Used Machinery
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Whether it’s time to retrofit and refurbish an old planter or buy a new one, you have plenty of options to work with this winter.
Demand for the right rebuilt, used planter, right specifications is high.
When should a combine or planter be replaced? Technically, the answer is “never,” if the owner is willing to replace parts as they wear out, but there are considerations.
Here are tips to avoid adding to that inventory of mangled drill bits.
Values on used planting equipment in good condition have been rising throughout 2021.
Planters have multiple chains and drive systems that benefit from regular inspection and maintenance. Here are four tips for this spring.
Modern planters with high-speed seed meters, hydraulic downforce systems and other high-tech options sometimes require a little TLC to get them ready for the field.
Folding planters often use a big, hydraulic mono-block outfitted with lots of solenoids to control hydraulic functions. Oil dripping or spurting from the vicinity of that block looks disastrous, and may be.
Here are a few tricks to make those repetitive planter procedures easier and faster this spring.
Mondays on AgDay mean Machinery Pete.
The next time you change or clean engine air filters in ag machinery, take time to examine the inside of the air filter housing on the “clean” side of the filter.
It’s Monday, so Machinery Pete is on AgDay!
corn headers and soybean auger and draper platforms for harvest
Machinery Pete has the details on the highest auction prices he’s seen on a certain model of combine in more than a year.
When used combine values took a hit at several auctions in mid- to late December 2015 I thought the trend would continue in 2016.
The popular idea that you should trust your gut on a decision isn’t bad advice.
Let’s talk used combine values, which, according to our data, have been holding for 18 months.
As wheat harvest gets into full swing, Machinery Pete says combine prices are on the rise.
This month, U.S. Farm Report is on the road with Machinery Pete to P&K Equipment in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
There is a wide continuum of options when prepping a combine for winter storage. Here’s a pre-storage list of those various options, from “park it and forget it” to “ready for next year’s harvest.”
An American farming titan, Jessie Small, the king of combines, has passed on, and with him goes a sizable chunk of U.S. historical lore.
Item highlights include five cotton pickers, five tractors, and lots of other items of high interest!
Insurance companies that offer coverage for “rock damage” to combines often require claims be submitted within six weeks of the end of harvest.
Understand how combine components interact to do a better job.
Share your unpublished ideas to join our $100 Ideas Club. The Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each.
Whether you call it slugged, plugged or wadded-up, a combine jammed with weeds or damp crop is enough to make a preacher cuss. Here are tips to minimize your frustration and downtime.
My only conclusion is that machines can secretly talk to each other via some sort of long-distance mechanical telepathy.
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.
It’s a mixed bag for dairy farmers in Wisconsin. 2016 was produced a bountiful harvest, setting these dairies up for a good year of feed.