Tuesday, September 07, 2010














 

Pete's Point of View

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

Ironplanet.com Online Auctions
 
1994 Ford-NH 9880 4WD tractor with 3099 hours (triples) sold for $83,500 on west-central Illinois farm sale Wednesday - 2/26/2010
 

LOTS OF GREAT SALE PRICES COMING IN THIS WEEK
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Ontario. Auction sale price reports have been streaming in from all points this week. Thanks to all our auctioneer friends out there as well as our own field staff of reporters helping us cover machinery auctions around the U.S. & Canada. Here are a few sale price highlights from a farm auction in northwest Ohio Feb. 23, 2010:

  • 1994 CaseIH 7220 MFWD tractor with 3398 hours: $49,200
  • 1968 IHC 656 tractor with 6597 hours, open station, gas: $5,100
  • 1983 Gleaner F3 combine: $7,250
  • JD 750 15-foot no-till drill: $10,500
  • JD 7000 6R-30 planter, liquid fertilizer: $5,100
  • Eversman 20' land plane: $6,300

    Here a few sale prices from another great sale Wednesday (Feb. 24th)....these prices from a farm auction in west-central Illinois:

  • 1998 Ford-NH 9682 4WD tractor with 2734 hours: $80,000
  • 1994 Ford-NH 9880 4WD tractor with 3099 hours: $83,500
  • 2008 Buhler 2160 MFWD tractor with 635 hours & 2008 #3895 Buhler loader: $80,000
  • 1998 JD 9610 combine with 2221 engine hours: $70,000
  • 1998 JD 9610 combine with 2543 engine hours: $58,000
  • 1996 JD 893 8-row corn head: $15,500
  • 1996 JD 853A 8-row narrow row crop head: $14,500
  • 1998 Kinze 2700 24R-30 planter: $55,000
  • (4) Brent GT744 wagons, like new: $15,500, $15,000, $13,500, $13,000
  • Rhino RC25 25' flail chopper: $7,000
  • Sunflower 4212 disc chisel, 19': $14,000
  • McFarlane 36' harrow, 12 bar: $8,250
  • Brillion XL144 36' X-fold roller: $9,100

    NEW VIDEO COMING - HIGHLIGHTS FROM LATE-MODEL DAIRY SALE SOUTHEAST IA
    Later today I should be posting some fantastic video highlights from a very, very nice dairy auction held Monday of this week (Feb. 23rd) in southeast Iowa. This sale had 2 skid steers, about as nice as you'll ever see, one a 2007 Bobcat S185 and the other a 2008 NH L190. Check back for these highlights....click on the "Machinery Pete Video" link on our homepage.

    MACHINERY PETE OFF TO MICHIGAN TO SPEAK AT IHC COLLECTORS CONVENTION
    I'm hitting the road again today (Friday, Feb. 26th), making my way up to Grand Rapids, Michigan. I've been invited to give the dinner speech at the local International Harvesters collector club meeting. Should be fun. We'll talk trends in the antique tractor market. One issue I'll be touching on is a coming trend I see......how now more collector $$'s chasing very nice condition tractor models from the mid 1960's into the early 1970's. The emotional connection of acquiring that 1st tractor you drove, or the one you sat with dad and helped drive back when you were a kid. I'm starting to see HIGHER prices paid at auction for tractors like IHC 1206's, JD 6030's. We're not used to thinking of these models as "antiques" or collector tractors, but markets change.....even the market for collector tractors. Definitely a trend I'll be keeping my eye on throughout 2010 and beyond.

    NEXT WEEK: "SOYBEAN DAY" IN EDMORE, ND
    Back from Michigan this weekend, then next week I'm heading north, all the way up to Edmore, North Dakota near the Canadian border. I've been invited to speak by the local radio station at Edmore's annual "Soybean Day". I'm looking forward to getting up there and talking used farm equipment with the good folks of northern North Dakota. If you're up that, stop by the show, I'll have copies of our new book, "Machinery Pete's 2010 Auction Price Guide" with me.

    WYOMING FARMER WITH A SICK WIFE - COULD USE OUR PRAYERS
    Wednesday (Feb. 24th) I drove up to Minneapolis to meet my father Jerry for a Minnesota Gophers basketball game. Dad's an old U of M grad and always been a big Gopher hoops fan. I met dad at a local Applebees before the game for dinner. I felt a tap on my shoulder......"Are you Pete?" A friendly woman named Debbie said her father watches the "Machinery Show" on RFD-TV every week. I had a very nice conversation with Debbie's dad. He was a farmer from the state of Wyoming. A big lover of Allis Chalmers tractors. He said he's been away from home for over a month, taking his wife who is ill to various hospitals. They were currently at the University of Minnesota Medical Center for treatment. Being away from home is tough. Watching your wife struggle mightily with medical issues is tougher. Say a prayer for our Wyoming farmer & his wife if you're so inclined. I hope a full recovery lies just ahead.

    18-YEAR OLD MISSOURI MAN EMAILS PETE - ASKS FOR HELP
    I got a cool email the other day, from James, an 18-year old young man from Missouri. James is looking to buy his 1st tractor and wanted my advice on how to save a few $$'s. The following models are what James is looking for: JD 4050, 4055, 4250, 4255, 4450 or 4455 with MFWD and Power Shift. James is hoping to buy from a private seller and looking to spend under $35K. It was apparent from James' email that he is adamant about giving his equipment the upmost in care. He talked of waxing the family's JD 7810 twice a year. If you have a tractor for sale that fits the bill, or know of one available that could work for James, drop the young man an email at: jamesdelzelltucker@gmail.com

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