Mecum’s Gone Farmin’ auction gets new venue

Bend XPO provides 100,000-square-feet of space for vintage tractor sale

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1959 John Deere 430 Crawler
This 1959 John Deere 430 Crawler with a Hi-Crop Track System was designed for forestry work | Mecum Gone Farmin' photos

The new Bend XPO facility will be the site of Mecum’s Gone Farmin’ Fall Premier auction of vintage tractors, trucks and farm-related Road Art scheduled for November 11-13 in East Moline, Illinois.

The new 100,000-square-foot facility keeps the Gone Farmin’ sale in the Quad Cities, but on the Illinois rather than the Iowa side of the Mississippi River.

The docket includes 400 tractors and 100 trucks, Mecum said, with tractors consigned from 17 private collections.

Featured tractors include a 1932 Keck-Gonnerman 30-60 N with rear extensions; an Aultman & Taylor 30-60 with extensions and original air-start system; a 1959 John Deere 430 Crawler with a Hi-Crop Track System for forestry work; and a 1978 International 986 used only for only 35 hours. 

Among the trucks on the docket are 1953 and 1956 Peterbilt 350 cab-overs from the Keane Thummel Collection. The Thummel collection also has consigned several signs for the Road Art sale.

1956 Peterbilt

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