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
SOLOMON A family-owned and operated company in north-central Kansas is reaching a big milestone as Abilene Machine celebrates 40 years of service to the region, the country and the world.
With beginnings as an idea between Randy Roelofsen and Loren Engel to help farmers solve problems and navigate the changing agriculture industry in 1980, the company grew over the years into what it is now, one of the largest family-owned agricultural parts companies in the U.S.
Located between Solomon and Abilene on Old Highway 40, family is at the center of Abilene Machine s story and its practices. Todd Roelofsen, Randy s nephew, joined what was at the time a small salvage parts and equipment resale operation in 1981 and helped to grow the company over the years as its vice president. Family isn t just about those working for the company, but those who interact and buy from it, too.