Pics-Sale Results M2 Gleaner Combine And More

Yesterday I and a couple of friends attended the Bernard Johnson estate sale about 20 miles west of me..There was a huge crowd as the mud is knee deep and no one can do any farming..It was a muddy mess at the sale....It was a huge sale and they ran 2 rings part of the day..This farm has been in the same family for over 100 years..Heres some results..

1-M2 Gleaner combine with 15 ft head and RWA - 1400 separator hours?? $5,500- Was too cheap..

2-Gleaner 6x30 corn head-had very little use -$875-too cheap.....Standing to the left is long time friend Larry Balk..Larry and his brother Gary were the local AC dealers whom I done lots of business with...Larry sold the M2 Gleaner and 6 row corn head new.....He remembers taking an E Gleaner in trade.

3-4455 JD FWA-4360 hours $44,000

4-4020 John Deere Diesel -rough sheet metal- $11,000

5-3020 John Deere Diesel -$9,100

6-70 John Deere Diesel-engine free but not running $2,700...The A JD tractor to the left with stuck engine sold for $475

7-1987 Freightliner dump truck- nice- $22,000

8-1965 Chevy 2 ton-44,000 miles and very clean but last used in 2000 -$1175 (not running)

9-1968 IH Loadstar 1600-Rebuilt 304 V-8- $2275-run good

10-1954 Chevy 3100 PU-restored years ago- $5300 (engine free but wouldn't start}

The Gleaner was too cheap. The orange corn head sold for about the same or maybe a little more than what it would bring here. I did like the 54 Chevy truck.

With rwa that has to be a hydro, right?

Shoulda brought a little more.

The orange heads are just hated by folks, they don't bring anything. I actually got along fine with the 4 row oranges on my f combines for a couple decades, but I guess I'm easy to please.

Paul

In my area, you would be lucky to get that much for the Gleaner. I say he did good.

The M2 brings back happy memories--we had a '77 model with no bin extensions---100 bu. grain tank. The orange corn head--not so much. We had a 4 row wide and it had about a mile of roller chain running each row. 'Twas a maintenance nightmare.

Al

Blaine,
Larry didn't have all that gray hair when I worked for them, but neither did I. Probably 30 years or so now.

wish it had been closer may not have bought but would have pushed I could make it 4 m2 in the barn instead of three would have bought the corn head for parts heck the roller bearing holders cost that much