Hey, Pete. I wanted to give you a heads up on a super nice farm retirement auction today, Wednesday, December 4 in McLean, IL by my friends at Naughton Auction Service, www.naughtonauction.com. Dan, Amy, Reed, Tom, Denny, all great folks. The sale was held for Mr. Rick Bode. He had farmed for 43 years, was 62 almost 63 years old, and has decided to retire to move on to a new chapter in he and his wife Carol’s lives and he was very well known in the McLean area. He operated 800 acres, but he recently downsized to 450 acres for the rest of his final fall harvest of this year and he took pride in his farm, his equipment and his land. He was a multi generation farmer and lived on the farm all of his life. He had an outstanding excellent line of Case IH equipment that was very well cared for and serviced annually. Including the following highlights:
2005 Case IH MX210 MFWD, 3,092 hours, PS, 3 Hyd., 1000 PTO, Bought New $57,250
1959 AC D17 Gas, NF, 5900 hours, bought new by Rick’s father, Rick’s first tractor he drove when he was 10 years old! Original $1,700
1972 AC 190 XT Series 3, Gas, WF, 3pt., 5,505 Hours, 540/1000 PTO, original, bought new by Rick’s father $3,600
1994 Gleaner R52 2wd Combine, Cummins Diesel, Hydro., 1651 sep. Hours, 2699 eng. Hours, Bought new at Rolf’s, thru shop, new feederhouse chain $10,000
2000 Kinze 3600 12/23 No Till planter, Rebuilt Seed Meters, little use $44,500
and one more…
2005 Case IH RMX 340 Disk, 27’, Like New! Very low acres and little use. $17,250
Hope you enjoy retirement Rick and Carol!! Pleasure to meet you at the auction today!