Machinery & Dispersals

Machinery Dispersal Report-Plardiwick Farm, Gnosall, Stafford 11-03-2022

“Wide Support for the Barber Family”

Mark Elliott

The excellent machinery and wide range of dairy and cattle sundries attracted a large crowd to Plardiwick Farm at Gnosall for the dispersal on behalf of Adrian and Sarah Barber who had farmed on the holding for over a decade.

Trade was fast from start to finish with items from other local vendors a strong trade at the end of the field.

In the smaller lots

  • Bottle Jack                                                                        £38
  • Stihl Chainsaw                                                                  £140
  • Tow Chain                                                                         £42
  • Bench and Vice                                                                 £130
  • 6 Stud Spare Trailer Wheel                                           £120
  • 5-Ford Front Slab Weights                                            £210
  • Unused-Milk Transfer Pump                                       £130
  • Heiniger Battery Powered Cattle Clippers              £210
  • Vink Calving Aid                                                                £200

There was wide interest in the field items, gates and cattle race systems etc with the crowd buzzing for the main items.

  • Ring Feeders                                                                                   £250
  • Galvanised Gates                                                                            £90 each
  • IAE Cattle Race c/w 4 Narrow Hoops and End Gate            £1,820
  • IAE Foot Crush                                                                                £1,020
  • Cattle Leg Troughs                                                                          £170

Large machinery attracted keen interest from as far a field as Cumbria and Gloucestershire with all surrounding counties together with Yorkshire in attendance.

  • Pair of Watson Heavy Flat Rolls                                                  £3,900
  • Grays Flat Rolls                                                                            £760
  • Browns 3 Leg Grassland Subsoiler                                             £2,800
  • McConnel 2.8 Metre Mounted Flail Topper                          £2,780
  • Claas Liner 340 S Mounted Rake                                                £3,100
  • Kuhn GF8702 8 Rotor Mounted Tedder                                  £7,500
  • Amazone KE 3000 3 Metre Power Harrow                             £4,780
  • Amazone ZAM 1501 Mounted Fertilizer Spreader              £3,000
  • Pro-Tech P200S Mounted Post Knocker                                 £4,600
  • Teagle 8100 Trailed Straw Chopper                                          £4,520
  • Marshall Twin Axle 12 Ton Silage Trailer                                 £9,500
  • Richard Western Trailed Feeder Wagon                                 £4,600
  • Major LGP 2400 Gallon Single Axle Vacuum Tanker           £7,000
  • Hi-Spec 1000 Barrel Spreader                                                     £4,650
  • Fraser Twin Axle Bale Trailer                                                        £5,120
  • Richard Western SF12 Tandem Axle Silage Trailer               £9,250

A large crowd gathered round the main items to include the quad bike and two tractors with prices as follows;

  • Yamaha Quad Bike                                                                                                    £3,700
  • Case International 885 XL 2WD (G)                                                                           £4,620
  • Massey Ferguson 5455 4WD c/w MF 945 Loader (10 Plate-2,800 Hours)  £29,100
  • New Holland T6.175 4WD (16 Plate-2,707 Hours)                                               £44,600

All the local vendors included items with;

  • Twin Axle Transport Trailer                                                                                          £1,500
  • Toro H132 Ride on Mower at                                                                                      £260
  • Ifor Williams 10ft Twin Axle Livestock Trailer                                                        £1,460
  • IAE Cattle Crush                                                                                                           £870
  • Calf Hutches to                                                                                                            £135
  • Smart Lely Lotus Stabilio 7706 Rotor Tedder                                                         £5,800
  • 11 Ton Weeks Twin Axle Silage Trailer                                                                     £8,300

Within the yard items and fixtures;

  • Steel Export Containers                                                                                                 £2,300
  • Steel Jack Leg Cabins c/w Side Office                                                                       £2,860
  • Volume Washer                                                                                                             £340
  • Magnate 20KVA Single Phase Generator                                                                £1,020
  • Steel Frame Mono Pitch Two Bay Steel Bolt Down Building                            £5,850

Sales throughout the Spring please check the website www.bagshaws.com for further details.