Tractors
Machinery Pete gives his top choices from a busy week of transactions on the used farm equipment auction circuit.
Used equipment auction prices continue to trend higher, and the segment is not slowing down anytime soon. Now is a good time to sell if you have used hay tools, a combine or row crop tractor in good condition.
The used hay tool segment is remarkably strong across the U.S., as was the price for a 40-plus-year-old, custom-painted tractor that caught Machinery Pete’s eye on the auction circuit.
This week’s Pick of the Week looks at a record-setting John Deere eight-row planter, a pair of unique tractors from the 1970s and a record-breaking Case IH utility loader setup.
The parent company of Case IH, New Holland, Steyr and other machinery brands says there will be no impacts to production and parts shipments will continue as planned.
Designed to work with John Deere 6R and 8R series tractors, the remotely monitored Carbon AutoTractor offers around-the-clock production.
Machinery Pete data shows the used combine market is one year ahead of the used high-horsepower tractor market in terms of values.
Not every youngster is playing Fortnite and dancing on Tik Tok all day. Learn about a young man out west who is keeping tradition alive, one classic tractor at a time.
David Beuhrer’s farm estate auction in West Unity, Ohio, will go down in the Machinery Pete record books after besting a record set in 2011.
Greg Peterson - aka Machinery Pete - is still seeing used equipment values hold steady for low-hour, well-conditioned machinery. And the used sprayer market remains robust.