We Bought an old abandoned Tractor for $700 - First Start in Years

We bought an old abandoned Tractor for $700 and its First Start in Years. I think it could it could be a very nice machine for us.
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[@Logan-cp5fq]

You are building one hell of a badass collection can't wait to see the projects develop.

[@Leofred2000]

#hoarding

[@PrivateBeeBop]

@@insaneindamembrane7961 None of us will

[@leahcimthgirw3163]

I'm not a farm equipment guy but dam she looks good for 700 bucks, man you got a steal on this deal

[@nellsonstout7001]

leahcim thgirw I am. It’s INSANE, especially for a tractor in that horsepower range

[@vasky22]

@@nellsonstout7001 Similar comps on-line start at $3k for a broke one, up to $16k for low hours. He got a great deal. Apparently you gotta watch the oil pressure, though.

[@nellsonstout7001]

vasky22 a nearby farmer who teaches at the high school I went to farms around 400 acres with one, it’s treated him well

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

These older machines are rugged.

[@skycorrigan6511]

I just looked one up and the for sale price is 14k. I fully understand it may not be worth that amount, but 700 hundo is a steal. One a side note, Westen please grow a mullet. Thanks.

[@_Looft]

I’m not even into this kinda stuff but I find it satisfying to watch people who know what they are doing do what they do.

[@tjlarson9859]

Quickly looked up USA listings for Ford TW30 and found prices from @ $9,000 to $22,000 - so you definitely got some "elbow room" for your fixin' up!

[@yellowbeardjamesgibson9297]

Older equipment being brought back to life and will outlast the New equipment I call that a steal.

[@tangydiesel1886]

First the Belarus, than the Caterpillar, and now a Ford tracror. Bob is going to get jealous. Keep up the good work!

[@teknotech]

Yes, please keep us posted on this beast! I love the sound of the turbo. I had a few chances to drive a Ford 8000 tractor many years ago, even without the turbo, it was a treat. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Yes! Follow up videos on this tractor would be sweet! 👍

[@Hanky_Bannist8r]

I'd definitely like to see more of that ol Ford. Love hearing stories about how folks acquire stuff.

[@mariowickel456]

Hell yes do a follow up on that Ford

[@johnparrish9215]

@Travis Costanza ABSOLUTELY

[@cmusic52]

I'm pretty sure with THAT much smoke comin out of an engine that powerful he could do at least a few followup videos, I for one don't believe for a second it didn't just have a bad injector, not with thAt much blowby

[@charliewhitney3494]

@@cmusic52 it was a cold start 401 ford that had been setting sounded like real good compression once she warms up a little bit that smoke will go away the Ford tractor engine is a very efficient running engine and it is normal for them to have that color smoke on cold startup everyday for the first few minutes you got to remember she's Turbo and the feels going to be turned up kind of like the tractors you see at the tractor pulls it's the same 401 that's used in all those tractors ford 8000 on up they just turn the fuel up add turbos and a inner coolers very unlikely it has a single problem with any injectors unless there was a failed fuel filter issue or maybe a dry seal in the turbo that would take a minute to seal back up. Ford didn't build these things to malfunction they built them to run forever once in awhile The Sims piston type injector pump will get a stuck delivery valve from running crappy fuel for a cheap fuel filter it's a simple fix a little penetrating oil under the cover plate on the side of the injector pump sometimes a little prying action manipulation with a screwdriver and your back up and running normal we put thousands and thousands and thousands of hours on these engines without ever touching anything other than water pumps and starters and alternators are other tractors in different colors we are changing injectors all the time especially the pencil type but these old Ford Lucas injectors are an English design and they just work even if this tractor set for 20 years in a building as long as the motor wasn't set up she'd fire right up

[@davenhla]

@@charliewhitney3494 Lucas injectors are the best, basically bullet proof design they just keep working forever.

[@Boodlemania]

@@charliewhitney3494 Does punctuation cost money where you live?

[@NordicNevs]

“What about all that next to the exhaust” “I ain’t worried about that” 5 min later “GET THE WATER” 😂😂😂😂

[@richochett404]

fires make viral videos

[@larry-qt1kw]

Please make a time laps video of you guys cleaning the tractor, that would really butter my biscuit

[@Asmith-1111]

You got your wish. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJall3ylrLeih5I

[@packingbone1953]

Lol the ketchup on the dash killed me love your style my man.

[@brockhopkins416]

The bottle of ketchup 😂

[@michaelbenoit248]

What do they do with it... drink it like water. or do they use it to soak up good deals.

[@brockhopkins416]

They have been getting good deals lately 😂

[@davidellison1929]

Brock Hopkins the Ketchup is what he uses for power steering fluid!! & to bate the 🐀 rats!!!

[@Buddashii]

a road trip with heinz aka heiny

[@sbc388550]

Farmers use ketchup as a ''lubricant'' when they're alone in a barn..

[@bcgrittner]

Love to see how the tractor turns out after you work on it. Sure started nicely. I love to see old “dead” machines come back to life.

[@awkwarddude]

Yes, definitely more on this tractor. Want to see it pressure washed and fully operational! Cool tractor rescue! More!

[@Cody_n742]

Yeah!! tractor vids. Lovin em keep up the good work

[@danmallery9142]

That's a great tractor and a "smoking" deal! Looks in really good shape with some easy fixes. The old 6.6 was a good engine just gutless but will run forever. I'd take that thing in a heart beat!

[@gerrylincecum6897]

6.6 is the New Holland Diesel also the 7.8 L too.

[@jaydebford8170]

Ford arn't gutless

[@agelessiron7004]

Worked for a dairy farmer in northern Richland county WI that had a TW5 and a 8700 with a TW20 engine. Both great tractors to operate, good cabs, good PTO power. They just need more weight to do heavy tillage. He paid over $12000 for each of his over 20 years ago and still use them both yet. You will be happy with yours.

[@Mark_Nadams]

That old Ford tractor was a sweet deal. I would love a couple of videos about fixing it up and seeing it all cleaned up and working the fields again.

[@LUNITICWILL]

first you got an old Cat, now you have an old Ford. this is my type of content

[@johnkelly1587]

and before he got the cat he got a belarus

[@travelinthru9519]

Anything to make content for KZbin

[@MrGaryGG48]

Well, don't forget that "3-cornered Mustang." That'll be fun to play with when it's finished.

[@Brad.whatthe]

Yippee ky aye: we need more of the blue mule and the D7 dozer there Westen

[@gertraba4484]

MORE DOZER VIDS AND THIS TRACTOR HAS POTENTIAL...................................TRACTOR PULLS ANYONE?????????

[@swotteh]

7 out of 10...no drama, no cursing, no banging, jumping up and down, no skinned knuckles, and no crying. Wish it were mine. Well done.

[@davidgerwin7885]

Just spent the afternoon mowing 20 acres of wheat stubble with a TW25 pulling a 12 foot Bush Hog. Like music listening to 4 hours of that old diesel.

[@carguy7536]

With your style and enthusiasm Westen, you would make a 1985 Yugo rebuild exciting. Keep 'em coming.

[@tomlindo2863]

$700?! I never see deals like that anymore. Everyone "knows what they got" nowadays.

[@PUBLICnoose]

Probably the old lady was putting the heat on him to get rid of his junk

[@za90255]

in my country we have a salvage/junk market which has two parts 2 miles apart the first part has the metal scrap yard where we found a fucking mountain of h36 light ballasts we asked the guy how much for one of these ? he said it's heavy , i'll take 30$ for it we said ok well take 5 of them he asked whats that ? we said idk we are looking for the metal inside it we walked away with 5 ballasts that cost 700$ *each (used )* in the second part where youd find company junk that range from network eqipment and test instruments to heavy ass duty pumps and motors we bought a water testing instrument that costs $1000 for 40$ these deals are unbelievable

[@ahmadzein1109]

You believe them man???

[@ahmadzein1109]

Never believe a man with a beard

[@SqueakyTron]

1993 dodge Cummins, 500k miles runs great, not much rust. 22,500. No low ballers I know what I got. 😂😂😂

[@chriswills9530]

Got to love an old tractor. The dual wheels have got to be worth the price alone.

[@gilbertdildine3873]

Great buy

[@CARLOS62B]

That is a fine looking tractor ... in the UK you would be lucky to get one like that for under $2000 ... so you got yourself a great deal. It`s the real deal .. a proper Barn Find.

[@jasong.4624]

You alright in my book... anybody that carries bottle ketchup on dash gotta be alright!! 👍🏻

[@hudsonhawk0016]

And it's Heinz's ketchup, not shitty Hunts which is another plus. Lol

[@dubb9020]

ketchup....... hot sauce is ht answer...

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@dubb9020 ketchup is hot sauce for white people

[@wyattbeasley2597]

@@DieselRamcharger 😂😂

[@plagueless9829]

I was wondering the same thing 😂😂

[@RODZILLA65]

Dang man, the front weights alone are worth $700!

[@TN_Whiskey]

I never doubt that old ford would fire right up. I love old ford tractors they just don't die. The first ford tractor I every saw was a late 80s 3000 ford 3 cylinder diesel own by my great uncle which he had bought new. By the time I started driving when I was sixteen it was only firing on two cylinders but still ran like nothing was wrong.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Wow, good find for $700! Where do you find these deals?

[@_-_-_Ghost_-_-_1234]

Ikr

[@Steel-cowboy]

Pls answer

[@robertdrnsdad4399]

Golden horseshoe

[@waterfallfarm5408]

Ya I paid €12000 fir my 6810

[@FalloutGenius1]

No kidding, I’d be all over a deal like that

[@JonsDailyHustle]

I definitely want to see a follow up on this tractor. I've been wanting to get a project tractor or project truck to rebuild myself but everyone is a farmer near me so they go for pretty high lol

[@dewaynejohnson5873]

I use to spend about 15 hours a day in the same tractor pulling a disc and a chisel for a farm I worked on before joining the Navy. Would love to have one for my farm in Texas.

[@johnstanfield443]

definitely need a follow up video on this tractor. I wish I could find a Steal of a Deal like this one. Enjoyed the video. Thank you

[@briandavis8480]

I'm a parts guy for Peterbilt, but in my past life, I was a New Holland (i.e. Ford Tractor) parts guy. Good find! I'd strip out the sheet metal and thoroughly clean out those rats nests, though, because that is how fires start, and if she burns, you'll have a heck of a time finding replacement parts as some of that is obsolete. Those 6 cal tractors were sure good ones, and they are worth making right. The transmission and power steering oils need dumped, then put in real 134G Ambra oil from New Holland. Anything that's universal won't lubricate the clutch and brake pads in it, and you'd end up splitting the tractor to replace the brakes. Much cheaper to just use the proper oil. Also use Ambra 15w40 engine oil, it is a true tractor oil that doesn't have the additives pulled out to meet EPA standards like what Rotella had to do. Replace the power steering round filter, the two hydraulic filters, and the engine oil filter, and new fuel filters. Good luck on her! That injector should be an easy fix, too, just make sure your rubber boots are good on the return lines, and be cautious with the fuel lines, they are obsolete as well.

[@cmydudeme356]

Absolutely awesome! $700 for a running diesel SOLD! Good stuff boss keep it up.

[@gethinjones1348]

Absolute steal at 700 dollars mate, defo voting for a follow up video.

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

Yes. They should go back and give the previous owner more money. 😏

[@gethinjones1348]

@@mikeymcmikeface5599 Nah, go back with more money to pick up another bargain surely mate? 😉😃

[@calvinh.8882]

You got a hell of a deal on that. That TW30 is strong, you can pull just about anything you want with that beast! I had a 4X4 TW25 and it was a beast! Congrats!

[@Waveluth]

That’s a beautiful old tractor. Why that thing will run forever with some TLC. OLD FORD tractors are absolute beasts. You should get a pretty good piece of change for it when your done. Hell you can grab a seat out of any crashed car and built a new mount for it and spray the whole thing in Ford Farm blue. Damn $700 bucks!! You stole the damn thing son!! Great video keep em coming!!! ✌🏻🇺🇸

[@highlysuggestible861]

I haven’t seen that new film “The Tractor” yet, but I’ve seen the trailer.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

Boom Boom!!!!!

[@MrGaryGG48]

Was "The Tractor" on the trailer???? ;^)

[@CCWP0251]

I would like to see more of this tractor. Maybe a satisfying pressure washing video? 🤔

[@T34theAmericanheavy]

Pressure washing is never satisfying, you think you’re done then when you turn off the pressure washer you see everything you missed

[@CCWP0251]

@@T34theAmericanheavy Good point lol especially once concrete dries and all the stripes come through.

[@steezymk8815]

Tom Lindo talk about be negative Jesus thinking of the worse possible out come

[@jiggawatt11]

PRESSURE WASHING VIDEO

[@axtra92]

Jordan Hooper stop with the stupid satisfying stuff

[@jacobrettmann5808]

That is a heck of a deal normally they go for 9,000 to 14,000

[@stanwebb2272]

Let see the work being done on the tractor... We all realize that not all but but starting part and then the finish product.

[@devinshaw9015]

Go ahead and post some more on the old ford tractor love them old dinosaurs

[@TacoBell5DollarBox]

For sure do a follow up. I live in a big city and dont know shit about tractors but am intrigued

[@dariodipaola8445]

This is hilarious because I mentioned buying an old Ford lawnmower to my mother for a small restoration project and she laughed... Glad I'm not the only one thinking of these types of projects!

[@DanielRead]

God damn! $700 is a absolute steal! One tire is worth that.

[@antonioyoutubramirez6224]

Fucken perfec

[@surfmanx796]

I did a quick search on the values for this type tractor and low was $9,000, high was $24,000. Hell of a deal I’d say!

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

He bought it WAY UNDER VALUE!

[@surfmanx796]

Dan'sMeTube For sure!

[@Thecasey34]

one of the best youtubers out there. thanks westin!

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

Wow! Fired up in two seconds and it's ready to go back to work!

[@ambrosehartnett5735]

As a young farmer who owns and loves fords and new Holland’s please make more content on this tractor

[@icallbs4613]

We still have 2 Ford tw 30’s on the farm, can’t kill em as long as you keep the maintenance up.

[@RedIron1066]

Shit, seen plenty of TW series run forever without maintenance! Damn tough machines!

[@calebbailey7730]

We have a 4wd tw20 things a beast haha

[@kurtkuiperz2554]

Yes thats so cool keep all the old machines running good job

[@Saulatis]

Blue smoke it's mean your tractor is burning oil. If it was injector, then smoke would be less. Just take off intercooler pipe and watch if it dry inside, that means you have biger problem.

[@norman7179]

$700 is unbelievable ! GREAT buy !!!

[@gothdirt9211]

700 bucks? I'd buy it just for a project! And heck yes I wanna see more of it!

[@zigginzag584]

When I was a kid I got a real good deal on my neighbors tractor. Turns out he wasn't actually selling it, though.

[@devindelight9492]

Rip

[@dcross446]

That old man is in the last few of a dying breed.

[@xXxGnuVirusxXx]

It's not nice to call a generation a "breed"

[@dcross446]

@@xXxGnuVirusxXx it's a figure of speech.

[@tenncutt]

No he is not. Come to rural America, we got county after county of good Americans just like him here in Tennessee. America is a bunch of good old boys and all you city fellers see is the liberal college educated morons. Feel bad for ya.

[@kenarnold9132]

Great to see that old iron running again. Way too much Green plastic now days.

[@coltoncarpenter3790]

Thats cause deere has the best dealer network is why.

[@fukndrums367]

JD for the win

[@thetexorcist2235]

There are no words to describe how much I hate John Deere products.

[@Hooknbookit]

Man I need to know where to go to find these auctions and stuff. Help a guy out here.

[@alarson1981]

agricultural equipment auctions or copart

[@dblakepatrick]

David Brammer google

[@chrisparlow6282]

Yes sir please do a follow-up.l got to see it work after a good steam cleaning and see all the lights work. And leaks fixed Thanks for showing it .

[@tonytan0]

The KZbin gods have blessed me with this channel. New sub. Looking forward to more videos.

[@dannydepino3874]

Old farm Ford girl ready to go to work those tractors are unstoppable great machines.

[@jesseperkins8884]

You just can't beat a good Ford tractor, love your content, can't wait to see more.

[@conradwhite7755]

Jesse Perkins you can..... I’ll give you hint, they’re green.

[@R-8.0]

I may not be able to plow a field with a chevy but I damn sure can with a Ford 💪🏻🇺🇸

[@adamgodzik5043]

I would love to see a follow up to this. I love your channel and all of your projects.

[@HOWNDOG66]

Another good time. Quick tip to keep bad shit happening, when you take jumpers off always clamp one terminal to the others insulation. They can’t do stupid stuff

[@ericcrosco6271]

Love this old tractor!Love to see it all cleaned up and working again!What a deal!

[@Mullay2]

I definitely want to see a follow up on this tractor. It looks like something when it is cleaned up and gets a little TLC that you can really use.

[@BigGary79]

You guys find the coolest stuff. Can't wait to see more videos with this beast.

[@brokenwrench1]

that tractor was new from 79-83 and the last msrp was about $55000 with cab and AC 2wd. and rated at 150hp but the shop saw some turning out 175hp . a very good tractor and you got it for scrap price. if i had bought one that cheal i would treat it as a core and tear it down to bare castings and rebuild it from the ground up then have it repainted or buffed out.

[@calebgodwin3224]

good timing on this video. Me and a buddy were just talking about trying to find some old tractors to fix up and sell.

[@jasonj411]

I love the old Ford tractor! that thing is a beast!

[@KellyBurnham]

Awesome deal. You got the whole tractor for the price of just one of those rear agri-tires. Smok'n deal!

[@1SixpenceFan]

35 to 40 years from now you won't be able to do this with a 2019 tractor. If you do it will cost a small fortune and make Einstein pull his hair out dealing with the unnecessary computer crap.

[@thecam0073]

1SixpenceFan planned obsolescence just like new fridges that have unnecessary circuit boards that fail in year1-6... Management and corporate “ethics” are not related to product longevity or serviceability. Pre-1998 automobiles are the way to go.

[@7.3life]

@@thecam0073 Totally agree currently drive a 97 ranger, have a 2000 f250 7.3, also a 93 F350 7.3idi n/a 5spd

[@kender1412]

@@thecam0073 -- That's not really a thing. Companies care more about materials costs these days and with EPA restrictions (yes, even on refrigerators) on top of that, they don't over-engineer things to last any more. Now, it's all abput making the lightest, most energy or fuel efficient product that pollutes the least. It dies at the day the warranty expires because that warranty period is the amount of time they CAN warranty the product before a certain percentage will die, as opposed to the myth that the product is designed to die right as it is going out of warranty.

[@hkrsescort]

@@kender1412 you've basically contradicted yourself 😂

[@kender1412]

@@hkrsescort Absolutely not. The truth is MUCH more nuanced than "planned obsolescence". Maybe you mis-read or maybe you don't understand how engineering works. We don't design a car to last a certain number of years and then die. We design cars to meet the governmental regulations/restrictions, consumer expectations/desires, and finally, to be safe/durable. It is mostly EPA fuel efficiency/emissions regulations and the consumer's desire not to be bent over and ass raped at the pump that makes vehicles only last a couple hundred thousand miles. You can't put a big beefy iron block with cylinder walls 5 times as thick as they need to be and expect to get 25-45 mpg...or even properly cool itself to hit the target for NOx emissions. It doesn't work that way. They're too heavy and there is too much material holding heat for the water to be able to carry it away. You're lucky to see 15 mpg out of the older tanks with engines that last forever and can be bored and rebuilt a million times when they finally DO die. I suppose we COULD go with a titanium alloy but would you REALLY want to pay for that?

[@chriscruickshank7114]

Watching from Scotland. Love the content - keep doing the cars and trucks but we’re loving the occasional tractor content thrown into the mix too 👍🇺🇸❤️

[@ChrisSingleton299]

Westen you are my replacement for chucky2009 and i thank you for that ill give 800 for if you bring it to texas haha

[@justinusberger3933]

ChuckE2009 can never be replaced. He has to carry his balls around in a wheel barrow.

[@cooperhill5038]

Haha same I came here from chuckE too!

[@chivic89]

@Varnce yeah, he's gone off the deep end.

[@justinusberger3933]

@Varnce He's just trying to wake naive White people like yourself up to the fact that you are bring ethnically cleansed in yoyr own nation. Some people prefer to live with their head in the sand though. Hope you don't have any kids that are going to inherit what's coming down the road.

[@justinusberger3933]

@@chivic89 explain yourself.

[@briansmith7829]

Who else likes before the video starts?

[@brentwagner8202]

Brian Smith me

[@jonathonvince3605]

I do because its entertaining

[@johndeereman2499]

always

[@thatotherguy9917]

me

[@Gasolinegarage]

Brian Smith always

[@saberwulf34]

those older fords were great tractors! very reliable and easy to work on. Not to mention that you can get so damn many attachments for them ...

[@erikb8262]

please do a follow up video. Those old Ford tractors are awesome

[@robertdill1]

Heck yeah! Reminds me of my growing up years we had several of them ford tractors on the dairy farm in southwest Missouri I grew up on.

[@stevesmith8107]

Start carrying a cordless leaf blower around an the nest an dirty will be thing of past. I like all your projects plus your enthusiasm is great an fun to watch.

[@zackvahlkamp5044]

You guys did good on that one. One word of advice next time you go start one that's been sitting for a while pull the intake open somewhere and have a book or board ready to block the intake air in case the rack or metering device is stuck wide open. I have started some old tractors with inline pumps that sat for years that started up and ran away. It's not fun to run around trying to shut the fuel off or rip the fuel lines off when it's screaming and winding up tight. Seen five diesel run a ways did not enjoy any of them. But they make good stories.

[@justgrayyy105]

Especially considering it’s been inside from all the elements, for $700 THATS A FREAKING STEAALLL!!

[@bdtews]

I'm proud to add this channel to my list! Good work Westin. Keep it up!

[@loganumstot]

Been here since the copart 2012 f250 and turning out to be one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work and enjoyable content man!

[@the_hulk392]

We had a tractor just like this one when i was growing up. I can still smell the hydraulic fluid and diesel.

[@JackNhoff556]

Man I can’t get enough of your personality. 👍

[@coolguy2567]

Just looked up that tracker and someone was asking for $16,000 for one. Good buy!

[@gerardbyrne7606]

Most go for alot more like 20k and up

[@ccsmith2937]

Love your videos. 👍Is that an emergency bottle of ketchup or an old mechanic trick?

[@kiranb2482]

Good to see the old mechanical machines... No Gizmos. Miss them a lot!

[@fazerainbow5674]

awsome video westen anouther easy piece of machinery that started and drove home easy fanstastic thumbs up and shared

[@Petrochemtester]

Wow! Easy starting Ford...especially with no oil on the cylinders

[@alanholloway4766]

I wish I had the luck you do on finding this stuff. Hell I'm driving around in a old Ford and would love an upgrade

[@georgebanuelos1]

Alan Holloway I have a John Deere 2755 that’s been in the family since brand new but this is a major upgrade

[@284Winchester]

Yes do a follow up! For $700 you could fix it up, use it for 10 years and sell it for scrap metal and still come out ahead.

[@richardkellar9259]

Lol....I will give you 800 RIGHT NOW! Keep the videos on the restoration coming! You’ve got 700 in tires on ONE side! SCOOOOOOOORE!

[@bencross6146]

Love the content of your videos....but your personality is what keeps me coming back...haha... And yes more tractor videos!!

[@41plymouthnut87]

What a steal! Better than a Thousand bucks worth of tires on it.

[@FS15MappersParadise]

A follow up is a must... i'd go as far as a restoration too on this classic great investment

[@Boss-313]

Hi Westen, subbie from the UK, just to compliment you on the content of your channel, great charisma, talent, honest content, no gimmicks. Couldn’t ask for more.