Thank god you're not closer, as I'd have to scavenge through there for a Bridgeport milling machine.....
Thank god you're not closer, as I'd have to scavenge through there for a Bridgeport milling machine.....
That Cadillac... Again, it is haunting me.
Powar wrote: That Cadillac... Again, it is haunting me.
shoot me an offer and I can pass it along. Worst thing he can say is no. I can get more pics/info for you if you want.
yamaha wrote: Thank god you're not closer, as I'd have to scavenge through there for a Bridgeport milling machine.....
I actually know what those look like and I haven't seen one. Doesn't mean there isn't one there, of course.
HappyAndy wrote: The forklift should have been scrap metal at least 30 years ago. That is my professional opinion.
I agree. But that describes a lot of things there, haha...
In reply to irish44j:
Your probably right, but the forklift is the only thing that I can offer a professional opinion on
Post the metal worker on Metalmeet.com and you should have some action. You are correct that the dies might be worth more than the frame. The real issue is that stuff like that is diabolical to ship.
The Pullmax is probably a P7-P9 model that weighs about 4,000 pounds, so transportation cost would be a real concern. Scrap value alone would be $500-$600. As previously indicated, the completeness of the dies will significantly increase the value. A used machinery shop might sell a mint version with extensive tooling for $7,000-$8,000 but that looks in bad shape. Does it even work? Given the restoration that would be needed and the transportation cost which would restrict buyers to the local area, I would say a fair price might be $2,000-$2,500.
A lot of the stuff's value really depends on its condition and completeness. For example, that gooseneck trailer could be worth something if the tires and axle bearings are good, because replacing wood isn' t too hard or costly. If not its scrap.
You also have to find the right buyer. If I take the trailer again, a landscaping company would love that trailer, but for 99% of the population, it's way too big and high and cumbersome to be interesting.
Now, like others have said, the Pullmax is worth something if it's complete and functional. If not, it's scrap.
The punch is worthless, because it doesn't seem functional.
Same for the forklift.
The welders are worth about 100-200$ if they are functional, and have their accessories.
The big Miller Bobcat is worth around 1200$ IF it works and has it's accessories.
I think the only way to get top dollar for this stuff is to catalog everything and make a good honest assessment of every item.
That would require an insane amount of work.
Good luck.
^^ yeah......I'm trying to do my little part. In the end they'll call the auction house or something and have the bulk of the stuff either scrapped or sold for pennies. I'm putting in occasional effort to try to find a few items that could be sold to the "right" buyer (and using my online-ness to try to find such buyers)...thinks like the pullmax and the welders and such.
In the end, I think they just appreciate that I'm coming over (did I mention it's a nice 15-minute drive on hilly forest roads!) and visiting and trying to help out. I'm under no misconceptions that I can help them sell even 1% of what is there. But anything I can I will. And my "commission" is to take some stuff I want (which is plenty in its own right, lol).
Dont underestimate the power of the unwashed masses that come to auctions like this. Guys like your uncle are everywhere and they all love dropping big dollars on junk.
Proper publication and a few weekends spent cleaning, sorting, verifying operation under a bunch of rental tents could net some big dollars. Get a telehandler or an offroad fork lift and make loading available and watch every mouthbeather in the tri-state area come to buy armloads of rusted stuff.
In reply to 93gsxturbo:
While it might bring good money at an auction, the sad fact is that the seller is lucky to receive pennies on the dollar after the auctioneer & company take their commission, fees, etc. BTDT 
93gsxturbo wrote: Dont underestimate the power of the unwashed masses that come to auctions like this. Guys like your uncle are everywhere and they all love dropping big dollars on junk. Proper publication and a few weekends spent cleaning, sorting, verifying operation under a bunch of rental tents could net some big dollars. Get a telehandler or an offroad fork lift and make loading available and watch every mouthbeather in the tri-state area come to buy armloads of rusted stuff.
This, barn sale, works every time.
any updates on the stuff you found at your uncles?
Is that Cadillac a '67? Do you have a picture of the front?
My dad use to have one just like that when I was a kid. My brother and I would sleep on the shelf by the back window :)
CarKid1989 wrote: any updates on the stuff you found at your uncles?
The city made him get rid of any cars that didn't have tags/registration, so he tagged the breadtruck, the camper, and a van, and hauled off most of the other vehicles (the Scout, the stakebed truck, the old pickup, the old Buick, and a couple others). Otherwise, not much else has changed other than me taking a bit more scrap metal. I'm expecting them to speed up the process in the spring, now that they've gotten over the hump and hauled away the most crappy of the vehicles.
Slippery wrote: Is that Cadillac a '67? Do you have a picture of the front? My dad use to have one just like that when I was a kid. My brother and I would sleep on the shelf by the back window :)
don't recall the year. I made a thread about it here a while back and someone figured out what exactly it was. Here's another pic
Hello Do you still have the Pullmax? Where are you located? I am interested I have an old one too and maybe between the 2 I could get one working machine. You can email me if you would like zane_nail@yahoo.com
Thanks for your time Zane
I know a potential highly interested party in the Caddy if you message me. Full disclosure they play professional basketball in Greece and are only in the country a few times a year, they're originally from Richmond, Va and are active on H.A.M.B, and no this isn't some bizarre joke.
You need to call American Pickers! 
Guys, just to bump this up. Not that I have a lot to add, but my great uncle is now in a "home" as he is starting to go the way of alzheimers/dementia. His wife has moved to another house that is not a giant 100-year-old farmhouse, and the property is for sale. In any case, now that he is no longer living at the hosue, his daughter (my aunt) who lives nearby is trying to figure out how to just start moving stuff out of here for whatever it can be sold for (pennies on the dollar). There is simply a ton of stuff here, an entire 2-level barn full of whatever.
In any case, nothing solid yet, but I am trying to set up a "picking day" for friends and other people who want to dig through legions of old stuff, maybe in the next month or two. With my uncle no longer there, basically we would come to a fair take-away price (read: whatever you want to pay for things). I"m going to keep it mostly to people I know and trust, since I don't want to deal with the general internet and/or craigslist hordes, but I'd say that most of you on here fit the former category. Sooo....if this happens, I will post up on GRM about it and see who wants to dig through 50 years of old stuff (including literally an entire van full of tools that are not that old, vintage Snap-on tools, and all kinds of other stuff.
Will keep you posted.
Also, I plan to go there next weekend and just take a ton of pictures if I can (the stuff up above is a drop in the bucket). I will post a link here to where I put them.
I would like the opportunity to come see what you have when you decide to have such an event. And I have a 1 ton truck 
Paul B
Ohhh to bad you are do far I would be all over that Cadillac. Still got it?
yeah, the caddy is still there, but apparently a local is on the verge of buying it for 2500.
There is also a Roadmaster wagon from the 90s that will, when this happens, likely be a "free, if you haul it away" kind of thing...the catch is that it's full of old golf clubs, lol.
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