Used Machinery
Farming in Nebraska is a challenge every year, especially when the weather doesn’t deal a favorable hand. However, last year rains came at the right time for soybeans, with some farmers seeing one of their best soybean crops ever.
What’s the biggest surprise in the used equipment market thus far this year?
Used equipment values have continued to increase the first quarter of 2021. That’s true across nearly all equipment categories, including self-propelled sprayers.
Does the sequence in which a jam nut and a standard nut are installed make a difference? Definitely.
Fatal accidents and gruesome injuries often are an avertible part of farming; they are also the bitter reality of agriculture every year.
Here are some quick facts about the right ways to ensure nuts and bolts don’t come loose.
Finalized on July 19, 2022, BigIron Auctions and Sullivan Auctioneers LLCs have reached an agreement for an acquisition, which will combine two of the biggest online auction companies.
Winter is when we usually worry about batteries, but it’s frustrating how many batteries in machines turn up dead after a summer of sitting in the shed.
Under dusty conditions some operators blow out their air filters daily, while others extend the interval with the attitude that, “A dusty filter cleans air better than a clean filter.”
Ever-larger farm equipment requires ever-larger tools with ever-larger price tags.
This partnership provides first-of-its-kind auction marketplace for buying and selling agriculture tires.
How many of you know someone who has a mangled or missing ring-finger because his wedding band snagged on a piece of equipment?
It’s not difficult to rebuild centrifugal spray pumps like the Hypro pumps used on many farms. But there are things that ease the process.
Two grim accidents, two sets of outrageously strange circumstances, and one stalwart farmer grateful for another chance at life. Here’s to the resilience of John Butler and his mouthful-of-rocks account.
All farmers suffer injuries, but the unbreakable Ward Henry was a breed apart: drill rollover, shooting, anaphylactic shock, amputation, and PTO mangling.
What advantages or disadvantages are there to leasing farm equipment? John Phipps walks through the many pertinent factors to making this decision, including current red-hot used equipment values and interest rates.
Most toolboxes in farm shops or farm trucks have one or two drawers that end up holding a variety of small tools and gadgets whose size belies their value in making repairs.
Arm mangled inside a hay baler, Doug Bichler fought a gruesome battle for life, determined to escape the machine at all costs.
Here are a few thoughts on oils used to lubricate gasoline-fueled engines.
High demand, low supply send planter and combine prices to the moon.
A seal kit to rebuild a leaky hydraulic cylinder is always cheaper than the cost of a new cylinder. But there are times when it is more economical (not necessarily cheaper) to install a new cylinder.
Few things are more annoying than being broke down in the field and knowing you have the perfect tool to make the repair … back in your shop.
Overlooked tools can save the day during field repairs.
Probing to test voltage in electrical connectors on farm equipment can be a challenge. Here are some tricks.
Even minute amounts of moisture can cause big problems when making repairs to sensitive electronic circuits on modern farm equipment.
There are some things I can absolutely guarantee when working on machinery. Such as ...
Fathers of invention: The Taggart operation built eight 4WD tractors from the 1950s-1970s, testament to the mechanical genius of an Arkansas farming family.
There are tools every farmer knows to have handy while planting. But here are a few useful “pocket tools” unique to planting.