Need some tractor auction tips

[sweettractors]

If a person is new at a farm equipment auction, it is a good idea to have a partner to help keep a eye on shill bidders for you while you concentrate on the bidding process. Ken Sweet

 

[Giles]

Never buy a tractor that is represented by the seller as being just overhauled or transmission rebuilt, etc.! Sure sigh the fix did not work and they are trying to get out from under it. Ken Sweet

Thats for sure:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. last auction I went to, really needing a piece of equipment, I brought a buddy with me to keep an eye out.

luckilly there were 3 vans going around the auction yard.. and the shills stayed with the more expen$ive equipment.. not the accessories I was looking at.

soundguy

 

[kenstrac]

And then you have the Yuppie that walks around with his hands in his pockets,doing the wee wee dance just waiting to buy something-anything and doesnt care what he pays.
I went to an auction they had a flail mower I was bidding on it and the guy next to me was also bidding on it,got to more than I wanted to pay and he got it,he then turns to the guy he was with and said "see I told you I would get that rototiller"

 

[Egon]

And then you have the Yuppie that walks around with his hands in his pockets,/QUOTE]

If'n your asking questions about auctions and bidding it's best to keep your hands in your pockets for at least the first dozen or so till you get it all figured out!:thumbsup:

Don't know about the dance though??

 

[teg]

Going to an auction in two weeks...

I would try and find a couple this weekend... just to go to... see what's going on... and good luck. I quit going to auctions... never saw any real bargains...

 

[Soundguy]

And then you have the Yuppie that walks around with his hands in his pockets,doing the wee wee dance just waiting to buy something-anything and doesnt care what he pays.
I went to an auction they had a flail mower I was bidding on it and the guy next to me was also bidding on it,got to more than I wanted to pay and he got it,he then turns to the guy he was with and said "see I told you I would get that rototiller"

even better.. I was bidding on some tires on rims 16.9-24 turfs, even had good centers.

guy bidding against me was hyper like he'd never been to an auction or something. I hit my top end and then he outbid me.. the hawker down there between us called for more bids, and the guy UPPED his own bid! yep.. he got the tires and rims...

funny thing though.. I noticed they were for sale the next week.. I asked about them at the office and they said the buywer re listed them when he found out they were the wrong size... he had never even taken them home! they were still setting inthe same spot... the next auction I showed up again.. had one bidder against me who dropped out at a just over a hundred bucks.. i got em for 125 out the door BP and all. which by the way was LESS than the previous buyer bid.. so he took a bath on those because he couldn't read tire sizes or something... ???

soundguy

 

[Maknwine]

Never buy a tractor that is represented by the seller as being just overhauled or transmission rebuilt, etc.! Sure sigh the fix did not work and they are trying to get out from under it. Ken Sweet

This is so funny right now. My dad just picked up a 51 8N at auction that isn't painted right, sheet metal is perfect(all of it), but he said the owner told him it was just overhauled. He looked it over as good as you can and for $1500 I think he did fine b/c if it blows up, he'll give me a good deal on the sheet metal for my 1950 8N. It runs decent but has some issues to be worked out, but after he bought it and ran a bushhog with it he questioned the "overhauled job".

 

[Soundguy]

might have been rings and bearings and paint...

soundguy

 

[sweettractors]

might have been rings and bearings and paint...

soundguy

Yes it could have been that or the STP overhaul Ken Sweet