Farmer Joe, formerly known as Dr. Joe Freeze, who for many years taught technical and metal arts at Indiana State University’s School of Technology, is very contented with his current
Mecum Auctions said some of the tractors and trucks up for bid on Friday and Saturday at Bend XPO are some of the few known reassembled models in the world.
âMuscle tractorsâ featured in Gone Farminâs Kansas auction
The Abilene Machine Collection sale includes more than 125 vintage tractors
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Mecum Auctionsâ Gone Farminâ division has added an onsite live sale to its calendar, going to Solomon, Kansas, on June 4 for the Abilene Machine Collection auction. The docket will include more than 125 so-called muscle tractors.Â
Muscle tractors are farming machines with engines rated at 100 or more horsepower.
âLarge, late-model tractor values may be at historic low prices,â Successful Farming magazineâs agriculture.com website has noted. âOn the other hand, their grandfathers â the 100+ hp. muscle tractors from the 1960s and 1970s â are selling at historic high prices.â