[AT] Beilers auction and a Magellan GPS

[Lane Freeman]

Cecil,
Word from my brother who was at the auction Friday was that the TD-9 IH
Crawler didn't sell.  They could only get $2k for a bid and the auctioneer
said $4k would take it home but there were no takers.  So it ended up as a
no sale.  Looked in very good condition and engine sounded good; can't
figure out he extreme low bid.

Lane Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:59 AM
Subject: [AT] Beilers auction and a Magellan GPS


> > Ok Cecil come clean.  What did they GIVE you at Beiler's?
> >
> > I know you didn't leave there empty handed.  smiles
> >
> > Charlie
>
>
> Thanks for the vote of confidence, Charlie, but yesterday
> was the first time I can remember that I did not buy a thing at the
> auction except the Show Guide. I was looking for a re-thread kit but
> was unsuccessful there. I spotted a half dozen tractors I would have
> really liked to have but am glad in a way I didn't bring the trailer.
> There were a half dozen Cubs, a very nice D-12 Allis, and a great
> TD-8 International crawler. A very nice crawler. I overheard someone
> say it was going to be his if it went for around $4K. I laughed and
> wondered what it really brought. I was guessing that it would have
> to go for $6K or better. Oh yes, and there were several decent Oliver
> tractors, some Fords with the big round medallion on the front of the
> hood and a decent Farmall A. Lots of parts tractors. The auction
> grounds were a typical sea of mud when we got there Wednesday PM but
> by Thursday morning the whole area was froze solid all the way down
> and walking was not too bad if uneven ground didn't bother you. Lots
> of horsedrawn farm machinery as usual and lots of lawn and garden
> stuff. I saw several Wisconsin V-4 engines and some other power units.
> I looked in the wagons that are always there but saw nothing I had to
> have. Either my hearing has gotten worse or the auctioneers have
> figured a way to chant so you can't pick up the current bid price.
> I hate to bid against someone without knowing what the price is. Too
> easy to spend the beer money that way.
>
> Lucille was along for the trip but spent her time shopping in
> the local department stores - Goods and some other place she likes. I
> noticed she didn't have any trouble spending her money. ;-(
>
> We stopped at the big new Cabelas store in Hamburg, PA on the
> way down and returned a Garmin GPS unit we bought a while back. It
> might have been a good GPS unit for all I know but we just didn't like
> the way it worked and thought it could have been not only a lot easier
> to use but more detailed as far as the presentation was concerned. I
> looked at the others they had - especially the Sportrak Color - but was
not
> impressed with it either. The salesman at the counter showed me what he
> thought was the best one - a Magellan Meridian Platinum. Less money than
> the Garmin but packed with features including the ability to boot the
> memory up into the 1 GB range. Another customer stopped me in the aisle
> as I was walking away while trying to make up my mind if I wanted any
> of them and suggested that the salesman was right about the Meridian
> unit. He explained that he had one and how easy it was to use. We must
> have spent 20 minutes talking about using it. Well, the upshot was, I
> thought about it while I went up and had a cup of coffee and went back
> and bought it. We played with it on the way home and are very happy with
> it. I know others of you have Magellan GPS units and can see why. I am
> about to order a 256 MB card from Tiger Direct so I can use some of the
> expanded capabilities of it.
>
> Other than that, the only stops we made were at the Harbor Freight
> store in Reading, PA and a couple hours at the VF outlet mall for Lucille.
> Oh yes, and a quick stop at Mike Sloane's place to pick up a couple nice
> gas cans Mike picked up for me at a sale down there. Thanks, Mike.
>
> Cecil
>
>
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
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