This week’s Machinery Pete “Pick of the Week” comes to us from a retirement auction that recently took place at Carey Family Farms in Seven Springs, N.C.
Machinery Pete says it was a fun auction and he thinks it might have been the largest crowd he’s been a part of in the past 1.5 years. Farmer Glen Rouse was the owner of the equipment being auctioned off and Jason Aycock Auctioneers handled the bidding.
While it’s usually a shiny tractor that catches Machinery Pete’s eye when he makes his selection, this week he put the spotlight on a 12-year-old green-and-yellow sprayer.
The “super sharp” 2013 John Deere 4730 sprayer (3,334 hours) had prospective buyers “falling all over themselves” to get a bid in on it, according to Machinery Pete. You can see the sprayer in the video below from Machinery Pete’s Facebook page.
The used applicator sold for $104,000, which Machinery Pete says is the third-highest auction price he has on record for that year and make/model.
Additionally, a John Deere 9670 STS combine with only 1,371 hours sold for $122,000.
Probably the “hottest item” on the auction docket in North Carolina: A John Deere 1700 Max Emergence XP 8-row strip-till vacuum planter sold for $53,000. Its former owner only paid $30,000 for it just a few years prior to the sale.
Machinery Pete wasn’t done with just that one auction, though. He had quite the busy weekend to kick off February because he also hit a “very nice” sale on Saturday in Elk City, Okla. That auction was handled by Elite Auction Company.
Worth noting from that auction was a 2022 John Deere 8R 410 tractor with only 489 hours that sold for $330,000.
To end on “one of the coolest things you’ll see this week,” Machinery Pete says a 1927 International Huckster truck with a working calliope in the bed (pictured above) sold for $18,500 at an auction in Eastern Shore, Va. Someone must have been in the market for a new town parade vehicle when they purchased that truck.
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