Horse drawn Machinery

billooo2 · #21 06/09/11, 11:11 PM

If you were hee in Ohio......Kidron Auction and Mount Hope Auction have big machinery auctions at least twice/year.

And I think that all 30,000 Amish in this area show up at those auctions!!!!!

springvalley · #22 06/09/11, 11:42 PM

Wow, I`m surprised you have gotten so much advice about horse equipment. First off don`t scrap it, your Dad kept it around, so he must of thought more of it than that. I have collected horse equipment for close to 35 years, some very good, some so-so, hauled a corn binder home from the scrap yard one day. If your looking to sell the whole works, there is a sale in Fennimore WI near the amish there, also an auction in Madison WI, and yes the big auction in Waverly IA, I have bought and sold there, some times you do good and sometimes you don`t. There is also a auction in Kalona IA, amish there also, but it is a good sale. And just because it`s a big auction doesn`t mean it will sell good, supply and demand also helps. You could also have an estate sale at the farm, and sell it private. And as others have said,, don`t know what you have so hard to value it. I was an auctioneer for 26 years, if you need any help with info please pm me if you like. > Thanks Marc

seedspreader · #23 06/09/11, 11:53 PM

If you're going to sell, make sure to put it up at an Auction that many Amish attend. You'll be pleasantly surprised at what it brings.

wogglebug · #24 06/10/11, 08:23 AM

At the very least (literally), if you take it to auction, put the scrap value as a reserve price on it. However, do remember that your father dedicated his life to horse-power rather than gasoline-power. There's not a few people who think his point of view had some validity. Could be down the road a couple of years or ten, his opinion will be validated. In the meantime, at least people with land paid off, draught animals and equipment, can make a living if not a fortune by living as your father chose to do.

Just maybe you could sell the whole thing, land, equipment and stock, as a going concern for a lot LOT LOT more than the sum of its individual parts, if you don't feel you can carry on your father's legacy.

Maybe you owe him some respect. Maybe he knew more about this than you do.

Jan Doling · #25 06/10/11, 10:34 AM

As soon as you get ridof it, fuel prices will soar!

springvalley · #26 06/10/11, 10:29 PM

Some of you guys also have to understand that maybe they are not in the position to be horse farmers. Not everyone is cut out to work horses, the Amish do it everyday because they grew up doing it and are very use to it, then there are people that choose to farm with horses, then there are those that need to farm with tractors. But I think most of us are just saying don`t scrap it, find a buyer that can use it. I have near a hundred pieces of horse equipment, and if scrap prices were high and some young guy needed a few pieces to farm with, I don`t care if I took less than scrap price just so it went to a good home. But thats just me, I`m a bit crazy that way. > Thanks Marc

FarmboyBill · #27 06/11/11, 07:32 AM

Same here SV. I have nots of horse machinery that I farm with, Ive never owned a horse. Likely never will, But lots of it is adaptable to smaller say up to 35hp tractors.

NewGround · #28 06/11/11, 07:39 AM

Unless it's burning a hole in your farm why not just hang onto it? Maybe another generation will pick it up one day... Read one of the Miller books before you make a decision, you may decide it's worth it to keep it for a grandchild's use. I'm sure your father would smile from heaven at the thought...