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“National Support for Staffordshire Dispersal on behalf of the Ridley Family”

Mark Elliott

The dispersal sale on behalf of Eric and Paul Ridley attracted wide support from North Wales,
Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Yorkshire and all surrounding counties and in spite of the poor weather
conditions everyone worked together to see a very successful sale.

In the Smaller Lots:

• Culvert Pipes £40 each
• Roll of Black Flexi Drainage Pipe £45
• Barrel Pumps Up to £40 each
• Scatterbird Mk III Gas Bird Scarer £110
• Galvanised 3 Wheeled Original Corn Barrow £55
• PTO Shafts Up to £50 each
  There was a small array of livestock related lots with Low Level Hopper Feeders up to £13 each and
  High Level Feeders to £27 each with 15ft Galvanised Gates up to £88 each.

In the Workshop Sundries:

• Belle Single Phase Concrete Mixer £340
• SIP Single Phase Compressor c/w Airline Pipe £380
• SIP Air Tool Kit £30
• Britclean Polo 100 Single Phase Pressure Washer £150
• ¾ Drive Socket Set £55

There was very good interest in the grain related items with:

• A Single Phase Kongskilde Blower Unit with Pipes at £1,050
• Protimeter Battery Driven Moisture Meter £75
• 3 Phase Trolley Auger £260
• Steel Grade Pedestals Up to £80
• Martin Lishman 3 Phase Pedestal Fan £200

In the Machinery:

• Single Leg Mole Plough £530
• Major GDX Mounted Topper (9ft Model) £900
• Spaldings 3 Leg Flat Lift c/w Heavy Rear Packer and Stands £4,950
• Set of Twose 21ft Batwing Hydraulic Folding Ring Rolls £4,800

The Ridley family had kept their trailers and main tractors and machinery in very good order and
everything had been barn stored.

• Griffiths 8 Ton Twin Axle Grain Trailer £3,600
• Richard Western 10 Ton Twin Axle Grain Trailer £6,500
• Marshall QM11 Twin Axle Grain Trailer £7,550
• Abbey 2000 Gallon Single Axle Vacuum Tanker £3,000
• Sanderson 347 TS Telehandler £3,050
• Sanderson Bucket £840
• Case 580G 4WD Digger Loader (B Reg-Unused for 6 Years) £3,300
• Claas Dominator 96 Combine c/w Header and Header Trailer (C Reg) £5,400
• Kubota B7100D Compact Diesel Tractor £1,480
• International 784 2WD c/w Loader (X Reg) £3,400

The stars of the show were undoubtedly the very well-kept Massey Ferguson Prime move tractors
with results as follows;

• Massey Ferguson 5465 Dyna 4 (59 Plate-5,045 hours) £24,600
• Massey Ferguson 6415 Dyna 6 (15 Plate-1,075 hours) £46,200

The Land Rover and Ifor Williams Trailers saw keen bidding with the Ifor Williams Flat Trailer c/w
Ramps £2,720 and the Ifor Williams 12ft Livestock Trailer c/w Demount Body £2,700 and the 2009
Land Rover 90 with 53,000 miles on the clock at £14,200.

Within the Collectables:

• Straight Cast Iron Pig Troughs £125 each
• Round Cast Iron Pig Troughs c/w Hoops £105
• Old Wooden Feed Tub Trolleys Up to £165 each
• Old Garden Roller £30

A large number of sales currently being catalogued with Darley Moor scheduled for Friday 28th April 2023.