looking into buying a M275. advice?

[badga the badger]

i decided to hunt for and buy a M275 deuce tractor within the next year and a half and was doing research and thought i would just ask the experts on what to be looking for and what a good price would be for one is.

 

[XanRa]

there slightly more rare and more expensive just so you know

 

[wreckerman893]

I have one that I am considering selling......it needs a head gasket but runs...no coolant in oil.

I love it to death but I am thinning the herd and would like to see it go to someone that would restore it and give it the love it deserves.

 

[XanRa]

i would like it but i have my heart set on a 818, i hope it goes to good home

 

[badga the badger]

i know, i found a few, but dont know pricing.

 

[badga the badger]

nice truck wreckerman. if i had the money, i would buy it in a heart beat. i was looking for a restoration project, but i wanted the info on the trucks first

 

[XanRa]

well he didnt give a price yet

 

[wreckerman893]

I can give you a yardstick.

There was a guy near me that sold one one ebay a few years ago...very good restoration, new soft top, new three color camo paint. Looked and ran like new.
It sold for a hair over 8 grand.
I'll take a little less than half that for mine.

 

[XanRa]

too much math

 

[badga the badger]

yea too much math. well ill really consider it when i get the money all together. i was just hoping for info, but still good.

 

[wreckerman893]

too much math

Take off your shoes...works for me.

 

[hndrsonj]

The last 2 years or so good solid runners with no rust have been going 3-4K. Rust or non running drop it respectively. I am sure Kenny will chime in sooner or later on his sale.

 

[hndrsonj]

Take off your shoes...works for me.

You have to remember the AL math, they usually have AT LEAST 12 toes and they are very small like everything else.....

 

[badga the badger]

wreckerman, would that m275 be the truck in your icon?

 

[badga the badger]

well the main reason im only getting info at this point is that my funds for a MV is like $150 right now. got to pay bills and stuff so not in a postion to purchus one. im hoping in about a years time i will be the proud owner of one...i hope

 

[hndrsonj]

well the main reason im only getting info at this point is that my funds for a MV is like $150 right now. got to pay bills and stuff so not in a postion to purchus one. im hoping in about a years time i will be the proud owner of one...i hope

Well, if from AL just put it on the card and feed it Lacquer Thinner. Oops, sorry Richard... No don't do that.

 

[wreckerman893]

wreckerman, would that m275 be the truck in your icon?

Yep....that was taken at this years GA MVPA meeting a while back.

Not sure yet if I am going to put money into fixing the Non-turbo engine or replace it with a turbo engine.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Price is subjective to availability. Rare doesn't always mean high priced. My M275A2 should have sold for $4500 but I barely got $2500 for it. Why, at the time I needed to sell it, nobody was in the market for one. Very few people shop for the M275A2 so its all going tpo hinge on the sellers willingness to deal and the buyers willingness to pay. Finding one sitting abandoned has happened but not nearly as much as you would a cargo. Might be better off building an M48A2 for your needs.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

A lot depends on what you want to do with it- tow a trailer? haul things?

A true m275 is a short wheelbase truck, with a short frame. A m48 is basically a standard m35 with a 5th wheel.

If your only going to pull say a m146 box trailer, or other small trailer, without much weight, it would be a fine truck. Anything bigger or heavier, and you will want an m818. Or you could just want to drive it around as is.

 

[housemover]

My deuce tractor is the truck I like best is it practical not at all. If I need to haul anything I mostly use the 818. But every
time I think of gitting rid of the little tractor I just couldn't. The 5ton would go first.