Bolens tractors were pretty popular around here during the 60's and 70's,but its not easy to buy one for a reasonable price..most owners are reluctant to sell them,knowing they cant buy anything compareable any more..sadly I have seen a few get scrapped when their elderly owners passed on and the heirs had no interest in trying to sell them,a scenario that too often happens around here with things like cars,trucks,tractors and other equipment..they cant be botherd with buyers,they call in a dumpster or a "got junk" company and they haul everything off to be scrapped..
I know of a few loaders in my area on Sears Suburbans and some other brands,but the owners are the type of folks that let them sit outside for decades and refuse to sell anything--and if they ever did decide to sell one they will want 2 grand for what little is left of it..a guy just down the street from me has a tractor with a loader thats parked behind a shed with the bucket raised all the way up,covered up so thick with thorn bushes you cant even see it or tell what kind of tractor it is (looks like a Gravely maybe?)--he said he wont sell it!.."that will still run,I'm gonna fix it up someday"..
..it has been sitting there since I graduated in 1977 at least,probably nothing worth 2 cents left to it by now..its frustrating!..:banghead3