{"id":1584,"date":"2018-10-14T11:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T15:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2018-10-28T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T17:45:14","slug":"who-wants-a-vintage-combine-harvester-running-order-500-bryan-marshall-farm-sale-oct-13-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"WHO WANTS a vintage COMBINE HARVESTER… Running order $500 (BRYAN MARSHALL FARM SALE OCT. 13, 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(I like to put \u00a0a little test in my stories just to discover who really reads the stories\u2026I suspect most<\/div>\n
people just zip through the pictures and press delete. \u00a0The test: \u00a0Who bought the Clipper Fanning mill?)<\/div>\n
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Note: The following dialogue is just me talking to myself but based on the experience.<\/div>\n
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BARGAIN\u2026IF ANYONE HAS \u00a0ROOM FOR IT<\/div>\n

(Vintage International combine harvester, perhaps 91 model 1970)<\/p>\n

alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Oct. 13, 2018<\/div>\n
ar Bryan Marshall farm sale<\/div>\n
Fifth line south of Milton<\/div>\n
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(circa \u00a01970 International Harvester \/ McCormick 91 combine harvester)<\/div>\n
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\u201cCombine looks like it just \u00a0from the Showroom floor.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cToo small for today\u2019s fields\u2026half a \u00a0century ago it was<\/div>\n
a prize machine.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNot anymore.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe hauled it out of the barn\u2026white with dust\u2026Combine hadn\u2019t been used \u00a0for couple \u00a0of decades.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWash her down\u2026show off the red paint and the decals\u2026might up the price at the auction\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cin that case let\u2019s \u00a0get a \u00a0mechanic \u00a0to see it it will still run.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe mechanic was even a \u00a0bit startled when he charged \u00a0the battery and turned the key\u2026”<\/div>\n
\u201cIgnition\u2026we have ignition, Bryan\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAmazing\u2026running like a top\u2026lifting and \u00a0lowering the cylinder\u2026backward and forward…Like it had been waiting for this moment for a long time.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s polish \u00a0it up\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cStill won\u2019t sell for much you know\u2026obsolete.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t care\u2026sell it for a song\u2026but hope it goes to a home rather than the scrap yard.”<\/div>\n
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\u201cOK. boys, Bryan Marshall has shown \u00a0you that this \u00a0combine is in top shape\u2026older model I know\u2026what will you bid?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201c$200\u2026$250\u2026$400\u2026$500.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSold for $500\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWho bought it, Bryan?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGuy with small \u00a0bit of land\u2026hobby farmer\u2026came to visit the other day and said he<\/div>\n
did not plan to pay a lot.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI told him it will go for a song\u2026and it did.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cnice to know it will not go to the scrap yard\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s \u00a0the way I feel.”<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd \u00a0so \u00a0another Ontario farm\u2026a big successful farm\u2026goes out of food production\u2026the land lost to new condos and row housing.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCannot stop progress, can we?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNope\u2026but in fifty years \u00a0UN report says \u00a0there will not be enough food to feed the human population.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBleak situation in Canada and the US\u2026particularly the United States.\u201d<\/div>\n
“How come?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAmerican have 10% of the world\u2019s arable land yet lost 31 million acres \u00a0of farmland to development between 1992 and \u00a029012.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWow\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou \u00a0bet\u2026the loss \u00a0is 175 acres go arable land per hour\u2026or, stated mother way, the loss is 3 acres per minute.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201c11 million of best arable land in the world is gone.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd \u00a0Canada?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe are losing farmers at an alarming rate and those remaining are getting older.”<\/div>\n
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\u201cProgress is \u00a0not always pretty\u2026those fields on the Marshall farm are top \u00a0agricultural land\u2026perfect<\/div>\n
for crops\u2026cleared for heavy machinery.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLook empty to me.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNot for long.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDevelopers \u00a0own the land now\u2026ready for new housing.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo more giant squash under a summer sun\u2026last garden crops is just<\/div>\n
waiting for the first frost.<\/div>\n
\u201cComing tonight according to the weather people.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSpells \u00a0a \u00a0double loss\u2026land gone from production\u2026giant squash \u00a0to freeze into mush.”<\/div>\n
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\u201cSo who is going to buy your machinery if all this land\u2026flat and \u00a0fertile as far as my eye can \u00a0see\u2026if all \u00a0this land<\/div>\n
is going to be part of the new Milton .. no longer the quaint country town \u2026 a few big corporate farms renting development<\/div>\n
land but none of the family farms of the past. \u00a0Who will buy your machinery?”<\/div>\n
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\u201cMy big \u00a0tractor brought $59,000, \u2018almost what I paid for it.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGreat\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd \u00a0the rest of the machinery sold \u00a0up and \u00a0down like it does at any farm auction.”<\/div>\n
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“The fanning mill\u2026a Clipper\u2026sold for $30\u2026screens were in the garage.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cwhat will happen to all those \u00a0barns?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMennonite crew already taking down the light barn\u2026expect it will be gone tonight.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd the big barns?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMaybe Mennonites will get them as \u00a0well\u2026hope they do.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOtherwise?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDemolished\u2026maybe some of those great hand made beams \u00a0will become fashionable furniture.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGone before the snow \u00a0flies I expect.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cWill you keep the house?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNope\u2026not staying\u2026do \u00a0not want to see everything come to an end\u2026we are moving into a forest\u2026no<\/div>\n
more sunsets like this but that is fine\u2026a new start as \u00a0it were.”<\/div>\n
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\u201cWow, what a \u00a0sunset.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMetaphor ?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSort of a metaphor I guess.”<\/div>\n
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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
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POST SCRPT: \u00a0AUCTION SALE DETAILS<\/div>\n
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Clearing Farm Auction<\/span><\/div>\n
For the Bryan and Anne Marshall<\/span><\/div>\n
(Farm Sold) (905) 878-3180<\/span><\/div>\n
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Saturday, October 13th, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Located at 5368 5th Line South, Milton, ON L9E 0G2.\u00a0
<\/span>From Hwy 401 take James Snow Pkwy South approx. 3 miles to Britannia then East 1\u20444 mile to 5th Line. From Hwy 25 take Brittania Rd. East approx. 3 miles to 5th Line (Watch for signs).<\/div>\n
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Consisting of Tractors \u2013 S.P. Combine \u2013 60\u2019 x 40\u2019 Coverall building \u2013 haying \u2013 Tillage \u2013 Shop Tools (etc) (All equipment shedded)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Partial List Only:\u00a0<\/span>\u2012 New Holland T 6020 4 x 4 Tractor 110 h.p. (2009) STOLL Robust 35 QT Loader 8\u2019 bucket \u2012 Delta Cab \u2012 Air and buddy seat 16 speed (1100 hrs), Manurer bucket \u2012 Bale spear \u2012 QT forks to fit above tractor<\/div>\n
\u2012 MF 298 (80 h.p.) Tractor with multi-power \u2012 Laurin Cab \u2012 Wheel weights 18.4 x 38 rears (6500 hrs), M.F. 265 open station rebuilt motor 200 hrs ago<\/div>\n
\u2012 IHT 93 S.P. Combine with 10\u2019 head and pickup<\/div>\n
\u2012 N.H. 565 sq bale, (good shape), 2 Forage King Hay Baskets, 8\u2019 x 18\u2019 Flat Deck Wagon, M.F. 7\u2019 Dyna-balance 3 P.T.H. sickle bar mower, Inland 2 role hay turner, 36\u2019 grain and bale elevator, 28\u2019 Tuburlar bale elevator on wheels Kvernland 3 P.T.H. 3 F Plow 12\u201d-14\u201d-16\u201d (manual), Brillion hyd fold 20\u2019 Sprocket Packer, Brillion 9\u2019 Pull type packer, 3 P.T.H. V-Ditcher, Dunham Lehr 12\u2019 wheel disc, IHT 11\u2019 wheel disc, Weber 14\u2019 Spring tooth Cultivator, Weber 14\u2019 finger harrows, 5 section Allied horrows and bar, INT 510 drill 16 run grain and fert-seed box. Gravity Box and Extensions, IHT 3 F 12\u201d drag plow<\/div>\n
\u2012 New Holland 185 Tandem Spreader with plastic floor \u2012 Tig chain, J.D. 64 forage blower, qty of 9\u201d pipe, Wic 3 P.T.H. P.T.O. model 11 -83 bale chopper, Allied 7\u201d 34\u2019 P.T.O. Auger on wheels, Walco 7\u2019 Whistler Rotary Cutter (as new), 6\u2019 Bush hog rotary cutter, 10\u2019 x 6\u2019 P.T.O dump trailer (wooden sides), Danuser 12\u201d P.T.O. post hole auger, Frontier 5\u2019 3 P.T.H. box scrapper, Normand 8\u2019 3 P.T.H. single Auger snow blower (like new), Arps 6\u2019 3 P.T.H. blade, 4\u201d grain augers<\/div>\n
\u2012 Coverall 60\u2019 x 40\u2019 with 2 – 16\u2019 end doors (to be dismantled) (looks good)<\/div>\n
\u2012 Weber Tumble Mixer with scale, Champion oat roller, Apex 15 k.w. P.T.O Generator on wheels, steel and electric posts, Galliger fences, water trough, 3 P.T.H. bale spear, snow fence, misc. gates, Honda 2\u201d water pump, Ext. ladders<\/div>\n
\u2012 20 ton press, 225 amp welder \u2012 Champion twin vertical air compressor \u2012 Crftex belt and edge grinder and stand, Bench drill press, Hydraulic 7\u201d x 12\u201d metal band saw, H.D. grinder and stand<\/div>\n
\u2012This is a good clean offering. Many more farm related items.<\/div>\n
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Terms:\u00a0<\/span>Cash \u2013 Cheque \u2012 Interac\u00ae \u2012 VISA\u00ae day of sale. Lunch Booth on Grounds<\/div>\n
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Jim McCartney Auction Service Ltd.<\/span><\/div>\n
905-689-8778 \u2022 Waterdown<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PPS: \u00a0Alan Skeoch \u00a0bought the Clipper fanning mill\u2026with screens<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(I like to put \u00a0a little test in my stories just to discover who really reads the stories\u2026I suspect most people just zip through the pictures and press delete. \u00a0The test: \u00a0Who bought the Clipper Fanning mill?) Note: The following dialogue is just me talking to myself but based on the experience. BARGAIN\u2026IF ANYONE HAS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}