Tuesday, September 07, 2010














 

Pete's Point of View

Greg Peterson, Publisher
a.k.a. Machinery Pete

Machinefinder.com
 
1995 CaseIH 7220 MFWD tractor with 3749 hours sold for $66,000 on east-central Iowa farm auction Saturday - 2/8/2010
 

MONDAY: PETE ROLLS PICKUP - GOES HOME TYPES IN PRICES
Ok, my week is off to an interesting start. Got up real early today (Feb. 8th), packed up and pointed the pickup south, making my way down to Las Cruces, New Mexico to drop in on a week-long machinery auction by auctioneer Charlie Dickerson just north of the Mexican border. So my plan was to make it down to Wichita, KS and then fly out of Wichita Tuesday morning to El Paso, TX then make the 50 minute drive over to Las Cruces in time to shoot some video of the big sale Tuesday afternoon. It was a very good plan.

Until I hit that patch of ice on I-90 just east of Albert Lea, MN about 8:30 this morning.

My pickup swerved off the highway into the median and rolled over. Never been upside down in a vehicle before. Don't want to ever again. Fortunately, I'm no worse for wear. My wife was more shaken up than me I think when I called to tell her of my mishap. It's ok honey, I'm a tough old bird. Anyway, my travel plans are currently being adjusted. I'm still going to try and make it down to Charlie's sale, maybe just a day late. Will still try to figure out a way I can catch Mark & Ron Stock's farm auction in south-central Kansas on Thursday (Feb. 11th) and then Eddie Pickett's small but very nice farm auction on Friday (Feb. 12th) in northwest Missouri. What's NOT helping my travel planning is this darn winter storm hammering central & southern Minnesota this afternoon & tonight. I just called Charlie down in New Mexico to check in. Charlie had 2 bits of advice for Machinery Pete:

1. Keep the "dirty side down" when it comes to the pickup
2. Move to New Mexico where it tends NOT to snow 20 feet every winter.

INSTEAD OF DRIVING I TYPED IN SALE PRICES FROM IA & NE AUCTIONS
After 7 hours of waiting, towing, waiting & riding home I finally got back to the office tonight and was greeted by a pair of sale price reports from super farm auctions held Saturday (Feb. 6th). Here are a few highlights from those auctions:

Feb. 6th farm auction east-central Iowa

  • 1995 CaseIH 7220 MFWD tractor with 3749 hours: $66,000
  • 1991 CaseIH 5130 2WD tractor with 5085 hours, 2nd owner: $20,000
  • 1963 AC D17 Series III gas tractor: $3,600
  • 1991 CaseIH 1680 combine, rebuilt transmission 2 years ago: $41,000
  • CaseIH 1044 4-row wide corn head: $5,000
  • NI 802C Uni harvester, 3482 hours, 868 chopper, 768 head, 866 pickup: $22,000
  • CaseIH 1835C skid steer with 2692 hours: $7,000
  • Westfield MK80-61 auger, 2 years old: $5,000
  • Krause 4900 disk, like new, 22-foot: $9,500
  • NH 258 rake: $2,100

    Feb. 6th farm auction east-central Nebraska

  • 1996 Agco 9695 MFWD tractor with 3940 hours: $45,000
  • 1985 AC 8070 2WD tractor with 8000+ hours: $27,500
  • 2002 Gleaner R62 combine with 1773 engine hours: $70,000
  • Gleaner 825 flex head, 25-foot, with Crary air reel: $15,000
  • 1998 CaseIH 5500 30-foot bean drill, 24R-15: $16,000
  • (2) 2006 Jet 42-foot steel grain trailer: $17,500 each
  • 1992 Rhino 1540 10-foot hyd. blade: $3,000
  • 2003 Friesen 220 seed tender: $8,600

    WATCH FOR NEW VIDEOS ON NEBRSKA & MISSOURI AUCTIONS: COMING SOON
    In addition to auction video footage from the big southern New Mexico auction (if I can finally make it down there!) this week, we'll also be posting video highlights from that great Nebraska farm auction I mentioned above (Feb. 6th, east-central Nebraska). Also hoping to post highlights from a simply fantastic farm auction Feb. 4th in northeast Missouri by Sullivan Auctioneers. So check back here to Machinerypete.com throughout the week and click on the "Machinery Pete Video" link on the homepage.

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