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Machinery Dispersal Report-Flatts Farm, Darley Bridge
“Pristine kit and tractors bring out the crowds for Derbyshire dispersal”- Mark Elliott“
The retirement dispersal on behalf of John and Grace Gadsby at Flatts Farm, Darley Bridge near Matlock saw a pristine range of Ford and New Holland tractors together with a Manitou Telehandler and grassland equipment for genuine dispersal at the end of September. With interest from throughout the UK and Ireland there was pressure on the car park team as the potential purchases arrived in their masses.
Trade was extremely good from start to finish, including all the smaller items, livestock equipment and thereafter onto the larger kit.
In the Smaller Lots:
- Sets of Drain Rods to £35 per set
- Large Floodlight £38
- Roll of Net Wrap £140
- 5 Sets of Rachet Straps to £32
- Deosan Milk Filter £78
- Small Hang On Troughs £40 each
- Electric Fence Units to £50 each
- Set of Hoof Trimming Tools £50
- Hot Wash Pressure Washer £510


In the Outside Lots:
- 4ft Galvanized Gates to £65 each
- 2- 6-Bar Cattle Race Hurdles £200
- Large Galvanized Water Trough £280 each
- Wooden Based Bunker Feeder £200
- Bateman Cattle Crush £3200
The larger kit had been kept in excellent order and was an absolute credit to the vendors. At times bidding was fierce, including up to 4 telephone bidders being represented with prices as follows:
- Vicon PS04 Mounted Fertilizer Spreader £1640
- Team 500 Litre Mounted Sprayer £800
- New Holland Hayliner 370 Conventional Baler £1520
- Protech P30S Rear Mounted Post Knocker £3000
- Kuhn TB211 Hydraulic Offset Flail Topper £3920
- Krone Easy Cut 2801CV Trailed Mower Conditioner £11,500
- Vicon Andex Twin Rotor Rake £7950
The McHale equipment had been supplied locally and was in very, very good order with the 2014 McHale C460 Trailed Straw Chopper at £9100 and the McHale Fusion 3 Combi Round Baler Wrapper unit having undertaken less than 6000 bales achieving a massive £50,500.
In the Trailers and Tankers:
- Hi Spec 2000-Gallon Tanker (Pepper-Pot Model) £8750
- Portequip 21ft Twin Axle Bale Trailers to £6350
- AS Marston Twin Axle Agri Dump Tailer £3050

The line up of tractors was impressive with the first tractor being a personal item of John’s at the farm and sold free of VAT: The Ford 4100 (1970’s model, complete with bubble cab and power steering) achieved a massive £5700.
With national interest in all the New Holland models, bidding was fierce with the first New Holland – the TS115 4WD 9300 hours, V-Plate at £22,200. The next was the New Holland TL100A 2WD 2007, 5100 hours at £19,000.
The two prime movers were the New Holland T6050 Plus 4WD, 2010, 3900 hours at a sizable £33,400 and the final tractor, which John had recently used to pull his combi baler, a New Holland T6.155 4WD, 2012, 3300 hours at a massive £39,800.
The final large item from the family was the Manitou MLTt35PS Elite Telehandler, 2014, 4100 hours at £30,400.
Within the Non-VAT Items:
- Part Set of Stone Steps (on Pallet) £520
- Stone Gate Posts £320 per pair
- Nestle Churns £235 per pair
- Boot Stand £135
An excellent day with great support for the quality kit on offer
Exciting sales coming up through October and into November. Please see website for details www.bagshaws.com
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Machinery Dispersal Report – Wibbern Hill Farm, Tissington
“A large Saturday crowd at Tissington dispersal, with major interest in hay for sale and 4WD vehicles”- Mark Elliott
The retirement dispersal on behalf of the Etches family at Wibbern Hill Farm after a family tenancy spanning 2 generations and 52 years attracted a very large crowd, with spirited bidding from start to finish
In the smaller lots
- 12-volt Fencer Units £65
- Set of Single Phase Cattle Clippers £160
- Vink Calving Aid £140
- Small PTO Shaft £40
- 4 Small Drums of Oil £110
Out In The Field
- Sets of 5 Hurdles £105 per set
- 3 Concrete Culvert Pipes £75
- Silage Cover Sheets £80 each


There was a small range of grassland and general equipment, including:
- Set Beaco Hydraulic Folding Chain Harrows £1010
- Talex Opicut 250 Rear Mounted Mower £2400
- Sitrex RT5200-H 4-Rotor Hydraulic Folding Tedder £2050
- Logic Contact 2000 Trailed 2m Wide Weed Wiper £1410
In The Trailers & Tractors
- Scaling Twin Axle 21ft Bale Trailer £1700
- Tuff Mac 6t Single Axle Tipping Trailer £3020
- Ifor Williams 10ft High Level Livestock Trailer £1750
John Etches had recently run Zetor tractors as his main prime movers and with interest from the north of England together with Wiltshire, some sold locally with the other journeying around 160 miles south:
- Zetor 9641 Forterra Turbo 4WD (51 Plate) £8800
- Zetor Proxima CL80WD c/w Power Loader (67 Plate) £18200
- 2019 Kubota RTV 1110 4WD £10100
The Land Rover 90 Hard Top from the farm was a 79000 miles, 2012 plate, achieving £15900
As detailed before there was a large range of included items including:
- Land Rover Defender Hard Top, 61 Plate (Silver) £17000
- Kubota L3540 (non-VAT) £12400
- Kubota M9540 01 Plate £12000
- Ford 3600 2WD (a well restored1981 model) £5120
- Nugent Tri-Axle 14ft Transport Trailer c/w sides and ramps £4180
A feature of the sale was definitely the hay which had all been produced in June 2026 and with 9 lots on offer the 4ft 6” barn stored bales achieved up to £40 each, with purchasers having to load all their own and do their own haulage on a tight time schedule.
And not forgetting the large stone trough which achieved a superb price of £2050.

All in all, an excellent day with 5 further sales booked before the end of the season
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Machinery Dispersal Report-New House Farm, Swinscoe, Ashbourne
“A very large crowd for the retirement dispersal”- Mark Elliott
The Bagshaws team was out again at Swinscoe, near Ashbourne on behalf of the White family, with a large range of equipment for genuine dispersal and included items from various local vendors. There were over 240 cars in the car park for the sale, with interest in the major items from as far afield as Northern Ireland and trade good from start to finish.
In the Smaller Lots:
- Cow Brush Frame £45
- 5-teat Calf Feeder £60
- Copper Milk Bucket £90
- Twin-Wheel Plastic Body Barrow £230
- John Deere Top Link £95
- Dump Buckets £210 each


The family items had been well cared for with Opico Tine Harrows at £1700, the Browns Rear Mounted Post Knocker at £2900, the Primex Vacuum Tanker at £4700 and the Small Single Leg Mole Plough at £260.
The prime movers included Kubota, New Holland, McMormick and Kramer items as follows:
- Kubota STV 32 4WD £5100
- New Holland TS90 4WD Turbo (Reg DU52 XFA, Hours 6715) £17,600
- McCormick CX105 4WD (Reg FJ58, Hours: 2612) £21900
- Kramer 318 4WS Loading Shovel (Reg DY52 CXJ, Hours: 7427) £10,900
Within the Included Items:
- International B414 (non VAT) £1950
- International 474 Hydro (non VAT) £4400
- Kubota L1361 4WD (non VAT) £6050
- Large Steel Water Toughs £245
- Kverneland Trailed Straw Chopper £4300


A very good sale, with easy access and further sales booked for the autumn season