Farm auction prices on a runaway

[sumdumguy]

Gleaner combines go cheap at auctions !

# just give em away !

If it weren't for Gleaners last fall about 1000 acres of durum would still be out on our farm. All the others couldn't handle the stand and believe me - we tried a lot of big new combines. Just saying, I am glad they are cheap, we need a couple more. 👍

[sumdumguy]

With the loonie taking a shiit kicking like today, the auction prices will only go higher. Can you imagine having a 27% advantage bidding?

[danny W1M]

sum, your not understanding exchange correctly.

CAD is $0.7360 today.

$100 CAD = $73.60 USD

$100 USD = $135.87 CAD

One hundred dollars U.S. is exchanged at One hundred thirty five dollars and 87cents CAD

The advantage is 35.87 %

At this moment MGE JULY wheat is $5.42 1/2 per bushel, or $7.37 CAD
MGE DEC wheat is $5.57 3/4 per bushel, or $7.58 CAD

[biglentil]

If it weren't for Gleaners last fall about 1000 acres of durum would still be out on our farm. All the others couldn't handle the stand and believe me - we tried a lot of big new combines. Just saying, I am glad they are cheap, we need a couple more. 👍

They wont be cheap now that the secret is out. LOL

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Some of us still use tandems, a good reason is MUD. Straight truck with lockers and tire chains will go through a lot. Super B is about useless in mud or snow.

But I'm small time, the most we've harvested in a year is just under 100,000 bushels, one tandem and a single axle for overflow, and all feilds within 3 miles of home bin site. Most much closer than that.

Put a pup behind for hauling grain further from home time permitting. Hire most long distance hauling, they aren't making much money at that right now.

[sumdumguy]

oh yeh, those Gleaners are a pile of junk. 😁

[WiltonRanch]

Hardly a Gleaner in this country but those who run them stick with them. They must be alright. Do they still use a lot of common belts and bearings?

[GALAXIE500]

I farm approx. 700 acres , and my 1981 Western Star tandem with a Cummins 855 is a godsend for me. I still use a 3 ton at seeding time and harvest time. Niether of these trucks are new , but they are paid for and are well maintained , by ME! I haul my grain 18 miles to my nearest elevator ,and I can move lots of grain in a day if they have room , and are ambitiuos enough to ship cars out to make the room. (Pioneer elevator , with some of the laziest union protected employees in SW Sask.) Not everyone has a semi and a super b , and people on this site should not be pointing fingers at the ones that don't! By the way , my equipment is paid for!

[blackpowder]

Whoa there big guy. You've got all you need and your fixed costs low. I'd be proud as hell.

[bucket]

To be clear....an 18 mile haul with tandems makes sense.....I could only hope even though an elevator is that close ....

A 137000 tandem at auction that could buy a super b and power unit is questionable.

[blackpowder]

I never wanted to be a trucker while farming. My trailers keep my combine rolling.

[Guest]

guess thread should of been "do you love your tandem ? " instead of discussing high auction prices on MOST farm equipment . Was wondering high prices others had saw ?

[helmsdale]

guess thread should of been "do you love your tandem ? " instead of discussing high auction prices on MOST farm equipment . Was wondering high prices others had saw ?

Land rollers for damned near new price... old class 6 combines and 45+ foot air drills with lots of life left in them for nearly free.

[blackpowder]

Retail + on everything but some drills wholesale.
Honestly who goes to auctions anymore.

[fjlip]

Size matters... always haul some canola with custom truckers if the $$ make sense.
Pioneer had better prices to Van this year?
Small enough farm that my neighbors with tandem trailers or super B's haul more loads to move their crop than I do with a tandem.
For 20 years our haul was 4 or 5.5 miles to the elevator, that made the money. Tandems were fast, 20 loads a day. In fact in 1976 this farm had the first tandem in these elevators. Things have changed, guess I did not.