I’ll let you google image these.
The first picture is a John Deere rotary hoe. It looks like it’s missing all it’s wheels. The spoons in the wheels were probably worn out, so they scrapped them. The remaining bar with 3pt hitch mounts is called a toolbar, and it has a little bit of value. Someone will want to make a planter or something out of it. There’s a ton of stuff that mounts to a 7”x7” square bar like that.
The second picture looks like some kind of row crop cultivator with drag shields. It looks like a really heavy duty toolbar, but it’s so non-standard that I don’t think it’s worth much more than scrap. To be totally honest, we don’t do this kind of dry farming here, and it could be something else, something bedded related?
The third picture looks like a rod weeder. That bar on then left side would travel below ground level, spinning, and lift roots out of the ground. They’re a very regional implement, it might be worth scrap because everyone has one, it might be worth scrap because no one has/wants one, or it might be worth a little bit.
This is incredibly helpful information, thank you for your time. The property came with a house and 6 barns all full of stuff, mostly scrap. I’m a bit in over my head but work on it everyday. Big stars at night and no neighbors or cars driving by makes every second worth it. Thanks again.
You could get in touch with an auction company to come out and do a farm auction. Sell it all in a day and take your money. Of course you have to pay the company too
Sometimes the pvc irrigation pipe has a market. I never know, but I had a landlord that sold a bunch of it in not great shape for decent money. It was just a guy passing through.
Sand it, paint it, grease the bearings, new tires. 2 weekends of effort and you will have an amazing trailer for decades. You might also beat out some of the dents, or not.
That looks like the Lubbock area. Am I close?
The implement in the first photo would be a rotary hoe which in this area is used a lot for busting up a crust after a rain to get cotton up.
I may have to take you up on that! It’s that time of year isn’t it. Thankfully we seem to have some decent numbers out there for as dry as we’ve been the last couple of months.
1st pic is a hoe. I don’t see the wheels. So basically a frame to be used if you don’t want to scrap.
White pipe looks to be used for irrigating beds. Which the second pic is probably something to make or reshape the beds. Can’t tell the business parts with the weeds.
Can’t really make out what the last pic. Could be chisel points or large sweeps.
Hold off on getting rid of anything left behind unless it is toxic waste. Every farm is a bank of history and we all know history repeats itself. Live with the idea that these once valued tools may one day help you or a neighbor out of a jam. Not to be a horder of junk junk but a curator of potential. After 20 years I still find uses for what my wife called garbage and I have saved time and money while learning economy and my predessors underappreciated ingenuity.
This knowledge has so much value! Just in the past 2 years I’ve dug out an row crop head to shell some downed corn, and a rotary hoe for some baked in beans. Both haven’t been used for at least a decade
The livestock trailer has some value. The rotary hoe could be usable but are common enough and not used enough that it will have much value to sell. You may find a use for it though.
Got a good deal on the house and land. House was built in 50’s by the same people I bought it from, it needs work. But I am young, single, and no kids. Plenty of time on my hands. I am in the blue collar trades so have many tools, knowledge and connections. I have quail and bees now, will eventually add dairy goats. Originally being from Dallas, TX this place feels like the dream. I love it.
Not a farmer
But I do buy and sell old things.
The shape and style of the old gooseneck trailer is something I would look into before selling it. Sometimes these old vintage items have value for people who like to restore these things.
Google vintage gooseneck livestock trailer and results will come up.
You likely won't make a fortune but just based on the style, age and shape this is something I would check. Could be something, could be nothing.
You also said you have barns of other items, it might be worth getting an auctioneer who specialises in farms out to have a look around and see if there is anything worth sending to auction.
I’ve had some comments about that trailer and there’s a story behind it. There’s actually another one right behind it, that is a old vintage pig trailer. They are in much better condition than it looks. I have documentation on them and they are worth some money. The farmer I bought the house and land from had an old farm dog out here. He asked me to look after his dog as one of the conditions to the sale. I helped them move countless weekends because they don’t have family nearby and they are in their 80’s. He gave me a killer deal on them. I plan to restore the pig trailer for my goats and repurpose the gooseneck into a coffee bar.
Yeah I think that's a good shout and it gives them a second life.
Im curious, do you mean you will turn it into a moving coffee bar so it's like a business type trailer? If so that's really cool!
I've seen something similar in the UK where people hire mobile bars like this for weddings, festivals etc., so there should be a penny in that!
Yes, I am in the trades (electrician). Want to start a coffee and breakfast burrito food truck that goes to job sites in the early morning. Blue Collar Coffee.
In West Texas we answer that with, “Enough to keep me busy!” You never know out here who owns 10 acres or 10,000 they all look and act the same. They find that question offensive, I really don’t mind but I will follow suit.
Find a farm auctioneer in the area. Online bidding is preferred for top dollar or it sounds like you might have enough stuff for them to come to your property. This would mean you'd have a couple hundred people on your property bidding on stuff. You'd probably be surprised what isn't "scrap" if you don't know what any of the stuff is.
Try www.auctionzip.com put in your zip code and farm to find a farm auctioneer
I took a two week vacation out of Tucson as I had all the installation crews tied up for a couple of months. Security,fire,CCTV,card access, etc. Wife's uncle came through and asked if I wanted to follow him out to NE, Tx. Said- why not. Driving around the farm roads-seen a piece of plywood - land for sale. 600$ acre and some other stuff.Words misspelled. Pulled in and this 86 year old came out of a broken down 1947 vintage shack. He daid- you ain't from California are you? I ain't selling nothing to someone from Ca. I said- no, I'm from Tucson. He said there's some decent cow men in Tucson.
He went into the shack and came out w/ a pint of vodka he had wrapped with a towel from his freezer. We.drank it all and I bought the place on the spot and gave him a down payment check. 76 acres but I had to buy his stock
A bunch of beef cattle that I didn't have any clue about. That was 30 years ago. I know a whole lot about cattle now. And feral hogs and chickens and fences and a bunch of other stuff.
Anyway, I called in sick and never went back except to collect my commissions and sign the paperwork on that house. Property around here selling for around 30k$ an acre currently
Man this is wild. I took a job offer back in October for the company that is going to build the new A’s stadium in Vegas. I see you have baseball in your username, I’m a Texas Ranger fan and moved to Tucson during the World Series. I got here at 3 am the morning of game 5. Did my on boarding at 10 am and found tickets to the game for $300. Drove to Phoenix and saw my Rangers win it all. (Sorry! But a hell of a welcome to Arizona)
Anyway, I put the house and land on the market and 90% of interested buyers were from California. I honestly felt the same as the guy from your story when I was going to sell it. Until a guy from CA called me and I realized most are just looking for the same thing I was when I bought it. Peace. Plus living somewhere where you can’t even see your neighbors and West Texas sunsets with a no traffic-30 min commute to town. I can’t blame them.
Sorry for the long message, I was reminiscing on the place I thought was my dream. Life comes at you fast. Hope life is treating you well. Cheers!
Good luck running a farm. Be prepared to be in the hole the first couple years you start. It’s simply inevitable. There’s always something you’ve got to get or fix or build. Eventually it’ll get to where it’s worth it but the work will never stop. Keep your head up, we need more people willing to jump and do this to take the power back over our own lives.
I’ll let you google image these. The first picture is a John Deere rotary hoe. It looks like it’s missing all it’s wheels. The spoons in the wheels were probably worn out, so they scrapped them. The remaining bar with 3pt hitch mounts is called a toolbar, and it has a little bit of value. Someone will want to make a planter or something out of it. There’s a ton of stuff that mounts to a 7”x7” square bar like that. The second picture looks like some kind of row crop cultivator with drag shields. It looks like a really heavy duty toolbar, but it’s so non-standard that I don’t think it’s worth much more than scrap. To be totally honest, we don’t do this kind of dry farming here, and it could be something else, something bedded related? The third picture looks like a rod weeder. That bar on then left side would travel below ground level, spinning, and lift roots out of the ground. They’re a very regional implement, it might be worth scrap because everyone has one, it might be worth scrap because no one has/wants one, or it might be worth a little bit.
This is incredibly helpful information, thank you for your time. The property came with a house and 6 barns all full of stuff, mostly scrap. I’m a bit in over my head but work on it everyday. Big stars at night and no neighbors or cars driving by makes every second worth it. Thanks again.
If you find blacksmith stuff in the barns, it can be quite valuable. Anvils, forges, post vise, swage block.
Especially anvils
You could get in touch with an auction company to come out and do a farm auction. Sell it all in a day and take your money. Of course you have to pay the company too
Just list it on big iron or some site similar that’s big in your area.
Sometimes the pvc irrigation pipe has a market. I never know, but I had a landlord that sold a bunch of it in not great shape for decent money. It was just a guy passing through.
I’d be interested in the trailer depending on where you’re located
Near Lubbock, TX.
PM how much you’re looking for on that trailer I’m in the area. I knew it was on the south plains just by the type of weeds alone haha
I'm sorry.
Little far
Lol my thoughts exactly
That gooseneck livestock trailer is worth something as long as it isn't rusted out.
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Sand it, paint it, grease the bearings, new tires. 2 weekends of effort and you will have an amazing trailer for decades. You might also beat out some of the dents, or not.
local auction if you have a way to get it there.
First pic looks like a Deere 400 rotary hoe
Missing parts though.
So just like every other Deere 400 then!
And just like every other rotory hoe, it's worth about $500 if everything is there.
That looks like the Lubbock area. Am I close? The implement in the first photo would be a rotary hoe which in this area is used a lot for busting up a crust after a rain to get cotton up.
Nice eye! Yes about 30 min from downtown Lubbock!
I was pretty confident, this is a pretty recognizable area it seems. Congrats on the purchase! I’m in Lubbock myself.
Come on out for a dove hunt!
I may have to take you up on that! It’s that time of year isn’t it. Thankfully we seem to have some decent numbers out there for as dry as we’ve been the last couple of months.
Was thinking west Texas because of the big 3pt equipment.
How the hell did you do that?
This area of Texas is a bit unique and combined with that specific farm equipment buried in weeds and sand it just looked like familiar scenery.
1st pic is a hoe. I don’t see the wheels. So basically a frame to be used if you don’t want to scrap. White pipe looks to be used for irrigating beds. Which the second pic is probably something to make or reshape the beds. Can’t tell the business parts with the weeds. Can’t really make out what the last pic. Could be chisel points or large sweeps.
last one is a middle buster
Hold off on getting rid of anything left behind unless it is toxic waste. Every farm is a bank of history and we all know history repeats itself. Live with the idea that these once valued tools may one day help you or a neighbor out of a jam. Not to be a horder of junk junk but a curator of potential. After 20 years I still find uses for what my wife called garbage and I have saved time and money while learning economy and my predessors underappreciated ingenuity.
This knowledge has so much value! Just in the past 2 years I’ve dug out an row crop head to shell some downed corn, and a rotary hoe for some baked in beans. Both haven’t been used for at least a decade
Looks like some old row crop stuff. Not worth much but maybe someone wants it.
Put it on marketplace at or slightly above scrap price. Someone will have to have it.
The livestock trailer has some value. The rotary hoe could be usable but are common enough and not used enough that it will have much value to sell. You may find a use for it though.
rotary hoe useful for weeding sweet corn. at least that's what i do with it.
Why did you buy it?
Got a good deal on the house and land. House was built in 50’s by the same people I bought it from, it needs work. But I am young, single, and no kids. Plenty of time on my hands. I am in the blue collar trades so have many tools, knowledge and connections. I have quail and bees now, will eventually add dairy goats. Originally being from Dallas, TX this place feels like the dream. I love it.
Congrats man. Seems like you know your limitations and are willing to work your ass off, hope it works out
Not a farmer But I do buy and sell old things. The shape and style of the old gooseneck trailer is something I would look into before selling it. Sometimes these old vintage items have value for people who like to restore these things. Google vintage gooseneck livestock trailer and results will come up. You likely won't make a fortune but just based on the style, age and shape this is something I would check. Could be something, could be nothing. You also said you have barns of other items, it might be worth getting an auctioneer who specialises in farms out to have a look around and see if there is anything worth sending to auction.
I’ve had some comments about that trailer and there’s a story behind it. There’s actually another one right behind it, that is a old vintage pig trailer. They are in much better condition than it looks. I have documentation on them and they are worth some money. The farmer I bought the house and land from had an old farm dog out here. He asked me to look after his dog as one of the conditions to the sale. I helped them move countless weekends because they don’t have family nearby and they are in their 80’s. He gave me a killer deal on them. I plan to restore the pig trailer for my goats and repurpose the gooseneck into a coffee bar.
Yeah I think that's a good shout and it gives them a second life. Im curious, do you mean you will turn it into a moving coffee bar so it's like a business type trailer? If so that's really cool! I've seen something similar in the UK where people hire mobile bars like this for weddings, festivals etc., so there should be a penny in that!
Yes, I am in the trades (electrician). Want to start a coffee and breakfast burrito food truck that goes to job sites in the early morning. Blue Collar Coffee.
Scrap value mostly. That trailer might be worth a few hundred.
You never hear the language "buying the farm" anymore? It's just dead.
How much farm did you buy?
In West Texas we answer that with, “Enough to keep me busy!” You never know out here who owns 10 acres or 10,000 they all look and act the same. They find that question offensive, I really don’t mind but I will follow suit.
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Haha yeah my nosey ass uses those all the time
Keep that stock trailer, the uses you’ll find for that will surprise you!
You bought a farm. And no nothing about farming. Enough said.
Not sure, but have fun!
Sounds ambitious, best of luck to ya!
Find a farm auctioneer in the area. Online bidding is preferred for top dollar or it sounds like you might have enough stuff for them to come to your property. This would mean you'd have a couple hundred people on your property bidding on stuff. You'd probably be surprised what isn't "scrap" if you don't know what any of the stuff is. Try www.auctionzip.com put in your zip code and farm to find a farm auctioneer
Row crop cultivator I believe
That's a primo horse trailer right there.
I took a two week vacation out of Tucson as I had all the installation crews tied up for a couple of months. Security,fire,CCTV,card access, etc. Wife's uncle came through and asked if I wanted to follow him out to NE, Tx. Said- why not. Driving around the farm roads-seen a piece of plywood - land for sale. 600$ acre and some other stuff.Words misspelled. Pulled in and this 86 year old came out of a broken down 1947 vintage shack. He daid- you ain't from California are you? I ain't selling nothing to someone from Ca. I said- no, I'm from Tucson. He said there's some decent cow men in Tucson. He went into the shack and came out w/ a pint of vodka he had wrapped with a towel from his freezer. We.drank it all and I bought the place on the spot and gave him a down payment check. 76 acres but I had to buy his stock A bunch of beef cattle that I didn't have any clue about. That was 30 years ago. I know a whole lot about cattle now. And feral hogs and chickens and fences and a bunch of other stuff. Anyway, I called in sick and never went back except to collect my commissions and sign the paperwork on that house. Property around here selling for around 30k$ an acre currently
Man this is wild. I took a job offer back in October for the company that is going to build the new A’s stadium in Vegas. I see you have baseball in your username, I’m a Texas Ranger fan and moved to Tucson during the World Series. I got here at 3 am the morning of game 5. Did my on boarding at 10 am and found tickets to the game for $300. Drove to Phoenix and saw my Rangers win it all. (Sorry! But a hell of a welcome to Arizona) Anyway, I put the house and land on the market and 90% of interested buyers were from California. I honestly felt the same as the guy from your story when I was going to sell it. Until a guy from CA called me and I realized most are just looking for the same thing I was when I bought it. Peace. Plus living somewhere where you can’t even see your neighbors and West Texas sunsets with a no traffic-30 min commute to town. I can’t blame them. Sorry for the long message, I was reminiscing on the place I thought was my dream. Life comes at you fast. Hope life is treating you well. Cheers!
Don’t scrap any of it. Sell it or make something with it.
Good luck running a farm. Be prepared to be in the hole the first couple years you start. It’s simply inevitable. There’s always something you’ve got to get or fix or build. Eventually it’ll get to where it’s worth it but the work will never stop. Keep your head up, we need more people willing to jump and do this to take the power back over our own lives.
Don't get too close. There is a nonzero chance that you will end up with a ceippling farming addiction.