# Preview of Kevin and Kathy Wilham Farm Auction July 14, 2026 - Mt Pulaski, IL

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- **Канал:** Machinery Pete
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7CueTW2mc
- **Дата:** 31.05.2026
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## Описание

Preview of the Kevin and Kathy Wilham farm auction on July 14, 2026 in Mt. Pulaski, IL by Maske Auction Service. Kevin Wilham been painting/restoring John Deere Tractors for 41 Years, known all over North America. John Deere 8R 370 tractor on the sale with less than 1,000 hours and 6 Year Extended Warranty. Kevin's favorite Tractor - the John Deere 4450 2WD with less than 1,000 hours on overhaul that Kevin did. 2018 John Deere S770 combine. Amazing line of John Deere Tractors + much more. www.MachineryPete.com

## Содержание

### [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7CueTW2mc) Segment 1 (00:00 - 05:00)

Hey folks, Machinery Pete here. A very special interview today for sale I want to bring your attention to that's coming up uh middle of the year, July 14th, 2026 in Mount Pulaski, Illinois, and the sale is for Kevin and Kathy Wilhelm who have joined us today and Kevin and Kathy, thanks for uh joining us. — Thank you. — Thank you for having us. — Again, thank you for making time. Your beautiful family in the picture behind you, your two daughters and two grandkids. How old are your grandkids now? — Three and one. Oh, that is good stuff and you guys, your sale July 14th by my great friend Mike Mosky, um moskyauction. com. Um and again, guys, thank you for taking time and folks, some amazing equipment on this auction July 14th. And then uh we need to talk a little bit about uh Kevin's history with John Deere and restoring tractors. Uh amazing story there. Uh let's start off with some of the tractors on the sale. Guys, and if we start uh late model, I think you have a John Deere 8R 370, correct? — Yes, sir. Yep, we bought it new. — And that has uh under 100 hours? Did I hear that right? — Under a thousand. — Under a thousand hours. Okay. And it's IVT? — IVT um signature series uh — extended warranty — Is that out to like a six-year extended warranty? — Yes, sir. — Wow. Very valuable feature there, folks. Again, six-year extended warranty on the 8R 370. And if we transition from the late model equipment, oh my goodness, uh three-year line of John Deere tractors, some beautiful ones. I don't know where to start. I'm going to have you start with the 4450, Kevin. I know you mentioned that particular tractor has always been a favorite of yours. — That's my favorite. Yep, that 4450 um I've had it for several years, probably since about 05 maybe. — Okay. — Or something like that. But yeah, I bought it from a fella that I painted a tractor for and I we just kind of trade some money around and it only when I bought it had I think it had 1600 hours on it. — Mhm. — And then I we only used it for a sprayer. We had a I got a pulse type sprayer — Okay. — and I bailed hay with it. — Okay. So is it like 3100 — we did haul manure with it. — Okay, well we'll haul manure. Let's keep it honest. That's good. So and it's a two-wheel drive, correct? — Two-wheel drive. — So a 4450 two-wheel drive folks, course they've been red hot and hours like 3100 hours on this thing? — Yeah, it might have 35 on it. Yeah. — Somewhere in the 3000s. — check sure. — Okay. — Yeah, we'll have it posted. — Yep. Again folks, keep an eye on Masky Auction, m a s k e maskyauction. com. That's where the sale listing will be July 14th. Of course it'll be online bidding, but this will be a live in-person sale as well. — Yes, sir. — Okay, awesome. I hope I can make it. I'll have I'll check my schedule when it comes to July, but it would be an honor to be there guys and — It would be love to have you. — If we had so much fun last year at one of Mike's sales right in Mount Pulaski. Always like I say, always great fun to drop in on Mike. Just a great good man and a great auctioneer. Now if we go down again the John Deere tractors, let's talk about your 4430, Kevin. — Yep, the 4430 is a 70 It's either a 75 or 74. — Okay. — And I bought it and we had it on a planter for a few years just at a 12 row. And then we retired it and I really should have mentioned this. I didn't have anything to do, so I decided one time I'm just going to overhaul the 4430. Okay. So, I bought a an overhaul kit at like 30,000 hours or something like that. And I just overhauled it for something to do. And it probably doesn't have over 1,000 hours on it since I've overhauled it. — Nice. Well, this is a perfect job. — tractor's probably got about 7,000 hours on it. — Okay. Well, again, classic 4430 there, folks, from the mid-70s on the sale July 14th. And I think Kevin, you created the perfect a little segue there. We can talk about your history. Of course, people all over will know you, uh, Kevin Wilham from working on tractors. But you painted tractors for what, 41 years? — 41 years. And your first one that you painted, I believe you said was a 730? — 730, yep. And that 730, I just sold it back to the original owner. — Wow, that's very cool. Where was the original owner from? Illinois? — Uh, you probably know him. Everstons. Remember the Everston sale? — Oh, yes. Yes. — sale back about 10 years or 15 years ago. — Nice. — Him and my dad was buddies and — Okay. — I had that tractor and we sold it back

### [5:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7CueTW2mc&t=300s) Segment 2 (05:00 - 10:00)

to the family. — Okay. And Kevin and Kathy, did both you guys grow up right around Mount Pulaski? — Yes. Yep. Where I live here, I grew up 2 miles from here. — 2 miles. Nice. So, how did you get started painting like the first 730 way back? How old were you, Kevin? — Uh, — 15? — 1961. So, probably was I about 14 or 15, maybe? — Okay. — And uh, I just something to do. And my dad wasn't into it. Of course, we didn't have sandblaster, but I sanded everything down by hand. And it, you know, it lasted for 40 years cuz I just got rid of the tractor here a couple of months ago. — Well, Kevin Wilham, uh, paint shovel, that'll hold you. That's on — 40 years. — Yeah, it was it's been in the shed, isn't it? Yeah, they was just tickled pink to get it back. — Now, on the topic — for them to get it back. — Oh, I can imagine, yeah. Reconnecting to your family's tractor that your grandpa had, that's powerful stuff. — Right. — Now, I did hear a little birdie whispered in my ear that mentioned on the topic of painting and working on vehicles, not just tractors, but legendary race car I what would you say? Drag racer. — Shirley Muldowney. — She was top fuel. — Top fuel. You worked on a Shirley Muldowney vehicle? — Yes, I sandblasted her drag frame. — Wow. — And it was going to get powder coated and so I did it here and then they come picked it up and then took it to um Jacksonville. — Well, I just turned 60 enough, but I remember weekends when I was a kid growing up when there were five channels on the TV and I remember watching Wide World of Sports as a little kid and watching Shirley Muldowney. And I'm trying to remember, did she Were her uh Were her race car Were they a particular color or were they all different colors? — I All I did was blast it. So, I'm going to assume they I don't know. — Okay. A lot of part of my brain which could be off, but I'm sort of remembering Shirley had pink dragsters, but uh no, that's pretty cool. But you how many Any estimate on how many John Deere tractors you worked on over your career, Kevin? — Oh. — Lots. — And it wasn't just John Deere. — I mean, it was — Yeah. I painted everything. Yeah. — Okay. — I think in the hundreds. — have four going at a time. — Yeah. Of course, the thing about people don't realize when they from afar, but when you work on tractors like that, there's the mechanical part working on the tractor, painting it, but there's the human, the personal connection with the people that own those tractors. And I can't even imagine the network of friends you've established over your guys lifetime working on tractors. Can you speak about that a little bit? — We I mean like I told you that we worked on George McElhaney's staff. And he was a chemist for Monsanto, and he had told me he was on the ground floor of inventing Roundup. — Wow. — He was one of the ground floor guys. — And he was St. Charles, I think. — was in St. Charles. I'm sure he's passed away. He was pretty old whenever I was there. — Sure. — Whenever I was painting for him, but oh, I can't even remember. I mean — Just lots of friends along the way. — Oh, yeah. I mean as far as notoriety people, I did sell a gra valve grinding machine to um Who was who They was Indy dark Indy car drivers, and it was going to their museum. — Wow. Indy — I know that. Who was that? I don't — I can't remember. — I don't remember now, Pete. I don't remember. — It seems to me, Kevin, when you're doing the work you've done in those 41 years that you were kind of in the smile business. Making people I mean the reaction when you delivered the finished, you know, the tractor back to the folks. That must have been something. — People would come and cuz when I send them out, I mean I didn't send them out until they was perfect and — Yeah. — and I was very particular on um on originality. So like John Deere sometimes would put corks back where you would hook the cultivators at. They John Deere would cork all them holes that had um they was uh I think they was 5-in bolts. They might have been 3/4. — Okay. — But I would cork I would take all the original bolts out and I would cork all those back up like they'd just come in from the factory. — The details mattered. — That kind of stuff mattered to me. — Yeah, I love it. That's fantastic. Again, you painted tractors for 41 years, Kevin? — Yes, sir. And I started out with just using regular paint and then I advanced up to clear coat. And Imron, I painted some semis with Imron and — Wow. And you painted up till 2009, did you say?

### [10:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7CueTW2mc&t=600s) Segment 3 (10:00 - 15:00)

— Nine, yeah. — Okay. — We had a tornado in '09, so that kind of pretty well put the dampers on things around here. — Oh, Mount Pulaski was hit with a tornado? — Yeah. Yeah, we just missed our house by about oh, 200 yards. — Oh. — It wrecked over our machine shed, but didn't hurt the house. — Wow. Uh, yes, Midwest that those tornadoes uh my Mrs. Machinery Pete was in a when she was 3 years old that was an F I think it was an F5 that rolled through Little Tracy, Minnesota within a few blocks and then just thankful everyone's okay in those deals, so. — Yeah, I imagine she doesn't forget that. — No, she [clears throat] heard this she said it was true. It sounded like a train, she said and uh but uh yeah, well, again, your guys' equipment, wow, we just started down the list there. We mentioned your 4430, of course, your low-hour 4450 two-wheel drive. You also have a John Deere 7810, guys? — Yes, got a 7810. I like that tractor. That's a good running tractor. I really like it. That's a It's powershift. — Powershift. Is that mechanical front or two-wheel? — Uh mechanical. — Mechanical front, okay. — Yep, and it's got um well, they ran the planter. And it's got I had to put a new ECU in it, so it's got uh 6,000 hours plus maybe another 500. I'd have to look on the dash to see what it is said. But, it's got like 6,500 hours on it. But, it had just been in the shop and we had a few things done to it and it's mechanically it's perfect. — Interesting little note on a 7810. We put our new Machinery Pete website up a decade ago. And I believe for the from 2015 to 2020, the most searched tractor model of all was a 7810. — Good. — So, that's like you said you liked it. I think a lot of people like them. — This I really like that tractor. — I don't like it as good as my 4450, but — I hear you. Well, folks, again, you want a chance to buy Kevin and Kathy's 7810 and you can tell the the pride of ownership here. Again, the sale is July 14th in beautiful Mount Pulaski, Illinois. — Right. — Uh if we keep going down the list, let's talk some truck. Well, first the combine. You have a is it an 18 model S770? — S770, yep. And it's been on a eight-row head. — Okay. — And um uh there we just had it we ran it through the shop. So, it's had it all its doctoring done. — Okay. — Um I mean it there it won't need a thing. It — Did you guys purchase that used or did you buy it new? — Used. — It was used, but only — We bought it in 20. — Yeah. — So, it was a few hours on it. — Yeah. I think it was only one we were second owner I think. — And the only reason we got it is because my other one burned up. — Burned up? — Yeah, we had a 9660 and we just had it starting beans and Kathy was in the auger cart and she hollered she goes there's smoke, I see flames and and then it was all but history. — From there on. That's a memorable day, Kathy. — Yeah, it was. — Wow. Have you been running the cart for years then, Kathy? — Yeah. Yeah, quite a while. — Now, that was her baby. — Yeah. — Okay. — The new tractor and the cart was hers. — Yeah. — Nice. And what do you have a grain cart on the sale on the 14th, John? — yeah. It's a J N J M 1050. — 1050 or 1150? — 1050. Okay, and what color is it? Red? It's Oh, it's red. You have factors but a red car. — used, — but we put new augers in it 2 years ago. — Okay. — Um it really didn't need the new augers, but I thought that they looked like they was awful getting sharp, so I thought we'll just put new augers in it. So, we put new augers — Nice. — It's got a camera on it, too. — Yeah, it's got a — I appreciated it whenever I had to make any turns. I could see what was [clears throat] behind. — Okay, now, so you guys and how many years you've been farming how many years? — Oh. I've been here since July of 1980. — On this farm. — But you've been farming — Okay. But I've been farming my whole life. I mean, I started working in the field about 9 years old. — And then I spur I started spraying when I was about 11. — Okay. — We had style of — Let's rewind it back. Kathy, you were saying you're on the cart. There, uh what are some of the first combines and and uh tractors you guys remember running when you were young? — Me or her? — Well, we'll start with Kathy. — a corn sheller. I do remember that, but I didn't I was a kid. I didn't do anything with it. — running the corn sheller. — No, I wasn't running it. I just My dad was. — Okay, your dad. Okay, got you. How about you, Kevin? What are the first tractor and combine you remember driving? — We had a 45 John Deere combine. — That's like the third guy this week that's told me their first combine was a 45. That's awesome. — And then we had a 55 and Dad and I could switch it over from corn to beans in

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about 45 minutes. — Wow. — Then we had a 95. — Okay. — And 6600 and then a 6620, then a 6620 Titan II, 9500, then a 9660 and the 770. — Okay. — That's my combine history. I did own one International at one time, but I bought it and drove it straight to John Deere and traded it for the 9500. — Well, all you red fans, you can appreciate the passion from Kevin and Kathy there. That's awesome. Kevin, you — Well, I owned an I owned another International in there, but we got rid of it because we couldn't keep it running. — You Okay. Well, yeah, Kevin, I think you're qualified to write the book on John Deere combine series from a 45 up to your S7 70. That's fantastic. Did you have a favorite along of the bunch all along the way? — The 9660. I enjoyed that combine. — That again, that also matches our data. We have a lot of people tell us those 60s and 70 series they really liked. Uh Well, again, folks, — wrong with this 770. I like it. It's — It's full capacity, right? — Do what? — Yeah, the capacity, what they can do for you. It's amazing. Again, folks, the sale is July 14th. Again, you these amazing tractors, the combine. And now let's talk the trucks on the sale. I'll start off with a couple Peterbilt's, a 19 model 579. Uh what can you tell us about that one? — Um it's got about 300 and 10 or 12,000 mi on it. And it's and uh Peterbilt with that motor, it's got the PACCAR engine in it. They had soft cams. And so it's already been recalled. Peterbilt done fixed it. So the motor has already been Sure. Well, in John Deere words, I guess it'd be a PIP. — Yeah. Performance enhancement product. — Right. — And um uh it's been done. It is DEF and hasn't been deleted, but it was up at the shop and it's been um the DEF system has been gone through and cured of all of its ailments. — Okay. — I can't put it in any other word. — And it's not auto shift. I don't know if he mentioned that. — Yeah, auto shift. And it — I always was a stick shift guy since I was little cuz I um — Yeah. — took my driving ed or got went and got my license in a C60 Chevrolet with a motorcycle in the back of it. — Wait, wait, wait. You took your driver test with a C60? — Yeah. With a C60 — that? — C60 truck and the motorcycle was in the back we had a board that I could drive down out of the back of the cuz we had livestock rack. — Ah. — I drove it out of the back. — What was the cycle? What was the cycle in the back, Kevin? What did you have? — Uh it was a KR or K It was either KW or it was a 125 Kawasaki. — Nice. — So — I don't think I've ever met anyone that's told me they took they did their driver test with a C60. That's fantastic. You get mad bonus points for that, Kevin. — That is awesome. Uh so that's the year later model semi, the '19. You also have a '95 Pete 3 379, correct? — Yeah. With a with got the 3206 six in it. — Yep. — And um it was a semi with a 60-in sleeper and then I took the sleeper off and I put a tandem bed on it cuz it can converted back easily — Okay. — that semi. — Kathy, did you have a favorite among your trucks? — Um — Well, tell me about the one you drove. — Oh, yeah, but you don't have — the one I She drove the one I took last lessons in or went got my license in. — Oh, you drove the C60? — Yeah, yeah. I would prefer the auger cart over the truck. — Okay. Awesome. — pass many gas stations with that truck. — Oh, yes, there's that. Uh You also have an International 9300 semi on the sale, correct? — Yeah. Yeah, and I don't know how many miles it's got probably it has on it. — Okay. — But we kept it I was going to sell it and we kept it um just in case we needed it. — Sure. — And so it hasn't been well, it's been ran, but it hasn't hauled anything for the last 2 years. — Right. So folks, we've been talking about all these, you know, modern equipment and the vintage all feels weird to me to say vintage classics and 4450 and 4430. But Kevin, I think you have a little uh something to hold up to the screen here we need to talk about. Uh and I can't remember if these are these on the sale? — Yeah, these are This is my Spoker D. It'll be on the sale. — Okay. — And then this is a uh 1937 I think D. — Okay. — It's completely redone. — Okay. — Um that I got. And then I'm going to put my It's my pride and joy, but I'm going to put my '59 Ford Fairlane convertible on it. Too. Um we haven't ran it since '94.

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— Again, '59 Ford Fairlane? — Fairlane convertible. — Fairlane. Fairlane, okay. A convertible. What color is it? — White. How long have you had it? — Since I've been you very, very young. Three I bought it. — Okay. — Um I was probably maybe 12 or 13. Bought it from in Lincoln. — Wow. — And Dad thought it was a good deal, so we bought it and then it sat. And then one day I just got the notion to restore it and we worked on it for months. — Okay. — Me and Kathy drove it in our wedding. — Oh, how awesome. — it for our What do you want to call it? — Getaway car. — Getaway. Yeah, your getaway — car. — And uh then of course then — We did it in a parade and that was about it. — I picked up some ground and then we just didn't have time to mess with it. — Sure. But how did you feel or how do you feel when you get behind the wheel of it? — Oh, that it's pretty neat. Especially if you got one of those top derby hats, you know, you can put it around backwards and uh and uh — It looks pretty good, Kevin. I like that look. That's uh that's awesome. Well, again, uh and that is on the sale on July 14th? — Yeah, and I painted it. It's base coat clear coat. — Um — Well, again, folks, uh Mike Mosky, my good friend auctioneer is the auctioneer on this sale. Check out the website moskyauction. com. Information will be coming out. Again, the sale is July 14th. Um now, on those John Deere D's, Kevin, that the spoker was a 25, right? — Yes. — Okay. And how long you owned that? — Um probably I've owned that one for 20 years. — I bet, yeah. — 20 years. And uh it came out of Wolf Point, Montana. — Oh, that famous auction out there? — Yes. — That is. — Mention there was an auction. I didn't go pick it up. A man by the name of Charles McElhaney went and got He bought two. He bought this one and one for him, and then we restored them both at the same time. — Mhm. — And I wanted to mention, too, on my spoker D, it had the original steering gear still intact. Most of them don't. — Cool. — Most of them broke. — Mhm. — It's one of those things that Now, this the flywheel on this one is a reproduction flywheel. — Yep. — Um the one that George had the original flywheel on it. — Did you take that 25 spoker to many uh shows and parades or what? — We took it a lot places. — Yeah. — There again, I you guys are again, you're in the smile business. — Yeah. — Yeah, sure. — But it's on steel, so you kind of had to be careful where you took it. — Yeah. Well, think of that. That's 100 years ago. — Yeah. — A spoker. Yeah, that's — I really like it. It's It was one I wanted a steam engine, and I never bought one, a steam engine. — Okay. — I really wanted one. — I covered an auction last month in Indiana that had a Case steam engine, and uh — I saw — We watched it. — Thank you for watching. — They brought I think that brought 28,000. I would have paid that for one. If it had a good flues in it. — It was I liked uh they told me they sold three or four case steam engines the year before on the auction. And one of them they rolled into the It was uh yard for the auction arena and they were cooking hot dogs on the engine. — Yeah. — I have not seen many steam engines sold but uh no that's cool. Again folks, whether it's the late model 8R370, 7810, the 4450, uh low hours, the 4430, 25 Spoker D, you can tell the pride of ownership that uh Kevin and Kathy have given to their uh equipment over the years and again folks the sale is July 14th. Um and uh how about a word working with Mike, my friend Mike Mosky? Uh — Mike is — You're [clears throat] you're putting a word in for me. Uh just curious your take working with Mike over the getting ready for the sale. Like I I've known and enjoyed working with Mike for many years. Just curious on your side working getting ready for your sale. — Oh, he's helped in multiple ways. Um coming up with this the save the date flyer for one thing. Um and he's brought rack wagons so we can start getting things ready for that. — We got seven of those already full of just parts. — Seven racks. — Yeah. — Oh, this is going to — selling any of my machinery or none of my shop stuff. — Okay. No tools and — New old stock parts. I got fenders, new old stock parts, gasket sets. It's just all — There's hoods, there's fenders. — this is going to be uh yeah, something for everyone at the auction on July 14th. — Yeah. — That's awesome. Uh Well guys, uh are there any other uh equipment items that you'd like to highlight on the sale on the 14th that we haven't touched on? — What Um yeah, we'll have a Um I got I had cattle.

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— Okay. — And um of course after what was going on, um we got rid of the cattle. So — Sure. — I've got a uh — livestock trailer — My livestock trailer is a EB. It's EB, right? — Mhm. — Yeah. It's a 7 09 7 by 20. — Okay. — And the thing about it, I was when we bought it, they always told that when we bought it the salesman said, "You know, if you wash this floor out every time you use it, this thing will last you a lifetime. " — Mhm. — So I re- religiously when I got home from when we took cattle anywhere, I washed that trailer out. — Okay. — And uh so it's been washed every time. — So does that extrapolate across all of your equipment that, you know, uh being very mindful of, you know, keeping it clean and shed it and cared for? Would that be a piece of how you guys farmed throughout your career? — Yep. There we I don't Anything I hate is something to get wet by rain. So everything goes in the shed. — Right. — The combine, if we had to drive the combine 10 mi, we'd bring it home if there's a chance of rain and put it in the shed. — Even the old 45? — Yep. No, I don't I don't remember that. I was too little to run it. — His dad was in charge, so maybe not. — Ah, our our forefathers, our ancestors were tough folks running those uh those combines in the dust and uh but God bless them, they got the job done and hey, hats off to you guys for your farming career uh as you get ready for your sale here. Just amazing and again, think of all the people — Right. — Kevin that with your uh painting of your tractors, my goodness. — There'll be probably a lot of them here. — Right. And on your on the little flyer you held up, but did I catch that right? Did it say 40 antique tractors? — No. — Oh, there's more than that. — More? — I think there should be more than that. — Okay. — I don't know how many I got. I I've owned 100 at one time, but I sold them. — You know, sold some on, yeah. — But I did want to tell you were just talking about corn pickers and stuff and I've got an Ottawa D corn sheller. And I got a really good story behind that. — Well, we need to hear it. — Um I bought that over in Mason City. And when we bought it, a lot of people came up to my me and my dad and said, "What are you guys doing with that? Is that going to a museum? " No, we just bought it because we just going to take it home. — Yeah. — And then they said, "Well, did you know who this man was that had this sale? " And I said, "No. " And he said he owned 160 acres. And he had 40 acres of corn every year, but he would not shell corn for anyone. So, this this Ottawa D corn sheller has only seen 40 acres of corn a year. — Wow. — And this thing looks like a carnival wagon. Now, it's dirty cuz it's been in the shed for like 30 plus years. — Sure. — And you probably will never find another one. — I think I have compiled over 3 million items sold at auction and you're right. — And I got a bird What's that clover huller out there? Is that a bird cell? I think I got a bird cell clover huller out there. It's huge. It takes up — No, a clover huller? — Yeah, it's a bird cell clover huller and it's got a it it'll thresh clover and then it's got a re-cleaner on the side that goes like the old clipper um re-cleaners. — Yeah. — And then it's got a bagger and then you put your sack up there and you fill it full of clover seed. — Wow. — been in the shed for 30 years. — Wow. And And will that be selling or are you keeping that? one? — gone. Yeah. — That's gone. Okay. — a International stationary baler that came out of Mississippi that's completely um — Wow. — that I painted and redid. I got a lot of gas engines. — Sure. — I got an Ottawa D Ottawa No, what is that? It's maybe an Ottawa. It's a uh It's a saw that you put on. Me and Dad tried it one time. We figured one of us was going to get killed, so we shut it off. — Wow. So, Kevin, I mean it seems to me like equip in your lifetime equipment has been kind of a really a really I don't know how to say it like in a It wouldn't do justice to say it's been an important piece. It's just a piece of you almost. — Yeah, we are. — Your love of equipment. — I like stuff. — Yeah. — And my mom and dad, we had a sale for them, too, and it took 2 days to sell their stuff. — Well, that was a 2-day sale. — Yeah. This one we're going to try to cram this one in on Wednesday. — Dad collected as well. — Oh, yeah. — And Mom. — Okay, what did Mom collect? — Dishes. — Oh, yeah. — Dishes. Toys. Old toys. — Toys.

### [30:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7CueTW2mc&t=1800s) Segment 7 (30:00 - 33:00)

— Uh — [sighs] — Oh. Little toy tractors and pumps. — you have collector DNA. — Yeah. — Wow. So, you were going to sales with your mom and dad when you were — Oh, yeah. — little. — We bought stuff all the time. — Okay. Awesome. Do you have any particular auction memories when you were a little guy, Kevin, going with Pop to sales? — Um I remember we went one time and we bought uh a 530 case. — Okay. — And we took We didn't have the C60 the 1976 truck then. We had the previous one, but I don't remember what that previous number was and we loaded it up in the back of it and brought it home. I remember that. — Wow. — And uh um — A lifetime of uh machinery and auction memories. — I did want to mention, too, I have a John Deere AR. — Mhm. — Um at about a 1930-something. — Okay. — And it's got solid cast rear wheels with rubber tires on them. And I've done some research. I've been told that John Deere only made 12 sets. There's only been three known. — Mhm. Okay. — you know that I have the fourth set. — You got told any I don't tell anybody that I have it. But it cuz it you're not going to find it. I've had people tell me, "Oh, there's they're popular. " I've never seen tractors with solid cast rears. — Mhm. — And I mean, it's not a it's not it's a solid They're thick and with rubber tires mounted on them. And uh — And that AR, is that on the auction as well? — Yes, it's on the auction. — Okay. — And basically, the tractors The tractor was running when I bought it and since it's been in the shed, it's stuck now. And I did put some stuff in it, but stuck tractors never bothered me none. They're so easy to take apart. — That's just uh another challenge. Uh no — Yeah, it's bring it Take them apart, put them in fresh, shove the pistons out of them, start over again. — How many tractors do you think would you guess you've restored over your career? — Mhm. North of a hundred. Way north of a Over a hundred Over a hundred. — What was the most challenging restoration job you ever had, Kevin? — I had a guy bring me a tractor in four pallets. And uh And it That would included the bolts. — Okay. — And I'd done so many tractors that I knew where the bolts went. — Right. — And um so I just put it back together. That was challenging. But it didn't take me very long to do it. It's just like puzzle together. You just had to find the pieces. — Right. — And uh uh I mean, I just thought my really enjoyed I love I like doing it. — Yeah. — It was a lot of fun. — Well, on behalf of the wider farm audience and all the folks he's helped over the years, uh thank you, Kevin, for how you've done it over the years and uh again from my chair, looks like you guys have been in the smile business and uh and I tell you folks, all the equipment that'll [clears throat] sell July 14th, you can bring home to your farm and help you be better on the farm. Um so, really a opportunity uh to buy a piece of Kevin and Kathy and the care they've given their equipment. Guys, thank you so much for sharing your story and uh again, folks, sale's July 14th. Uh moskeyauction. com. Watch it. We'll have much more information coming out. Um Guys, again, I hope I can be there on sale day and uh — Yeah, we hope so, too. — But, again, thank you so much.

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