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Auctioneers Brown&Co. held a machinery sale

on behalf of Scarfe Bros Ltd. at The Works

Depot, Bodham on Thursday 16th July 2015.

The opportunity to buy anything from vintage ERF

spares to a tractor unit or the yard office, brought

together a crowd of byers from across the UK. Of

principal interest on the sale field were the three

principal tractor units and their TASCC registered

bulk trailers in addition to the CTM cleaner loader

and the mint condition Manitou Loader.

The total dispersal of the contents of the yard

and workshops gave buyers the opportunity to

pick up some specialist workshop equipment

ranging from socket sets and jacks to the 30KVA

generator which provided power to the yard.

Further lots which proved to be of interest to the

buyers were a 1999 Manitou MLT 633 LST with

6,500 hrs selling at £10,400 and its partner the

CTM 920R cleaner loader at £5,750. The tractor

units consisted of a 1981 Volvo FM12 Tractor

unit with a sleeper cab with 1,010,000 km on the

clock, a further 1981 FM12 with 800,000 km

on the clock and a 1982 ERF ECX with a sleeper

cab and 1,100,000 km on the clock which sold

for £6,950, £6,900 & £3,800 respectively. The

three TASCC registered Crane Freuhauf, Wilcox &

Montracon Bulkers sold for between £3,300 &

£3,800 each.

Brown&Co. auctioneer Simon Wearmouth of the

firm’s Norwich office who was conducting the sale

commented, “The sale attracted buyers from all

over the UK with a number of lots making their

way to new homes in Surrey & Nottinghamshire.

I was very pleased with the turnout for the sale

which was timed to give buyers the opportunity to

purchase the tractor units and bulkers in advance

of harvest. Unfortunately with the current market

and pricing announced by British Sugar for next

years crop has put smaller hauliers are under

increasing financial pressure”.

CROWDS GATHER FOR FULL DISPERSAL SALE

AFTER LOCAL HAULIER CEASES TRADING