# IHC 986 Tractor in Illinois with Under 30 Actual Hours!

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**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/ihc-986-tractor-in-illinois-with-under-30-actual-hours/1667 "2020-06-16T14:22:01Z")
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#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/ihc-986-tractor-in-illinois-with-under-30-actual-hours/1667/1 "2020-06-16T14:22:01Z")

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**Holy crap.**

Excuse my language. Just that it’s not every day, month, year, or decade I run across a barn find tractor like this:

IHC 986 in Illinois with \< 30 actual hours on it.

 ![IHC986-BirkeysCustomerCaseyStore-Under30ActualHours-Tweet](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/0/0e36515151f6f4a3a8d15a4e53a7ac60b36e3d74.jpeg)

It came to light yesterday in a tweet by our friends at Brikey’s Farm Store, a Case IH dealer group in Illinois ([www.birkeys.com](http://www.birkeys.com)). Their tweet mentioned a team member at their Casey, IL store had passed along the picture and info on the tractor.

I asked…" **\< 30 original hours…Wow! What’s the scoop on it? Owner buy and get sick and it just sat for 40 years?**" Birkey’s replied on Twitter that was in fact the case: “_The original owner bought this tractor & passed away shortly after. His family kept it in the shed mostly and displayed it in local parades. A customer of our Casey store heard about it & purchased it from the family & now has it in his collection. Original invoice is in the cab._”

I know it seems impossible for stuff like this to happen, why would the family not sell it after the original owner died, but in my 30+ years covering the auction market day by day, it is surprising how often these situations occur. Not every day…but sometimes.

Amazing barn finds indeed. Time machines I tend to call 'em.

On the topic of IHC 986’s, here’s a look at the highest sellers I’ve ever seen at auction. You may recall the last 986 listed, 5th highest auction price ever ($18,810), just sold on a 5/31/20 auction in Lakeville, MN by Maring Auction Co., a tractor I blogged about recently.

**HIGHEST AUCTION SALE PRICES ON IHC 986 TRACTORS**

 ![986-Highest-5-20-5](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/4/440d2f210746fe82ab392af9aa49629eba3471df.jpeg)

- Data by [www.MachineryPete.com](http://www.MachineryPete.com)

1103 and 1027 hours in our list of highest ever auction sale prices on IHC 986 tractors…nothing close to 30 actual hours like the barn find in Illinois.

As I said…Holy crap.

Pete  
Machinery Pete  
[www.MachineryPete.com](http://www.MachineryPete.com)