22 Pics-Sale Results Rink Auction Maize Kansas

Yesterday at 5:30 am I and a friend headed 192 miles west
to the Curtis Rink auction at Maize,Kansas....I've known
Curtis since 1985 when I sold him and his uncle two semi
loads of MM and Twin City tractors...Anyone on here that
knows Curtis will tell you what a nice guy he is..

Curtis was downsizing as hes getting ready to move..When
he was young Wichita was 7 miles to the east on gravel
roads...Now its grown past him and he lives on a 4 lane
street..

The amount of MM and Twin City parts that sold on this
sale was unreal..About noon the heat was brutal and it was
102 when we left for home ay 3:30 pm..It was a fun day as
we got to visit with lots of old friends..

Here are the results in order of the pictures.

1-MM Uni with corn head $1300
2-MM 1 row corn picker $1450
3-MM 2 row corn head for Uni on cart $325
4-MM Uni with grain head $1800
Above all field ready
5-MM Bale-O-Matic- $1100 never baled a bale in its life
6- 20-35 Twin City -$14.000 I sold this to Curtis in very
rough condition and it took several parts tractors to restore
it
7-Moline Universal with flip over plow $12,000
8-Rare 17-28 Twin City Orchard tractor-$9100
9- 17-30B Minneapolis $7000
10- KTA Twin City with cultivator- $6750
11- 1939 GT MM $6500 I purchased this tractor
unrestored in 1982 at Almyra,Arkansas and sold it to Curtis
12-U Cane tractor $3800
13-Nice McCormick binder $1050
14-ZTS MM on steel-$3350
15-Early 2 peed 21-32 TC on steel $1100
16-Unrestored 25 Massey $2500 Wow
17-21-32 TC Puller $1700-I sold Curtis a 21-32 TC puller
but he kept it
18-JTU Twin City- $2900
19-UTS MM on steel-$2800
20-17-28 TC on steel $900
21-Tallest beans I saw in 192 miles-Its wall to wall houses
on the back side of this field
22-G-900 MM on LP $2800

Very nice report.

I'd hate to have to remove the flywheel on that baler, and that Hi-Crop U is the first one of those I've ever seen.

Very nice. Thank you.
It's always interesting to me how prevalent MM was in other parts of the country. Even though there was a dealer nearby, there was very little MM here in central NY.
I'm guessing the two row SP sheller was just that, the MM longitudinal sheller, and not a corn head on a combine? Seems like with the later NI Uni you had the option of putting a corn head on the combine?
We had an old MM stationary sheller that looked like a piece of junk when Dad dragged it home. I was amazed at how that would swallow so much ear corn.
With that mounted on a power unit with a header going across the field, MM should get credit for the first "rotary" combine!

Nice pics. What's the story behind the "never baled a bale" baler?

thanks for the great pictures. I got the G900 home this morning seemed run nice and mary lou went along so I am not looking for a new home to.

MM dealer at Cherokee.Oklahoma never sold it...It did sit out
for a few years but still looks great..It was cheap at $1100..

That's a better looking field of beans than any I've seen all summer. Tractors look great too!

I know the G VI Molines are not popular, but they are with me (this one makes 9). Spent 14 years on one before moving up to a G 707 Diesel. I bought this one at Curtis's sale. Parked it with 2 of my other G VI's so it would know it's at a good home. It's the one in the middle.

I finally made it home at 5am this morning. No one is really sure what happened but a trailer wheel broke out it"s center and it nailed the car that was behind me going down I-70. Everyone is okay but I still have no idea what happened as I did a walk around 40 miles before and everything was okay. Gotta clean out a spot to put the drill and listers inside.

Thanks for posting Blaine. The JTU was one you sold me as well.

Hi Curtis..Sorry that I didnt get to visit with you much on sale day but I know how very busy you were..I sure ran in to lots of old friends there and made a few new ones..Despite the heat it was a fun day..

I thought that might have been my old JTU TC but I wasnt quite sure..Was that my old 21-32 TC puller still in the corner of the shed? I"m going to have to go see you pull your GVI...

I"ll bet that was lots of work getting ready for the sale..People were in amazement of the amount of parts that you had..

Roger,I'm glad that you posted a picture of your GVI because when I went to take a picture people were in the way and I forgot to go back and get one..

I've always liked the GVI's..In 1960 when I was 11 Dad visited an old army buddy at the SE edge of Salina,KS....He had a fair sized farm and had a brand new GVI diesel hooked to a 5x14 Cockshutt trail plow..I thought what a horse..

Lance told me that was number 9 for you so you probably own more GVI's than anyone in the world..You made a great buy on Saturday..

Wow Lance,thats scary stuff..Glad no one was hurt..Years ago I had a wheel come off my 3 axle home built trailer but I was in a town going slow and it didnt hit anyone..Enjoyed talking to you at the sale..

Wow Lance,thats scary stuff..Glad no one was hurt..Years ago I had a wheel come off my 3 axle home built trailer but I was in a town going slow and it didnt hit anyone..Enjoyed talking to you at the sale..

Thanks for posting the pix Blaine, I would have enjoyed that sale, too far away and I've enough projects now.

I was at the sale as well and kinda had my eye on the Uni with the picker/sheller. Not sure what I would have done with it but it was a neat piece. I was glad it went for what it did because I would have had a hard time explaining things to the Mrs. if I got home and told her I had to go back to Wichita to "pick something up".

I was surprised too that the baler didn't bring more. It needed some re-assembly in the twister area but as was said, it appeared to never been in a field. It still had the original paint on the pickup tines, in the bale chamber, and everywhere else. Maybe it was just too much of a shed space consumer to appeal to a wider audience.

Curtis,I found this picture from 1985..

Curtis,I found this picture from 1985..

Thanks a lot for the pics & report, Blaine...

I intended to be there, but got caught up with work...

Were there a lot of people?? Seems like some of those items went pretty reasonable??

Was the Massey Harris that nice?? Seems like that was a little on the high side for that model, although I'd love to have an old MH like that one!


Howard

Brenden do you know who bought the Uni? I was runner up bidder but couldn't see who I was bidding against.

After the Uni with the combine and the picker went for what they did I was guessing it would go for more than what I was willing (allowed by the Mrs?) to pay. Once it was into the four figures I pretty much quit paying attention and didn't see who ended up with it.

If I would have known then what I know now I would have had a face to put with your YT handle!

1206,

I think picture 6 is a 27-44. A history place here in MN has a 27-44 and this one sure looks the same.

I've been told by a Twin-City expert that these put out more like 30-60 HP when running correctly. There is a fellow in western South Dakota that has a 27-44 also. The one I'm familiar with is a 1926. We have done quite a bit of research on ours. It was donated by a doctor from Aberdeen, SD.

Ron,the 20-35 TC and 27-44 TC tractors are almost identical...I used to own this 1923 model 20-35 TC and its serial # is 3981..I also once owned two 27-44 TC"s..

20-35 TC built 1920-26 #3201 to 4097

1926-28 model 27-44 TC"s will have a 4 digit serial # in the top end of the 20-35 TC #"s

1929-35 model 27-44 TC"s are #250001 to 250839 with all 6 digit numbers..Both of mine had 6 digit numbers.

I hope that this explains it some..

These tractors did put out more than their rated horsepower..Quite a few of them survived..

Howard,there were probably 150-200 people there...Prices were a little soft...Two bidders wanted the 25 Massey and it brought way more than most thought it would..