Of course since I quit farming and am no longer an equipment dealer I don't attend 1/10 as many auctions and am in the process of cleaning up and selling off what little equipment I have left. However if I do happen to go to one the old twitch comes back lol Im always looking for a bargain and reading the crowd and auctioneer like I did when I made a living buying and selling at auctions and attending literally hundreds of them buying and selling using my hard earned education and experience which gave me a one up on the general crowd. DONT GET ME WRONG IT WAS A FUN AND REWARDING VENTURE BACK IN THE DAY........
I will never forget back in the seventies (early days of jockey) jumping in a 1948 Ford F 5 Cabover snub nose at 4 AM in the cold dead of winter (poor heater plus lots of leaks with blankets over me and the wifes knees) driving miles to Sikeston, Missouri or Archbold, Ohio or Stilesville, Indiana or consignment sales all over Illinois and spending 12 hours in the cold buying what the truck would hold then loading in the ice and snow then drive home unload and clean and repair the equipment and advertise it for sale WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW you wanna know about auctions and auctioneers and what goes on I can tell ya lol There were days at some auctions that started at 10 AM and didn't finish until 2 AM the next morning glad I was younger then lol
But in later years we flew to Dallas Texas to attend a Taylor and Martin Semi Truck Auction and bought a couple trucks (KW or Pete or Freightliner) and drove them home, now that was high dollar and higher class work which only came after years of hard work paying my dues, hey I earned it lol
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