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This 2001 John Deere 6910 with 12,000 hours sold for €30,000 plus VAT and commission.
On Friday 5 March, Michael Doyle Auctions held an online machinery auction.
The auction consisted of over 250 entries, most of which were from local farmers. An 80% clearance rate was achieved on the evening.
Bidding took place online via the Marteye app. Doyle explained that the auction saw over 452 registered bidders, with a further 2,500 onlookers tuning in to watch online.
Similar to his last number of online sales, Doyle scheduled the auction to kick off in the evening (6pm). The lots on offer included a selection of tractors, farm machinery, tools, plant and livestock equipment. Commission was charged at a rate of 10% for items sold below €1,000 and 5% for items sold above €1,000.
Pat Culhane s John Deere C441R combi baler and John Deere 6155R.
Based just west of the Golden Vale in Shanagolden, Co Limerick, Pat Culhane runs a contracting business, Ballyneety Agri, alongside a suckler-to-beef enterprise. Round baling accounts for a large proportion of the contracting service pat provides.
Up until 2018 Pat was running two McHale Fusion balers, a Fusion 1 and a Fusion 3. Having felt it was time to upgrade the older Fusion 1 baler, he wanted to move away from McHale and see what other brands were offering in a combi baler wrapper at the time.
The Massey 185 and McHale bale splitter were recovered with no damage. \ Linda Wedlock
A Massey Ferguson 185 and a McHale bale splitter which were stolen last week have been recovered.
Linda Wedlock said the tractor and bale splitter were stolen from the farmyard overnight on Friday 15 January.
Wedlock, whose father owns the tractor, told the
Irish Farmers Journal that the tractor and bale splitter were found only 10 minutes from their home, with no damage on either machine.
“It’s my father’s tractor. He has it 38 or 39 years. Only for the reaction to the Facebook post, it might not have been found,” she said.
This Massey Ferguson 185 was stolen from a Cavan farm on Friday. \ Linda Wedlock (Facebook).
A Massey Ferguson 185 and a McHale bale splitter have been stolen from a Cavan farm.
The tractor and bale splitter were stolen from a farm in the Knockbride-Canningstown area of Bailieboro overnight Friday 15 January.
The owners of the tractor, the Wedlocks, have said the tractor bonnet has been cut at the window and the bale splitter has distinct welding on the bottom of it due to a repair.
The bale splitter doesn’t have the yellow safety guard fitted.
This McHale bale splitter was also stolen from the Wedlocks farm. \ Linda Wedlock (Facebook)
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