I bought virtually all my start up equipment at auction in "72. Lots of interim buys as well- almost never new from a dealer. I agree a rapid response bid is an advantage- tells the other bidder you mean business. Slow bids mean...maybe just once more, then I"m out.
Rule number two...If it goes cheap enough, I can always get it home somehow. Got the bid on a Gleaner F, with three heads, for $2000. 85 miles from home. Sold the corn head for $3250. Went there looking for a bean head- they sold choice on F and G, all heads go with. Took 5 trips to get that and everything else home, made 5 trips to get that and other stuff home. Kicked myself for passing on an IH 13 foot 510 drill, let it go at $850...was at the point I"d have to see the banker.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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