Used Machinery
Sometimes engine oil, transmission or fuel filters resist removal. As the frustration level rises, there is a succession of alternate tools to try.
People want to attribute the skyrocketing used equipment values solely to inflation, but that hasn’t been the engine driving prices higher. Nope. Here’s the real issue.
Few would consider a brush a mechanic’s tool, but most professional mechanics have a range of brushes to help with unique cleaning needs.
I salute those fearless farmer-mechanics. They build their own splitting stands, they figure out how to diagnose hydraulic flow and pressure problems and tackle large-scale repairs.
Strong used equipment values have been a theme for the past 18 to 20 months, and Machinery Pete doesn’t see that story changing anytime soon. During National Farm Machinery Show he revealed why those prices could last.
Cleaning oil and grease, baked by engine or transmission heat, can be especially challenging. Here are some options.
Not all planter problems are as they first appear. Here is a guide to those less-common culprits.
Can you buy a new planter now? Nope. And you can’t find many used models on dealer lots either. So, when the right used planter like this Kinze 4705 shows up at auction, we see tears of joy for the seller.
A lot of farmers buy a voltmeter but never gain confidence in how to use it. Here are the basics.
Don’t fall for “mouse milk” salesmen with miracle lubricants. Here are facts about oils and greases.
If you follow my reporting, you know predictions don’t tend to be in my stoic Norwegian data guy DNA. But New Year’s resolutions are about pushing our personal boundaries. I’m game, so here it goes.
New ring and cylinder wall metallurgy, combined with improved break-in oils, require different strategies.
Research into the origins of common shop tools produces interesting results. Let’s take a look.
Modern diesel engines gel more easily than older engines. That’s cold comfort if you forgot to change to winter-grade fuel or add anti-gel additive before the weather turned frigid, but it’s the truth.
AgWeb is counting down the top 10 stories of the year. At No. 10, is a story about a team of truckers who crafted a casket carriage for their beloved brother, Ryan Robb, for his last ride aboard his blue Peterbilt 389.
Some of their batteries lose power over a month or two; others go dead in less than a week.
Many people ignore tires as long as they aren’t flat. Here are some facts to help tires stay round.
I’m not pimping for this company, but after years of searching, this looks like a tool I’ve wanted for years.
Based on technology of last resort, we can look back from the Zip-tie Age, Duct Tape Age and Tarp Strap Age to one of the longest, the Baling Wire Age.
While sectors such as housing and automobiles have seen a drop in demand, we’ve not seen the same in the farm equipment market (new or used).
Are used equipment prices showing any signs of cooling off? Greg Peterson, founder of Machinery Pete, says: No way.
Is it really necessary to add a fuel stabilizer like STA-BIL to the fuel tanks of gasoline-powered engines that won’t be used over the winter?
We now have the hottest used farm equipment market I’ve ever seen, and a Nov. 6 auction in Maryland is the hottest auction I’ve seen in my 32 years of tracking prices.
As I look to the future of the farm equipment market, I find myself looking back to draw on lessons I’ve learned in the past decades.
This fall and winter, I was frequently asked, “Pete, when is the other shoe going to drop?” This is a good question, as the used farm equipment market was on fire.
I’m here to report used values have actually continued to RISE.
Now the question is: “Machinery Pete, these prices can’t last, can they? Prices and values have to fall, right?”
After we saw so many new records set for machinery prices in 2021, I began to sense a collective response across the ag space as the calendar slid into 2022.
Inflation+. No, that is not a sad new streaming service to rival Disney+, but it could well have been the name of my Machinery Pete blog in the past 15 months.