Machinery
This John Deere 8230 topped $212,000.
This porcelain neon milk glass hood sign sold for $108,000 on Aug. 26 Dave Anton collector auction in Greenville, SC.
In the past year, 85 grain trailers have sold for more than $40,000 at auction. In 2018, only six sold that high. Why would buyers pay such high prices? They want machinery — now.
This 2010 John Deere 9330 4WD with only 415 hours sold on Sept. 5 at a consignment auction in Dexter, MN
It’s time to play offense and defense. The new reality of the farm equipment landscape means you can no longer take a lackadaisical approach to purchasing new or used equipment.
Persistent supply chain and logistical challenges have throttled the machinery industry despite elevated demand across all major markets.
This 2021 Massey Ferguson 8735S with 190 hours sold on Nov. 9 at a Newton, KS sale for the highest price ever on this model
Rural America, and farmers especially are skeptical to put it mildly about electric vehicles and tractors. John Phipps says this attitude is reasonable, but also myopic, and explains why in John’s World.
When the harvest hustle comes to an end, take some time to prep your combine for storage. While you can park it and forget it, these tips will help ensure your combine is tucked away until harvest rolls around again.
While remanufacturing is not a new concept, the ever-expanding reman product portfolio provides an alternative when deciding how to get your equipment up and running.
While gasohol isn’t catastrophically destructive to small engines, it has properties that can create problems.
A pile of parts and a lot of spare time could produce interesting results.
Grease-able bearings come in two designs. One design has no seal on one side. The other design has seals on both sides of the bearing.
Dick and Carolee Ourada are driving a 1977 IH 574 from Nebraska to Alaska to raise money for Colorado Children’s Hospital. The couple explains why the “Tractor Trip for Kids” is driven by passion and purpose.
Five ST series strip-till models are available in a variety of shanks, coulters and row spacings and TruSet Active offers enhanced depth control for tillage
Battery disconnect switches, aka “kill switches,” discourage machinery theft and reduce problems with batteries being drawn down during storage.
Milwaukee’s portable air compressor kit sells for around $180 and includes the hose, chuck, battery and carrying case. Not cheap, but worth the money when there’s a flat tire in the far corner of the machine shed.
Here are the answers to common questions about bearings in ag equipment.
I wish the statement, “Oh, it’s just a blown O-ring,” was a simple as it sounds.
It’s almost a rite of passage for a combine operator to snag an unloading auger on a tree or power pole sometime during their career.
The fully electric, autonomous tractors feature 10 hours of runtime, 70 peak hp, and twice the torque of a comparable conventional tractor.
There is a misunderstanding about automated systems on harvest equipment, especially grain loss monitors (GLMs).
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Focus on evening positions ahead of Monday’s reports.
The May event features a range of equipment—but the headliners are many items with low hours or low use histories. Greg Peterson says this is exactly the type of used equipment farmers are seeking.
Farming is a number-crunching career to manage production and risk. The Farmers Business Network (FBN) is dialed in to providing a software platform that provides unbiased, independent data so farmers can make more informed agronomic decisions.
This year’s drought conditions across parts of the Corn Belt set the table for combine and equipment fires. Here are some things I’ve learned too late about machinery fires.
Battery-powered cordless tools have replaced pneumatic impact wrenches and drills in many farm shops, but air-powered die grinders, air hammers and other tools that use compressed air are still common.