If you’ve been following my Machinery Pete posts, columns, blogs, TV, radio, YouTube and Podcast commentary for years/decades now you know how I often say when you buy a piece of used farm equipment…you are actually also BUYING THE SELLER.
As in paying for the history of care/maintenance that seller gave that piece of equipment.
I think this was most definitely the case today, March 22, 2025, on the David Buehrer farm estate auction in West Unity, OH by AA Brown Auction Service. I was out in West Unity, OH last month to film a Machinery Pete video preview of this auction and had the opportunity to spend time with David’s wife Lynne and his son Nate. We talked about the equipment on the auction…Beautiful. But we also talked about David. How he rolled through his farming career/life. If you missed it, here’s that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58_lmnqHEE4
A pair of Truths from the preview video jumped out at me:
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Nate said he never has the radio on when he’s in the tractor/truck/combine cab. His late father David taught him as young boy…No Radio…Because you need to LISTEN to the Tractor/Combine/Truck
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David’s JD 8210 tractor and JD S660 combine were “GOLD KEY” items, meaning when he bought the new he did the Gold Key Tour offered by John Deere. Lynne mentioned to me, “Pete, I can’t show you David’s Gold Key.” Because the Gold Key was placed in David’s casket with him when he was laid to rest
DAVID BUEHRER TOOK GREAT CARE OF HIS EQUIPMENT
So I was not surprised one bit this afternoon when the sale price report rolled in from the auction…and this item jumped out at me.
2001 JD 8210 with 3059 hours, Gold Key Tour, sold: $132,500
Pete’s Note: “$132,500 is a new Record High Auction Price on JD 8210 tractor, smashing the previous record high auction price by $17,500. By the way, that previous record high auction price on JD 8210 had stood for 13+ years”
HIGHEST AUCTION PRICES EVER ON JD 8210 TRACTORS
Click here to view full sale price report with pics from the David Buehrer farm estate auction today in West Unity, OH: https://tinyurl.com/MachineryPete-WestUnityOH
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