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Essex Farm Machinery Sale
An Essex farm machinery dispersal sale in late September, organised by Che ns on behalf of JA Brown & Sons, attracted a large number of bidders and resulted in some excellent prices for the lots on o er. David Williams reports.
The sale was at Latton Priory Farm, near Harlow and resulted from a change in farming policy by the Brown family. Lots included modern and older tractors, implements and other machinery, much of it in very tidy condition and there were also additional lots included from other local farms.
Che ns auctioneer, Oliver Godfrey, said the auction was very successful: “The sale originated from a core of very well-maintained machinery and, coupled with our excellent client database for the area, resulted in an impressive line-up with some quality included lots. The weather was fairly unsettled during the days before and, although it remained wet underfoot on the sale day, it was dry overhead! This greatly helped the attendance, and there was a full car park come 10.30am when the sale bell rang.” FG
Early autumn isn’t the best time for selling an Acrobat hay turner, and this aged model made £20.
This Massey Ferguson 135 with an expired 1965 C-plate was in very good original condition, and the tyres had plenty of tread. It carried original Eastern Tractors dealer stickers and had recorded 3,915 hours. As always when a good, original 135 comes up for sale there was a lot of interest, with a winning bid of £4,500.
Dowdeswell ploughs are always in demand at farm sales, and this 2004-manufactured DP7E 5-f reversible tted with UCN bodies was ready to work. It was a good buy at £1,300.
Having worked only 1,495 hours, this 2015 Massey Ferguson 7618 Dyna-6 tractor was on good Michelin 20.8R38 rear, and 420/85R28 front tyres and carried its Mark Weatherhead dealer sticker. It was tted with front linkage and came with a front linkage-mounted 850kg weight block. It was equipped wuth auto-steer, controlled through a Case IH FM750 display. It still carried its manufacturer warranty until June 2020. It sold for £48,400. A larger Kuhn 4m HR4003D power-harrow, which was new in 2002, was tted with leading tines to eradicate tractor wheel marks and a rear packer roller. It made £3,400.
A 2015 Massey Ferguson 5612 tractor with a 956 front loader appeared in very good condition and had recorded 4,493 hours. It was on good BKT tyres and achieved a winning bid of £29,500.
The late autumn wet weather has put drilling operations under pressure over much of the UK and this pair of 18.4-38 Stocks dual wheels, sold complete with clamps, are likely to have seen use soon after the sale. They made an impressive £300.
This 12-year-old New Holland T7040 4wd sold well at £26,000. It was on Michelin OmniBib 620/70R42 rear, and 480/70R30 front tyres, all with plenty of tread. It still had its Ernest Doe supplying dealer sticker, carried a 57 registration, and had worked only 4,004 hours.
This tidy Massey Ferguson 50B backhoe digger loader carried a 1979 V-registration (expired) and was very tidy for its age having only recorded just over 4,000 working hours. It came with a front bucket and selection of three digging buckets and sold for £5,100.
This single-leg Maidwell Moler three-point linkage-mounted mole plough appeared in good condition and sold for £1,500.
This Albutt 2.68m3 grain bucket with mounts for a Cat handler made £1,000.
Power-harrow drill combinations have been in demand this autumn, after harvest to help break up hard, dry ground and later as conventional drills struggled in the wet conditions. This Amazone AD-P 303 Special had a hopper extension, wedge ring rollers, RoTeC Plus disc coulters, pre-emergence markers, a following harrow and an Analog Plus control pad. The winning bidder paid £8,100.
With its original Ernest Doe Power dealer stickers, this set of Dal-Bo Compact 1030 10.3m horizontal-folding rolls was in excellent order. A winning bid of £9,300 secured the item.
A second Dowdeswell plough was available for bidding at the sale. This 6f reversible was a DP7E model and appeared tidy but needed new wearing metal. It made £2,400.
An elderly Ransomes 3f reversible plough with hydraulic turnover and a rear depth wheel achieved a winning bid of £180.
Cat telehandlers sell well second-hand and this 2009-manufactured TH407 was one of the sale’s ‘included’ lots. It was on a 59-plate and still carried its original Mark Weatherhead dealer stickers, had recorded only 4,302 working hours and was very tidy. It had Michelin tyres with plenty of tread, came with pallet forks and achieved a winning bid of £18,600.
A Bomford Dyna Drive 3m rotary cultivator was elderly but appeared ready to work with a good set of tines. It sold for £600.
An elderly Browns bale sledge achieved a winning bid of £30.
Simba Cultipress presses always attract interest from trade and end-users at sales, and this 2004-manufactured 3.3m version with rigid tines, levelling boards and DD rings achieved a winning bid of £6,200.
A £2,500 winning bid made this tidy Sanderson SB50H 2wd rough terrain forklift a good buy. It was registered on a 1980 V-plate and displayed only 3,700 worked hours. This Vaderstad 600S Rapid System Disc drill was another ‘included’ lot. It was a 2007-manufactured machine and was one of the sale highlights, achieving a winning bid of £27,200.
Sold well out of season, this John Deere 590 variable-chamber round baler sold for £2,300.
Sold but not pictured: JCB telehandlers are in strong demand and a 2009-model Loadall 531-70 4wd was registered on an 09-plate and had recorded 5,487 working hours. It came with pallet forks and was on Michelin 460/70R24 tyres. The winning bidder paid £20,500 for this piece of kit. A Kuhn 3m power-harrow complete with rear packer roller appeared tidy and ready to work. It sold for £2,300. A set of 4.2m Simba 2B discs with hydraulic angling front and rear, hydraulic drawbar adjustment and with a 4.6m double press sold for £4,100.
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