Tractor & Machinery

RECORDS BROKEN EVERYWHERE

Owing to constraints of space and time, we can only give you a brief review of what’s been going on in September, which has seen several records broken.

It started on Thursday 3 September, when Halls held the E B and J B Green farm machinery disposal sale near Billingsley, Shropshire. Of interest to us was an F A Standen-supplied 1972 Massey Ferguson 1505, registered SEB 683S, with 5,099 hours on the clock and in original condition and good running order. It went on to sell for £19,000 +VAT.

Interestingly, the tractor has been around a bit, residing in Ireland before returning to the north of England, the vendor

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