Machinery & Dispersals

Machinery Dispersal Report-Knenhall Farm, Moddershall Friday 20th June

Knenhall Farm, Modershall

“John Deere’s, JCB and Prestine Equipment rings the bell at Staffordshire Dispersal” Mark Elliott

The retirement dispersal on behalf of the Brunt family at Knenhall Farm, Moddershall Nr Stone saw a superb range of equipment catalogued and with national and Irish interest a large crowd gathered on sale day.

The equipment was an absolute credit to all those involved at the farm and had been carefully used and very well maintained with a full range of kit for sale from this mixed sheep and dairy unit.

Some of the stars of the show included a 14ft Houghton Parkhouse Tri-Axle Lift Deck Livestock Trailer together with the John Deere 30 Series tractors and JCB TM320S Telehandler. With up to four telephone bidders operating on several of the larger lots there was keen bidding throughout the day.

In the smaller lots:

  • IBC Tanks to                                                                        £38 per lot
  • Bucket of Cow Chains                                                     £48
  • Three Rolls of New Electric Fence Wire                   £48
  • Four-End Post Electric Fence Stakes c/w Reel       £55
  • Set of Original Pigtail Electric Fence End Post       £28
  • Dump Buckets                                                                   £85 each
  • Vink Calving Aid                                                                £190
  • IAE Galvanised Calf Crush                                             £390
  • Pairs of Silage Cover Sheets                                         £520 per lot
  • Agmaxi Dust Dispenser Unit                                        £780

There was a small range of non-vat items including:

  • Bench Vice                                                                          £95
  • Grindstone                                                                         £70
  • Set of Four Alloy Wheels c/w Tyres                           £270

Within the Tractor Sundries:

  • John Deere Telehandler Loader Joystick                 £160
  • John Deere Top Link                                                        £55
  • New Holland Tractor Seat                                             £260
  • Trimble GPS Guidance System                                    £610

In the field there was a wide range of galvanised troughs, gates etc with Hoof Care Galvanised Electric Foot Crush attracting wide interest from both Ireland and England and eventually achieving £4,550 to a Somerset farmer.

In the Machinery:

All of which had been extremely well cared for, feed trailers c/w Wooden Body Troughs up to £1550.

  • Spaldings Three Leg Flat Lift                                                                         £3,600
  • Storth PTO Driven Deep Pit Slurry Pump                                                £3,100
  • Kuhn EL121 Rotorvator                                                                                  £5,700
  • Set of Watson Twin Rolls                                                                               £3,600
  • McHale C460 Trailed Bedder                                                                       £9,000
  • Kverneland 6 Rotor Mounted Tedder                                                      £8,500
  • John Deere Trailed Mower Conditioner                                                  £7,500
  • Krone Swadro 800/26 Trailed Twin Rotor Rake                                    £12,000
  • Lely Storm 130P Trailed Flywheel Forage Harvester                          £12,700
  • West 2000 Dual Spreader c/w Galvanised Greedy Boards               £16,800
  • Major Alpina LGP 2670 Vacuum Tanker                                                  £14,150
  • Silaking Premium 14 Diet Feeder                                                              £10,300

The pre-sale phone had been extremely busy with regard to enquiries for trailers and tractors etc and undoubtedly the Houghton Parkhouse Tri-Axle Lift Deck Livestock Trailer created a real stir across the north of England. This 2018 model having undertook little work and in superb order topped the trailers section at £20,100 and was purchased by a Yorkshire farmer.

In the other Trailers:

  • Bailey 11 Ton Silage Trailers                                                                         £9,300
  • Portequip Bale Trailer (Virtually Unused)                                               £8,100

In the Tractors and Handlers Section:

  • Kubota M4062 (19’ Plate)                                                                             £21,700
  • New Holland T6010 Delta 2WD (07’ Plate)                                            £20,800
  • John Deere 6330 Premium (12’ Plate)                                                     £46,400
  • John Deere 6430 Premium (09’ Plate)                                                     £42,100
  • John Deere 6155R (67’ Plate)                                                                      £64,500
  • John Deere Weight Block                                                                              Up to £890 each

The farms Telehandler was from the JCB stable being a TM320S Pivot Steer sold with just over 3,390 hours on the clock and a 2015 model it achieved £55,000 to a Derbyshire farmer.

A superb field of machinery in very good order with a large crowd and excellent results.

More sale scheduled for late Summer and Autumn visit www.bagshaws.com for more information.

Auctioneer:

Holly Swift

Rural Chartered Surveyor

Natasha Hall

Graduate Trainee Surveyor

Oliver Hiles

Market Associate

Mark Elliott

Partner

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