McCormick Deering #9

[Pete Jesse]

I have a #9 in decent shape (I think it is anyway). How do I pick a price to sell it for?

[ricenmor]

Is your numer 9 a regular gear or high gear? Does it have a five or six foot cutbar?

[ricenmor]

Is your numer 9 a regular gear or high gear? Does it have a five or six foot cutbar?

[Pete Jesse]

The #9 has a five foot cutting bar.
I don’t know the difference between a high gear or regular gear.

[Donn Hewes]

Decent shape for a mower is kind of like a “broke” horse. When was it last used? Most old mowers that haven’t been used recently, will have some money spent on cutter bar parts by the next person to use it. That is not to say it is not a good mower. One that was used this summer and the knife is out of it, with a little oil on it, and no signs of play, or leaking seals could be worth 700$ to 1500$ depending on condition and local buyers.

A good mower that will need a little reconditioning, could go for $200 to to $500 again depending on how much it needs, and who wants to buy it.

Buying and selling horse drawn equipment is a little like buying old cars. everyone says the are worth so much, but if you try to buy one; you can’t find one for that price with in three counties. If you want to sell it, you can’t find a buyer that will pay that much.

I live near Cortland and maybe interested, I also have some friends that were just getting ready to buy two fixer uppers. Feel free to give me a call or email. 607-849-4442

[Bill Doyle]

@Pete & Jesse 22792 wrote:

The #9 has a five foot cutting bar.
I don’t know the difference between a high gear or regular gear.

If the tool box lid is still on it I think it should say high gear or regular gear on it.

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Bill

[Jay]

I echo all of what Don H has said. It depends… I have rebuilt half a dozen mowers now and seen several that had been “rebuilt”. Some were pretty good and some less so. Slop in the front end of the pitman shaft means that it needs a new bushing and seals there at least and most likely a number of other work in order to run WELL. On the high gear, the knife runs back and forth a bit faster at any given ground speed than the regular gear. Jay

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