Newcastle, IN – On March 9, Jeff Boone Auction & Realty hosted the Ronald Lowhorn farm equipment estate auction, with bidding taking place exclusively through BidBoone.com. Lowhorn, a Vietnam veteran who served three tours with the 375th Army Security Agency Company, spent a lifetime balancing military service, work at the Postal Service and Chrysler, and his farm. The sale offered 86 lots from his operation: tractors, combines, trucks, trailers and other implements, most having sat out of crop production for several years, ready for buyers willing to put in a little work.

Leading the sale at $38,200 was a Case Magnum MX200 tractor, in good shape, with just 2,067 hours, four-wheel drive, front suitcase weights, three-point hitch with quick hitch, 1,000 PTO, and three hydraulic remotes. A second Case tractor, this one a good-condition Case International with 7,130 hours, landed not far behind at $30,100. It was outfitted with front suitcase weights, 1,000 PTO, three-point hitch, and three hydraulic remotes.

Two additional modern tractors were available: A running John Deere 4630, with 8,489 hours needing some fuel work, reached $16,600. It featured front suitcase weights, three-point quick hitch, 1000 PTO, and a set of duals. A second 4630, with 8,347 hours, also needing some work, with auxiliary fuel tank, front suitcase weights, 1000 PTO, and three hydraulic remotes, pulled $10,000.

Four vintage tractors attracted attention, with bidding hitting $3,550 on a 1960s Allis-Chalmers One-Ninety XT diesel, with 10,944 hours. It was equipped with a three-point hitch and running, albeit difficult to start. A 1970s Allis-Chalmers A-C 7030, with 4,821 hours, hampered by clutch or linkage issues, made it to $3,100. It had front suitcase weights, rear wheel weights, 540 PTO, and two remotes. A well-used 1950s WD 45 in unknown condition was carted off for $775, while a non-running Allis Chalmers D17 from the same era came close at $700.

Three combines were available. A John Deere 9650 STS 4WD combine, with hours unknown due to a non-working screen but believed to have over 3,000 engine hours, harvested $16,300. A cosmetically worn International 1460 from the late 1970s/early 1980s, long sitting in a field, brought $1,600. Meanwhile, a Deere 105 with 2,992 hours, appearing functional but untested, crossed the block at $950.

Nearly four dozen pieces of additional agricultural equipment – from augers to grain heads – were presented. Leading those offerings, a John Deere tandem grain drill pulled $7,400. Earlier, a Westfield MK100-71 auger hit $6,025, and a John Deere 930F grain head with cart reached $3,500.

Many pieces of that machinery changed hands in the hundreds, including a John Deere 8-row corn head that landed at $925, an International 5100 soybean special drill for $700, and an Anderson MFG pull-type sprayer with an 850-gallon tank and hydraulic pump at $425. Budget-friendly finds included an International 844 corn head going for $250, an Allis-Chalmers 5-bottom plow for $225, and a 14-foot John Deere disc at $175.

Gravity wagons were abundant, with a dozen vying for new homes. A Unverferth 275 in good cosmetic condition topped the category at $500, and a second Unverferth 275 in similar shape brought $475. Meanwhile, a rough but usable John Deere 68 auger wagon pulled $250, while a Parker gravity wagon needing a wheel and fresh rubber all around went for just $125.

Past the machinery, six vintage “barn find” trucks, each needing work, made their way through the auction. At the top was a 1978 Ford 800 tandem grain truck, not running but titled and wearing serviceable tires, grabbed for $1,700. A 1978 Freightliner 8664-T cabover semi, with 64,858 miles showing on an uneven odometer and parked in the weeds, was picked up for $1,600. A 1979 International F1924 tandem grain truck, non-running and showing plenty of rust, bid to $1,400.

Two trailers were also auctioned: a 2007 Universal Exiss two-horse aluminum straight-load trailer, with escape doors on each side and a front tack/changing area, drew $8,050, and a 1977 semi-trailer that went with the Freightliner, with rollaway tarp, showing plenty of rust, changed hands for $1,000.

Other “around the farm” utilitarian items caught attention as well. A Spread-All industrial fan went for $775, a Farm Fans AB-12B automatic grain dryer brought $525, and an unrestored late-1940s Tokheim gas pump, selling for $325, added a touch of vintage charm to the sale.

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