Machinery Pete has tractor I sold in his videos.

JD Seller · Feb 23, 2015

There was an auction Saturday at Sherrill, Iowa. Donnie Luken sold his equipment. The hot item being a JD 7410 with 3000ish hours on it. It and the JD 740 loader sold for $70,000.

The fun thing is they represented the tractor as ONE owner at the sale. That is not true. The tractor was bought and owned for two years by another fellow. He traded it in to dealership/me when he sold his farm. Donnie then bought it.

They also sold a JD 1987 Titan II Side hill combine. It was a clean machine but they said it came from a local custom guy, Jim Graf and then Donnie bought it. Well it came out of Kansas which I would sure not call local. LOL

So watch the stories that you hear at sales. Many owners and auctioneers can tell tall tails. LOL
Sherrill Iowa auction on youtube

paul · Feb 23, 2015

I've always figured my eyes are most important at an auction, and hanging around in back listening to the neighbors talk.

Never really listened to the auctioneer or owner so much.......

If Pete was there, musta been a top dollar auction. He's fun to chat with.

Paul

NY 986 · Feb 23, 2015

Some auctioneers pay better attention to details than others and a couple that are tall tale tellers period. There is one I am hoping gets caught up but good for stretching the truth.

Owen Aaland · Feb 23, 2015

So you're telling us that the tractor here in Minnesota that has cotton balls under the platform may not have been a local tractor all its life? :lol: :lol:

Ken Macfarlane · Feb 23, 2015

Yup, and just because the equipment jockey that got the machine from the auction tells the same story again doesn't make it true!

State of Jefferson · Feb 24, 2015

Like horse traders: Every animal they sell is about 9 years old....

Ben

Bob Bancroft · Feb 24, 2015

Going to the big one over your way Wed.?

showcrop · Feb 24, 2015

A friend bought an old tractor at auction once after neighbor of seller told him that it was in great condition. It turned out that the neighbor had consigned it.

Traditional Farmer · Feb 24, 2015

Pays to pretty much ignore anything the auctioneer says and that goes double for the sellers.

NY 986 · Feb 24, 2015

I am thinking about it. It may be too cold as they are talking a high of 17 and it is supposed to be breezy. I may just follow it online. Unless there is a real bargain I am thinking about holding the line on buying equipment this year.

jimg.allentown · Feb 24, 2015

"top of the line" "high rubber" "low miles" "low hours" and the list goes on of the outright fraudulent things that an auctioneer will say to get a bid.
I was at a car auction, and the auctioneer insisted that the noise from a car on the block was only a "noisy tappet." It was clearly not a tappet. Sounded more like a rod knock. Another one came through with worn out tires. The auctioneer must have said "high rubber" at least 5 times while auctioning that one. Then, of course, there are always the ones that get "auction fever" and bid over the value of the item because they have to have it.
Aren't auctions fun?
I go mostly for the entertainment. Sometimes, I buy something. Sometimes, I even get a good deal. Mostly go home empty handed.

SDE · Feb 24, 2015

IH 300 had sat for eight years. The auctioneer said that they thought there was a problem with the starter. The previous year we had had two weeks of such high humidity that all our machined parts were rusting on the shelves. I bid it up to about $1700, even though I believed the engine was stuck. I wish I had bet the auctioneer a hundred that it was stuck. I bet he would have stuttered and stammered.

sideconsole4020guy · Feb 24, 2015

A 6620 was sold here a year ago. Billed as a 1 owner always shredded ect with 900 hrs. It had new cross auger and trough in the grain tank and had the FDR HSE floor patched. I bet it had a lot more hours on it than 900.

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