44—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Mar. 23. 1974
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From Local Ag Teachers:
The article this week was
prepared by Clifford Grube,
teacher of agriculture at
Warwick High School.
As I do every winter, I’ve
been spending my Saturdays
at farm sales. I’m not quite
sure why I go, it isn’t
because of the fantastic food
or because I like to shuffle
around in sub-freezing
weather or even the
challenge of parking my
truck in a muddy field. The
real reason is because I am a
machinery nut and in the
back of my mind I always
expect to get the bargain of a
lifetime. However, at every
sale there are at least a
hundred other people just
like me which usually
assures the seller that his
stuff will bring its fair price.
I have bought things that I
didn’t really have any need
for only because I thought it
was priced right. That’s
-really the beautiful thing
about an auction.
Everything is sold and
everything is turned into
cash. Machinery is sold for
prices at which it would sit
for years at a dealer’s lot
unsold.
Being a true farm
machinery fanatic, I have
followed sales for years and
am amazed at what’s hap
pening to the prices of used
equipment. This year things
are generally real high and I
am at a loss to explain
exactly why. When the
number of farmers is
declining each year, and
those still operating are
doing so with less and bigger
equipment, why the demand
for small and moderate sized
equipment, some of which is
either obsolete or just about
shot? One thing that I have
noticed is that you see more
’’non-farmer” people bid
ding on these items. Small
tractors such as the 8-N Ford
and Cubs are bringing more
than they cost new twenty
years ago. The lack of live
PTO and hydraulics, power
steering and “on-the-go
shifting” does not bother
these buyers.
We also know that
machinery sells better in
some areas than others.
Items such as pull-type corn
pickers, Sauder loaders and
AUis-Chalmers “G” tractors
sell well here, but are slow
moving elsewhere. Another
thing that influences value is
the manufacturer. A good
dealer means popularity of a
particular brand of equip
ment in an area while the
same machine just one
hundred miles away may
sell for less solely because it
is not the right shade of
green.
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Thoughts
in Passing
Now, if a particular
machine is coming up for
sale that you need, I would
be sure to find out what this
thing costs new. This, of
course, doesn’t sound like
such a brilliant statement,
but you would be surprised
how many one or two year
old machines are sold within
fifty or one hundred dollars
of their present new cost,
and I’m talking about
machines costing two
thousand and up.
When you are in the
market for used tractors or
implements don’t overlook
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your local dealer. He often
might have just the thing you
want and have it priced
lower than what it would
bring at a sale. He will
probably stand behind the
machine and knows how its
previous owner used it. Just
because a guy trades
something it doesn’t mean
its worn out. Contact your
dealer and tell him what you
need and what you want to
pay. He might not have
anything now, but he may be
able to give a prospective
trader a better price
knowing that he has a buyer
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Clifford Grube
lined up. Much used
equipment never gets placed
on the lot.
I like to buy clean used
equipment that has been well
cared for. New paint doesn’t
impress me. A guy who takes
care of a machine on the
eastern warehouse MANHEIM, PA.
outside usually takes care of
the inside. Dented sheet
metal, rust, haphazard
repairs and welds, badly
worn parts, etc. scare me
off. Before you buy a worn
piece know what it is going to
cost to repair it. Parts are
expensive and it doesn’t take
too many before you’re close
to new price.
Speaking of new equip
ment, don’t get the im
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pression that I’m against it
because I’m not. .New
equipment has definite
advantages. (1) You have a
guarantee and (2) it i s
probably more advanced
than an older model and (3)
it is supposed to be almost
trouble free. Dealers can
make some pretty good
arrangements on new
equipment especially if they
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