IT was a bittersweet sale at Cunderdin, with great prices being received for the machinery on offer, but vendor Bill Gorringe admitted that he "wasn't travelling very well" health-wise.
But he was extremely happy with the machinery portion of the sale, both for the prices obtained and the virtually total clearance.
He was also grateful for the community support he had received in preparing for the sale, demonstrating the wisdom of his decision 20 years ago to move to Cunderdin.
Landmark auctioneer Tiny Holly announced that no reserve prices were applicable for the machinery portion of the Gorringe sale, although subsequent bidding showed that no reserves would have been needed.
The top price for the sale went for a Ford 6610 FWA tractor (5962 hours), which Mr Holly knocked down for $12,000.
Two other tractors were offered, both orange Chamberlain 6.306 models, one with TPL, FEL with bucket and hay forks and 5275 hours which sold for $6000, while the second, a drawbar-only model (7895hrs), made $3000.
A Honda FourTrax quad bike (785hrs) sold for $4800, while a small two-wheeled trailer to match went for $300.
In the harvesting department, a Massey Ferguson MF4500 (3188hrs) header with 6.4m (21ft) comb on a trailer, sold for $3500 while a KGL Bedford tipper (156,978km) with a Chevy 292 motor and 140 bag grain sides made $4200.
The obligatory Cole bin with Hobbs Hoists went for $5000.
A 12.2m (40ft) Hardi Terra boomsprayer with 1200L tank made $1300; a 24-run International A6-2 combine with culti-trash floats and new discs sold for $1600; an 18 disc orange model Chamberlain plough made $600 and a 20-run MF red model 500 series spring tine combine sold for $600.
Some three-point linkage equipment was listed, including a MF post-hole digger which made $500, and a grader blade which also sold for $500.
A Loadstar 2.4m x 1.8m (8ft x 6ft) tandem axle trailer with stock crate sold for $3400 and a 800L slide-on fire tank with an as-new water pump made $500
Depending on need, some bargains were available, with two PTO headers - a MF 542 and an even older MF 585 - plus a heap of header bits, which were put up as one line, sold after receiving a bid of $50.
A selection of hay machinery was offered with a NH 489 Hayline mower/conditioner selling for $4000, a Shearer/Gehl 1470TRC round baler made $2000, while a NH "rolla-bar" rake fetched $800.
Grain handling and storage is always of interest, with a 14t Holtfreters field bin making $800, a 17t round field bin sold for $1900, while a pencil auger with electric motor made $500.
A DeLisle self-feeder sold for $800, an Advantage self-feeder made $1800, while four Advantage round bale feeders were offered, two selling at $500 and the other two made $600 each, while a 2t sheep feeder sold for $250.
Sundries included a 8000DC 6.5 KVA generating set which sold for $700, a 12V fuel pump made $180, and an air-compressor with electric motor sold for $160.
An older model hydraulic wool press with manual pins fetched $500, a couple of Lister shearing heads sold for $250 each, an old Gardiner cable-operated wool press made $90 while a set of wool bale scales sold for $180.
About two tonnes of Belara seed lupins in five Bulka Bags made $200, while 21 round bales of oaten hay sold at $40 each and the other 20 bales made $25 each.
