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 Sale Report for A & J Taylor Parsonage Farm – 26^th February 2010

What do Farmers do on a wet Friday afternoon in February?  The answer is go to a farm sale if there is one.  It was pouring down with rain and a ¼ mile walk to  the sale from a car park in Ribchester did not deter huge crowd of loyal Richard Turner sale goers turning up to Jan & Alan Taylors.  Everyone knew that this would be a special sale with lots of good sheep equipment on offer and three exceptional tractors and with very few small tools to sell the auction moved at a good pace.

Galvanised equipment continues to sell well but as some farmers are quick to point out “the quality compared with paper thin new tackle is often very good”.  There were plenty of sheep hay racks, lamb creeps and hurdles on offer and some good hay offered in 100 bale lots, which seemed to please most people who needed just enough for lambing time.

The machinery had been used very carefully and this was reflected in the prices especially for the tractors.  The MF362 2WD complete with loader and showing only 614 hours had been the subject of great interest from Ireland and Dubai but it remained in the UK along with the Zetor 7245 both being purchased by local tractor collector Mr Gary Entwistle.  The MF 135 with only 4,500 hours sold slightly under expectations to Bernard Dawson of Baycliffe, Ulverston, this tractor would be a good farm workhorse for many years to come.

Main prices – MF362 2WD £13,100, Zetor 7245 £7,200, MF 135 £3,000, Major Spreader £1120, PZ Haybob £1020, Lely 2 drum mower £800, I/W TA5 trailer complete with decks £1280, small bale hay to £2.80 per bale.  Ferguson 3 tonne tipping trailer in poor condition £320, wooden sheep hurdles to £4.20 each.

Many thanks to all who attended the sale proving again that you don’t know what its worth till its gone under the hammer!

Auctioneers:  Richard Turner & Son

Report on Dispersal on behalf of Mrs Leah, Cragg Vale  Held on  Saturday 6 February

A foggy and frosty day did not deter a huge crowd travelling to Cragg Vale for a dispersal sale on behalf of Mrs Leah of Half Acre Farm.  Situated on the longest continuous gradient in England this small farm provided the usual array of older kit but the exception in this case was the fact that everything was maintained to a high standard and had been carefully used. 

Main attraction was a New Holland 276 hayliner which was almost factory fresh and sold for a crowd stunning £1880 not surprising as Cragg Vale does not boast the best haymaking climate.  Haytime machinery sold at amazing prices a Fahr centipede stopping at £480.

The tractors were in good shape with 2 1957 4 cyl FE35’s making £1450 and £1420 both in good original condition and running well on sale day.  A Zetor 6245 on a ‘J’ plate with only 1600 hours on the clock sold in 7 bids for an impressive £5,200 not destined to be a classic but a useful Pennine workhorse.  Last up of the tractors was the farm workhorse a ‘J’ plate JD2250 4WD with popular MC2 cab and side mounted gears, showing 7000 hours and fitted with JD loader, bucket and spike, this was still a good tidy tractor and had generated over 40 enquiries the previous day.  There was lots of hand waving as the first bid of £6000 was taken and Auctioneer Fred Spurgeon confidently took £500 bids still it stopped at £10,000, the hammer fell to local hotelier who needed a good tractor to clear snow from his car park!  

Surprise of the day was definitely a Hillam 100 Rotaspreader, this machine had obviously done all the work on the farm but due to the excellent quality build of this locally manufactured machine it will still be spreading when many new spreaders are parked in the nettles.  It sold to a local farmer for a £1000.

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