Machinery Dispersal Report-New Farm, Hodthorpe

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Machinery Dispersal Report-New Farm, Hodthorpe Friday 8th May

“Classic Masseys Pull the Crowds at North Nottinghamshire Dispersal”-Mark Elliott

The dispersal on behalf of Mrs Helen Willison and family at New Farm, Hodthorpe saw an excellent range of Classic Massey’s for genuine auction together with a full range of arable equipment and livestock requisites.

The Willison family have been on the holding for in excess of 100 years and the Late Peter Willison was a true Massey man through and through with the star of the show being Peter’s Massey Ferguson 390 2WD and his 135 both purchased from new.

In the Spares and Equipment

Ransome Parts £98 per lot
Mower Knives £55
Single Phase Diesel Space Heater £90
Ferguson Pressure Hitch £110
Ferguson Wheel Weights £100
Ferguson Original 1970’s Lights £160
Ford Front Weight Frames £60

There was a good range of workshop tools including:

Milwaukee Battery Angle Grinder £150
Drill £110
Impact Drill £210
Socket Ratchet Gun £180
Milwaukee Battery Grease Gun £210

Within the Livestock Requisites:

Galvanised Gates £150 per pair
Ring Feeders Up to £110
8ft Galvanised Leg Trough £190
Water Troughs £105 each
Race Slide Gate £455
Bateman Calf Creep £950
Electric Fencer Units Up to £100 each including 12 volt battery

Out in the Field:

Pair of 16.9-R34 Rear Wheels with MF Centres £800
Oxdale Mounted Log Splitter £530
Small Howard Rotorvator £350
Kuhn Fertiliser Spreader £1,200
Set of 1970’s Massey Ferguson Discs £430
Single Leg Mole Plough £540

Collectors were out for all sorts of goods including:

Nuffield Front Weights £210
Set of 10 Massey Ferguson 45 kilo Slab Weights £505

Trailers were definitely a feature of the sale with:

Griffiths 8 Ton Corn Trailer £5,750
AS Marston Dump Trailer £4,300

The tractors attracted wide interest from the north of England together with Ireland and the South West and included:

Massey Ferguson 30E 2WD Loader £2,600
Massey Ferguson 3095 (transmission fault) £7,500
Massey Ferguson 4255 4WD £14,500

There was very spirited bidding for the Massey Ferguson 135 together with Massey Ferguson 390 with commission bidders, phone bidders and large crowd round each lot. The Massey Ferguson 135 eventually was purchased by a Stoke on Trent bidder at £8,100 with the 390 2WD at an excellent £21,200 to a small holder from Staffordshire.