Consignment auction plow sales?

Butch(OH) · Jul 27, 2023

I have 4 A-C 2 bottom pull type plows that
need to go away. There is a fair size
consignment auction next weekend 7 miles
west of me and and a scrap yard 6 miles
east. No sense in hauling them west if the
scrappers get them for half what I can get
for scrap myself I don't think? You all
that attend auctions what are good usable
2 bottom plows bringing? Answer will help
me decide which way to turn when I pull
out the driveway.

Oh, yes I have tried to sell them for
going on 5 years now. Nothing but time
wasters. Estimating the weight I will get
$80?? each at the scrap yard for torch
iron.

Janicholson · Jul 27, 2023

4 of them at the auction at one time will get maybe 100 for the best of them and 20 for each of the remaining. I would take the best one to the auction and see what transpires. Jim

Traditional Farmer · Jul 27, 2023

Any on line consignment auctions in area? Way better exposure and a lot more bidders.

mjbrown · Jul 27, 2023

Scrap 'em.

Moonlite37 · Jul 27, 2023

Alis Chalmers pull type plows were not as popular as some others. Perhaps to fit up to an old tractor some one needing a plow to show. I have heard that A.C. plows have a heavy draft but no txperience

WESnIL · Jul 27, 2023

Four IH plows at a recent auction sold for $60, $60, $80, and $350. One of the $60 plows was a highly desired IH plow. That's not AC but it may give you an idea. Location may make a big difference.

Mark-Mi · Jul 27, 2023

Take one plow to the auction. Watch who the backup bidders are. After that one is auctioned go to the backup bidders and see if they would like to buy a plow.

NY 986 · Jul 27, 2023

Another vote to take just one to a consignment sale to see what happens. Around here they would not command the money of an IH, JD, or Oliver plow.

muleman51 · Jul 27, 2023

The consignment auction here told me a IH 700 5-18 auto reset was worth so much a pound. Don't bother bringing a plow nobody wants one.

hd6gtom · Jul 27, 2023

I advertised the one I had on another Allis website. It brought $200.00 and went to Minnesota from southern Iowa. I'd go to the Unofficial forum and advertise them there first.

ss55 · Jul 27, 2023

Condition makes a big big difference on selling prices. Reading between the lines: Did the people who looked at the plows decide not make an offer on them because the plows are in poor condition or need repair, or did they make counter offers that were to low for you to sell?

Butch(OH) · Jul 27, 2023

I have, 3 times

Butch(OH) · Jul 27, 2023

Plows were rebuilt as needed, they are field ready and scoured. Two are painted, two are rust colored. Nobody has came to look, just want pictures and want them for $25

Leroy · Jul 27, 2023

One person can take a plow and say it is hardest pulling ever and some other person it will be easiest pulling ever. Same plow just different way it is set up or type of ground.

Leroy · Jul 27, 2023

Do not scrap. Find different places to advertise.

Leroy · Jul 27, 2023

Not a plow the market would want to be using so look for a different type of market. Look for shows featuring Allis tractors and try to target some owners that might ne interested in one to put with their tractor at a show. Might take to show and put a four sale sign on. Show featuring congsiment sale. Not your ordinatly found concignment sale as the people wanting sonething like that would not go to those sales. Find different places to advertise like the adds on this site. Some place you will possibly find a buyer several hundred miles from where you are. Make sure you list size. Somebody with a C tractor would not want a 16 inch plow but someone with a UC would and not be interested in a 12 inch plow.

paul · Jul 27, 2023

Since you didnt get the plow on the advertising list deadline, you kind of defeated yourself on that deal. Cant haul something to a consignment 2 days before the sale and expect much.

Paul

redforlife · Jul 27, 2023

$80 each?? What's the big deal???

At that price, and if any sentimental value at all, why not just give them to people for once a year use in thier garden? If given to the right person (tractorless), it might persuade them to get an old tractor too, and we'd have a new tractor enthusiast join the site.

There must be some sort of sentimental value here, or you wouldn't be asking, and you would just turn East. If your concerned about the money, your not going to get rich no matter which way you turn.

For what it's worth, the last few consignment sales I've been to had several plows. Maybe one guy buys one of them to use, and the scrappers get the rest of them. Of course at the consignment sale, they pay less than if delivered to them. And you pay commission.

In my opinion, I hate to see good useable stuff head back to the foundery to be melted. Makes no sense at all. But if you want to make this all about a couple of extra bucks??

NY 986 · Jul 28, 2023

Always good to make the ad deadline but I doubt it is a killer in the internet era. As long as the auction company has internet bidding there is a good chance the item sells near to its top value. I've seen this time and time again with the local auction outfit here. The reality in 2023 is there are people who do nothing but watch auctions online. They usually drive the price on items versus the live crowd.

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 28, 2023

(quoted from post at 12:57:28 07/27/23) Another vote to take just one to a consignment sale to see what happens. Around here they would not command the money of an IH, JD, or Oliver plow.

Being in the same geographical area as NY 986, I can attest that moldboard plows bring above average money around here. White and IH plows, especially semi-mount sell quite well. Moldboard plowing is still somewhat common due to the type of ground.

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