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Hi! I'm considering becoming a deuce owner for a somewhat strange reason - I found one for sale, listed at $9500, near me that has a 66" Vermeer tree spade mounted on it. I recently bought an old ornamental tree farm to slowly turn into a nice family farm, and I'd love to be able to move mature trees around the place. I could hire that out, but it would be expensive, especially if I want to do it slowly over time given travel distance to my place, so I looked and came across this 1968 M35 with a tree spade. I've done some automotive work and don't shy away from learning, but hoping for any advice on valuing and considering taking on this beast. According to the seller, both the truck and spade "operate", but the hydraulic hoses are all bursting, so I'm figuring a couple grand at least to replace those. Now that I've browsed around here a bit for non-tree spade prices, and seen a couple really nice condition m35s for a similar price to what they're asking for this rusty beat up specimen (but with a tree spade), I'm not sure it's a good idea. But it might be a worse idea depending on what else I might run into in getting it and keeping it operable for 5 to 10 years, which is what I'd want. Any thoughts on this idea or valuing this truck / estimating how much more I'll need to go in? Here's a link to pics: (whoops, bad link, here is another try)
http://s285.photobucket.com/user/yumbrad/library/M35
http://s285.photobucket.com/user/yumbrad/library/M35
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