaled by insurance standards

 

Part of me wants to redo one of those, another part of me says "hard no!".

$15k seems stupid steep!

$1.5k is more reasonable.

 

This. Tracks prob worth that easy

 

looks like one of those oil leak sagas gone wrong..

 

If I already had one and needed some parts, it would have to be cheap. The tracks/undercarriage and boom arm are all that may be any good. I wouldn't trust any part of that engine with the heat it took.

 

It is ok I am just doing a little welding!! Aloha vera works wonders the only plant I keep around. A tube of the gel lives in the truck and the kitchen

 

Random thought from lastnight, kids were brushing their teeth, I ask them why isn't toothpaste in a pump bottle like lotion? Colgate, if you're reading this....run with it

 

i know prices have gone up but that might just be a tad to much.

If the seller is in no rush to sell some fool might come along and pay in cash.

Stranger things have happened. Though never to me! i would end up paying to have it hauled away!

 

It might be some what to thick to pump?

 

New poll

 

It's like that GOJO soap, I would think.

 

First vote!

 

Hopefully Colgate sends you the first bottle when they invent it

 

I have not used that in years kinda slipped my mind.

 

Pretty sure Shane just had a billion dollar idea.