Farm auction prices on a runaway

[Guest]

these are two of the craziest ones I have saw to date :
2004 top kick tandem , think 125,000 km , cim box sold at schapanksky sale in tisdale for a cool $105,000
2005 CIH 2377 combine 1200 hrs , no pickup , no auto steer, no duals sold for $122,000 at a sask Richie bros sale
wonder if these buyers had buyers remorse the next day , lol ?
what are others seeing that is right out to lunch ?

[bucket]

Tandem trucks are legal at 450 bushels and for the same money you can have a super B and power unit and haul 25 percent of the loads....but what the **** do I know....

[bgmb]

I can't figure out why anyone hauls grain with a tandem truck.

[farmaholic]

Compared to new or now compared to repairing something old in poor shape....maybe good simple used equipment will fetch a premium. Maybe the 2388 buyer wanted a basic, in today's standards, machine in good repair.

[hobbyfrmr]

I can't figure out why anyone hauls grain with a tandem truck.

I haul my grain with a 1983 Ford 800 tandem with a 429 gas engine!!!!
I paid $6500.00 for it, I put in plugs and wires, new fan belts, 2 tires, a clutch, and a water pump.
It looks like welfare, that's why I like it so much. That truck makes me money every year.
A diesel would be a real step up.

[bucket]

Hobby

How many bushels are you hauling on a load?

[bgmb]

[QUOTE=hobbyfrmr;344010]I haul my grain with a 1983 Ford 800 tandem with a 429 gas engine!!!!
I paid $6500.00 for it, I put in plugs and wires, new fan belts, 2 tires, a clutch, and a water pump.
It looks like welfare, that's why I like it so much. That truck makes me money every year.
A diesel would be a real step up.[

I guess you arent hauling as much with the orgasmic crops. ??

[bgmb]

[QUOTE=bgmb;344019]

I haul my grain with a 1983 Ford 800 tandem with a 429 gas engine!!!!
I paid $6500.00 for it, I put in plugs and wires, new fan belts, 2 tires, a clutch, and a water pump.
It looks like welfare, that's why I like it so much. That truck makes me money every year.
A diesel would be a real step up.[

I guess you arent hauling as much with the orgasmic crops. ??

not many bushels but lots of $$$$$$

[farmaholic]

Hobby believes in doing less for more! He got out of commodity ag where we do more for less.

Apply the principle where you want. True in some aspects of the two methods and not others.

[furrowtickler]

We still haul some with tandems , 3 miles , mostly bin botttoms and some when we can't get custom done . For us still cheaper than owning , fuel, tires , drivelines, licence, liability, and number one of all by far - time. Each to their own - nothing is free . Time isn't free any more unless you have no kids at home