Fendts in Cambridge sale

[Speedstar]

No they weren’t

they must have sold them after the sale then & after I spoke to Joe

 

[Welderloon]

Valuation job?

Probably more going on than we'll ever know about

 

[Dave W]

Probably more going on than we'll ever know about

Are you suggesting the keyboard experts on tff don’t actually know everything

 

[Drillman]

Who cares who maybe bought them,

personally with some of the numbers been quoted I would rather buy a modest property, rent it out and use the money to make payments on an older cheaper tractor.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Well almost correct, but not quite:

Years ago, we wanted to buy a yard tractor and I took my boss and as it happened our local Deutz dealer who fancied a day out, with me to the Cheffins sale yard at Sutton.
It just so happened that there was a rather nice Deutz 80hp 4WD.
Our local dealer said it was a good one worth about £4K and we should buy it.
My boss, who had never been to an agricultural sale before asked if he could do the bidding, to which I agreed.

The bidding started at about a grand and went up in £100 pound increments.
When it got to about £1700, my boss suddenly stopped bidding, turned to me and asked “Richard, can you see who else is bidding?”

To which the Auctioneer who I knew quite well said to him “Nobody Sir, but the tractor hasn’t yet reached its reserve.”

So my boss said “How much is the Reserve?”

The auctioneer replied “£2000 Sir.”

“OK” said my boss, “I’ll give you £2000 for it”

“Done!” Said the auctioneer.

“You certainly have been” said my boss. “We would have gone to £4K, if you’d got your act together better!”


The rest of the crowd were pi55ing themselves laughing.
These days, I suppose they could claim the other bidder was on the Internet.

That very tractor, sold to onto a friend
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And its replacement (there was a Massey 3080 in between.
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Just the same as my 7807
Mine has a loader.
SS

 

[Speedstar]

Are you suggesting the keyboard experts on tff don’t actually know everything

Them 716 fendts had been offered to some Major player in the tractor world before ending up in that sale & all have to much stock at the moment to take them on.

 

[Chae1]

Why buy a 716 over a 516?

Smallest tractor in a range not normally great.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Why buy a 716 over a 516?

Smallest tractor in a range not normally great.

714 is smallest in range

 

[Rich_ard]

Then there’s the ones that rock up and get paid to not bid…

How do I get that job?

 

[daveydiesel1]

How do I get that job?

Sign me up

 

[Will 1594]

@Speedstar that fendt with 78 hours ,was genuine sale , lad bought a big unimog , ,jaut chatting to his mate on whattsapp , who is one of top spanner man at hrn , in fife Did you buy it

 

[Speedstar]

@Speedstar that fendt with 78 hours ,was genuine sale , lad bought a big unimog , ,jaut chatting to his mate on whattsapp , who is one of top spanner man at hrn , in fife Did you buy it

Yes I know its only 20 miles up the road from us

 

[Speedstar]

Why buy a 716 over a 516?

Smallest tractor in a range not normally great.

If you want a 6 pot its a 716 if you want a 4 pot its a 516

 

[daveydiesel1]

@Speedstar that fendt with 78 hours ,was genuine sale , lad bought a big unimog , ,jaut chatting to his mate on whattsapp , who is one of top spanner man at hrn , in fife Did you buy it

Take it he wasnt getting enough on a trade in

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Basically a second unofficial auction / divvy up after the main auction because it’s understood they don’t take each other on in the main auction and they then sort it out amongst themselves afterwards which can result quite sizeable profits added onto some items for the initial purchaser or on the other hand them having to give more money to one of the others to keep hold of an item in some cases.

Surely with remote bidding an online this is now dead?

 

[Blue.]

Surely with remote bidding an online this is now dead?

Yeah they must hate it,everyone’s a dealer now.

 

[Will 1594]

Yes I know its only 20 miles up the road from us

Dont think so ,its a fife tractor , was through hamiltons And was at fife show

 

[Speedstar]

Dont think so ,its a fife tractor , was through hamiltons And was at fife show

the company has it HQ in Peebles , its on the unsold lots now at £131,000

 

[Speedstar]

Take it he wasnt getting enough on a trade in

Look at the unsold lots now only 2 Fendt 716 not sold one with loader is £80100 & one with out which is £78100

 

[Speedstar]

Dont think so ,its a fife tractor , was through hamiltons And was at fife show

That lad that owns it hires tractors out , It was £980 per week & is only a few months old , but at 131k & no 0% its to much money you can buy a new one for not much more & by the time you put interest on it the new one will be a better buy