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Machinery Dispersal Report-Marston Bank Farm, Nr Uttoxeter
“Highly Successful WRAG Post Knocker Dispersal” Mark Elliott
The dispersal on behalf of the Wright family trading as WRAG Post Knockers Ltd saw a massive crowd with particular interest in the unused post knockers and log splitters and wide local support for both the spares and tools and workshop equipment alike.
The sale also included a non-vat section of private items with spirited bidding in all sections.
In the outside lots:
- 15ft Roof Timbers to £260 per lot
- Hydraulic Fittings to £180 per lot
- Knocker Ropes to £65 per pair
- Ferguson 1970’s Square Mudguards to £300 per pair
- Trufold Floor Mounted Sheet Metal Bender £800
- Manual Hydraulic Press £530
- Scissor Lift £720
- Tractor Clutch Splitting Kit £410
- Extractor Units to £640 each
- Sets of Mobile Trolley Steps £220 each
- Milwaukee Battery Wrench £300
- Large ¾ Drive Socket Set £350
- Mig Mag Welder £520
- Oxford Oil Cooled Welder £700
Within the larger items was a range of home produced log splitters, borers and knockers details as follows:
- WRAG Pto Driven Post Hole Borer £520
- WRAG Hydraulic Driven Log Splitter £480
- WRAG Thrift Basic Model Knocker £3,000
- WRAG Compact Mini Knocker £2,600
- WRAG BXL Knocker c/w 300 Kilo Weight £8,550
The sale included two forklifts together with a pristine JCB 525-60 Hi Viz Loadall with the Daewoo Forklift achieving £4,200 and the JCB selling with under 400 hours on the clock at £40,200.
In the non-vat section:
- Kilworth Mounted Harrows £620
- Fleming Transport Box £270
- 2 Ton Single Axle WRAG Tipping Trailer £1,220
- Massey Ferguson 35 (Roll Bar and Large Rear Wheels £5,400
- Ford 4000 £1,900
- Hustler Raptor Zero Twin 48 Inch Petrol Ride on Mower £4,650

A very well attended sale on an excellent day with the early spring sunshine adding to the days mix and the ice cream man having to go for extra provisions halfway through the day.
Further sales booked every week, please see the website www.bagshaws.com for further details.
Machinery Dispersal Report-Heath Farm, Hollywood, Nr Stone
“First of the season sale sees massive crowd and a very diverse number of lots
with an excellent trade” Mark Elliott
The sale on behalf of the Haynes family of Heath Farm at Hollywood, Nr Stone saw nearly 550 lots for sale ranging from tractors and machinery right through to non-vat churns and glazed sinks.
In the early lots:
- Large RSJ’s £620 per lot
- 3 Ford Motor Company Slab Weights £105
- Garden Reel with Hose £185
- Vink Calving Aid £250
- Long IAE Galvanised Water Troughs Up to £135 each
- Set of 10 Calf Pens (Galvanised) £600
- Bateman Calf Crush (Galvanised) £450
- IAE Galvanised Pedestrian Cube Race Section £340
There was a serious amount of interest in non-vat items and collectables including;
- Ex Railway Gate £350
- Pairs of Churns £180-£190 per set
- Glazed Pots £25
- Mini Barrow £65
In the larger items the sale was well supported by Welsh, Wiltshire and southern buyers in addition to all the local contingents.
- Grays Twin Bale Spike c/w Malo Brackets £310
- Grays Heavy Flat Roll £420
- Storth SM200 Galvanised Slurry Stirrer £1,180
- Reco Sulky DX20+ Twin Disc Fertiliser Spreader (18’) £3,750
- Trailed Krone Mower £7,000
- Claas Liner 2900 Rake £12,500
- Pottinger Euro Profi 4500 Euromatic Forage Box (09’) £17,000
- Major LGP 2050 Vacuum Tanker (10’) £6,850
One of the stars of the show was the Bunning Lowlander 80 Farmstar Rear Discharge FYM Spreader (18’) which achieved an excellent price of £17,200 and saw interest from both Wales and four counties of England.
The farms Nugent Tri-Axle Livestock Trailer achieved £5,460 with the McCormick CX105 showing 8,305 hours achieving £11,000 and the Valtra 8150 on a 02’ Plate showing 14,600 hours at £14,900.
Round haylage bales to £28 per bale.
In the entered section:
- Teagle Titan 8 Rear Discharge Spreader £8,000
- Covered Lamb Creeps (Small) to £505
- Land Rover Defender 90 Hard Top (59’ Plate) £14,200
- IAE Covered Calf Creep (Galvanised) £600


An excellent day’s business with good prices achieved.
See our website www.bagshaws.com for further sales booked.