Value of a 20

The real $$$ in the old Caterpillars are in the undercarriage, so if the tracks are shot then figure scrap steel price in Halifax as the starting point in the negotiations. There is a nice guy in Oregon who has been trying to sell two Twenty's for a year or two now and can't even get a phone call, $1,000 for the "rough" one, $2,000 for the "good" one, in fact the same gentleman was recently at his local scrap steel yard and saw a complete Twenty sitting there waiting to be crushed, and he left it there, figuring he already had two he can't sell, why drag another one home. A nice running Twenty sold here in Australia on Fleabay recently for around $US3,800.

You are a long way from Oregon and if the Cat is on Nova Scotia already that improves it's value because moving them across country can be expensive if you are paying others to transport them, but keep those American prices front and centre because they are not considered a rare tractor, unless it is a genuine "little" Twenty, with it's serial number starting with 8C.
Good luck
Mike

[quote="Mike Meyer"]The real $$$ in the old Caterpillars are in the undercarriage, so if the tracks are shot then figure scrap steel price in Halifax as the starting point in the negotiations. There is a nice guy in Oregon who has been trying to sell two Twenty's for a year or two now and can't even get a phone call, $1,000 for the "rough" one, $2,000 for the "good" one, in fact the same gentleman was recently at his local scrap steel yard and saw a complete Twenty sitting there waiting to be crushed, and he left it there, figuring he already had two he can't sell, why drag another one home. A nice running Twenty sold here in Australia on Fleabay recently for around $US3,800.

You are a long way from Oregon and if the Cat is on Nova Scotia already that improves it's value because moving them across country can be expensive if you are paying others to transport them, but keep those American prices front and centre because they are not considered a rare tractor, unless it is a genuine "little" Twenty, with it's serial number starting with 8C.
Good luck
Mike[/quote]

Thanks for the info. I would be asuming that everything in this 20, including undercarriage, is in pretty good running order. I am going by hearsay as I haven't looked at it yet. I am told that they are wanting around $2600 (Canadian) for her. My Dad (who has a couple of good Twentys) thinks this is way too high but I tell him he is living in the dark ages!!

Prices are usually negotiable. Buy it, save it, you'll feel good about it. Have been to Nova Scotia twice, including Cape Breton island. Very pretty. Would be a nice place for a summer home. Loved Baddeck - the summer home of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. Nice museum there about Bell. Good luck with the Twenty! GWH

$2,600 for a local Twenty sitting within 10 miles of your place on Nova Scotia I assume you can drive straight onto a trailer and put to work when you get home is a fair price in 2011 in my humble opinion, provided the tractor needs no major repairs, the problem for you is your Dad probably only paid $100 for his two tractors back in the 1970's and has used that price as the benchmark ever since, so I'd suggest you offer your Dad $1,000 for his better one and if he refuses tell him he's obviously trying to rip you off.😆 Ask around other old tractor collectors in your area, if there are plenty of nice old Cats sitting in sheds and barns then offer $1,500- $2,000, they can only say no, and you will no doubt come across a nice Cat Fifteen and a Twenty Two looking for a new home too.😆
Good luck
Mike

$2,600 for a local Twenty sitting within 10 miles of your place on Nova Scotia I assume you can drive straight onto a trailer and put to work when you get home is a fair price in 2011 in my humble opinion, provided the tractor needs no major repairs, the problem for you is your Dad probably only paid $100 for his two tractors back in the 1970's and has used that price as the benchmark ever since, so I'd suggest you offer your Dad $1,000 for his better one and if he refuses tell him he's obviously trying to rip you off.😆 Ask around other old tractor collectors in your area, if there are plenty of nice old Cats sitting in sheds and barns then offer $1,500- $2,000, they can only say no, and you will no doubt come across a nice Cat Fifteen and a Twenty Two looking for a new home too.😆
Good luck
Mike