An on-site auction was held on Friday, October 26 at Wrydelands Estates – close to Thorney, Peterborough.
The sale was noteworthy for its line-up of high-specification tractors (included a tracked AGCO Challenger), a Claas Lexion combine harvester and a plethora of farm machinery. It was conducted by Cheffins.
Here, we focus on the tractors, the combine harvester and the trailers that were offered at the sale.
Tim Scrivener was at the sale for AgriLand; he took these photographs and noted the hammer/sale prices. All of these pictures were snapped on-site – at the auction.
All (hammer) prices are subject to a ‘buyer’s premium’ of 2%.
Prices are subject to VAT at the local rate (i.e. VAT must be added to all of the hammer/sale prices in the captions below).
Click on a thumbnail in the gallery (below) to open up a full-size image; once opened you can scroll sideways to see the next picture. Refer to each caption to see details of each lot, including the hammer price.
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- This 2015 Claas Lexion 750 (Claas 770 Vario header; Laser Pilot; OSR side-knife; CAT engine; 900/60 R32 front Trelleborg tyres; 822 engine hours; 559 drum hours) sold for £144,000
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- This 2003 Challenger MT765 (Topcon guidance system; Camoplast tracks; 6,200 hours) sold for £40,000
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- This 2016 Claas Arion 640 (CIS; 50kph; cab and front axle suspension; air brakes; ‘on farm from new’; 976 hours) sold for £52,000
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- This 2011 Massey Ferguson 6480 (Dyna-6; 50kph; cab and front axle suspension; ‘on farm from new’; 4,240 hours) sold for £36,600
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- This 2004 NC plant trailer (tandem-axle; wooden floor; sprung drawbar; spring-loaded rear ramps; beaver-tail; hydraulic brakes; 215/75 R17.5 tyres) sold for £5,100
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- This 2003 Wootton CMT14 (14t; tandem-axle; sprung drawbar; manual tailgate; 385/65 R22.5 tyres) sold for £5,200
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- This 2004 AS Marston ACMT14 (14t; tandem-axle; sprung drawbar; manual tailgate; 385/65 R22.5 tyres) sold for £4,350
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- There was an impressive-looking trio of tractors at this auction
