Machinery & Dispersals

“Quality Kuhn Kit Sees Strong Prices at Tamworth Dispersal”-Mark Elliott

The dispersal sale on behalf of Mrs Karen Lockhart at Brook Farm, Drayton Bassett saw a massive number of lots and an extremely hot day during the July heatwave.

With close on 750 lots the team worked quickly to get out to the sale field from the yard and the wide array of kit and spares together with Kuhn equipment and tractor attracted spirited bidding.

• Scrap Irrigation Pipes                                     £260 per lot
• Small Stillage of Roof Slates                         £105
• Roll of Wide Core Cable                                 £140
• Small Sets of G Clamps                                   Up to £18 per lot
• New PTO                                                             £55
• Sets of Shakerator Feet                                 Up to £45 per lot
• Sets of McConnel Shakerator Shins          £52 per lot
• Set of Kuhn Power Harrow Tines               £185 per lot
• Two Lay Flat Hoses                                          £100 per set
• Cone and Pin Weld On Brackets                 £95 per set

There was a wide range of fertiliser including 2.4 Tons of 34.4% Pulon at £750 and 1.5 Tons of 21% Nitrogen Diamond at £360.

• Second Hand Potato Boxes in 1 Ton format achieved nearly £12 each

Out in the Field

• 7 Leyland Weights                                                           £180
• 2 Ford Weights                                                                  £70
• 16 Case Weights                                                               £360
• Set of 4 Super Single Trailer Rims and Tyres          £900
• Box of Irrigation Fittings                                                £300

The Wright Rain Mobile Pump Unit attracted wide interest including purchasers from Cornwall and this unit eventually achieved £5,650 but was in fact purchased by a local farmer.

In the Equipment

• Kuhn 4 Rotor Mounted Tedder                                                  £3,000
• Kuhn Axis 40.2 Twin Disc Mounted Fertiliser Spreader     £8,000
• Kuhn 5 Furrow Vari-Master 153 Reversible Plough            £12,300
• Kuhn 4 Metre Venta Combi Drill Unit                                       £22,200

The Case Tractor was an MXU 135 having undertaken 6,931 hours on a 06’ Plate achieving £19,600.

In the Non-Vat Items

• 2 Brass Dogs                                                                       £28
• Alloy Milk Buckets                                                           £32 each
• Tilley Lamp c/w Glass Globe                                        £80
• Steiger Motorised Petrol Driven Yard Brush          £350

Several local farmers had included items with

• Komatsu 1.5 Ton Gas Fired Forklift                                                           £2,550
• Same 100 4WD Tractor c/w Loader                                                          £6,520
• Ifor Williams 14ft Tilt Bed Transport Trailer                                           £3,280
• Refurbished non-vat registered David Brown 770 Classic Tractor £5,700

The next big sale is the classic and vintage sale at Ashbourne on the 26^th July, with inventories already undertaken for August, September and October.

Auctioneer:

Natasha Hall

Graduate Trainee Surveyor

Holly Swift

Rural Chartered Surveyor

Oliver Hiles

Market Associate

Mark Elliott

Partner

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