Yesterday morning I was up pretty early...At 6:30 AM I headed 100 miles west to a huge estate sale located 11 miles west of Yates Center,KS....There was a 100 year accumulation on this sale...Sales like this one are getting to be few and far between and are worth the drive..The moon was shining brightly in the west when I left..After 7 miles I stopped at the local truck stop to gas up the 1991 Ford Ranger....In one days time gas had went up 14 cents a gallon to $2.49..A heavy fog set in and I drove in it the rest of the way to the sale..Just west of Deerfield,MO a semi had hit a large deer doing quite a bit of damage...The driver was out picking up pieces off the hiway..West of Fort Scott,KS I started meeting dozens of pickups with trailers hauling rock climbers-jeeps-pickups...The new season was opening up at KSRocks south of Mapleton,KS..Depspite the fog I made it OK and was bidder #15...About 11 AM the fog left and it was a nice sunny day with temps in the mid 60's...There was a large crowd with some coming farther than I did..I knew several in the crowd..Here are some pics with results...It was a fun day
Oliver OC-96 diesel track loader -$4,000-wasnt running and needed work-$4,000 -torque convertor was leaking oil-injector lines were off-etc.
The two 12.4x38 tires leaning by the tree were the next to last thing to sell a little before 5 PM..I got them for $5.00...As I went to load them a man and a woman came up and claimed that they had bought them as part of another pile of tires east of the saw that was between them...I said I dont think so and showed them my receipt and they shut up....I was standing 3 ft from the auctioneer when they sold....If I hadn't got there to load them when I did they would have been gone..
John Deere 70 diesel -$2,000 -it had ran but someone burnt the coil up on the pony motor
Case 800 diesel that ran-$1,250
M Farmall not running -$550 right rear rim was ate up-had Mobil rear tires
5000 Ford gas with loader-$1,800-it ran..
B John Deere with cultivator-$750-it ran and was real straight
John Deere A-$1,300-it ran
Minneapolis Moline R-$1550-it ran and went to a close neighbor
Massey Harris Mustang with loader-$1,000-it ran
Ford 2N-$450-it ran
I'll be back with 10 more pictures..
Oliver OC-96 diesel track loader -$4,000-wasnt running and needed work-$4,000 -torque convertor was leaking oil-injector lines were off-etc.
The two 12.4x38 tires leaning by the tree were the next to last thing to sell a little before 5 PM..I got them for $5.00...As I went to load them a man and a woman came up and claimed that they had bought them as part of another pile of tires east of the saw that was between them...I said I dont think so and showed them my receipt and they shut up....I was standing 3 ft from the auctioneer when they sold....If I hadn't got there to load them when I did they would have been gone..
John Deere 70 diesel -$2,000 -it had ran but someone burnt the coil up on the pony motor
Case 800 diesel that ran-$1,250
M Farmall not running -$550 right rear rim was ate up-had Mobil rear tires
5000 Ford gas with loader-$1,800-it ran..
B John Deere with cultivator-$750-it ran and was real straight
John Deere A-$1,300-it ran
Minneapolis Moline R-$1550-it ran and went to a close neighbor
Massey Harris Mustang with loader-$1,000-it ran
Ford 2N-$450-it ran
I'll be back with 10 more pictures..