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    jake- I also live on a farm and have some random stuff laying around. You should definatly find out if this stuff is still in useble condition. If it is then you can try and sell it, where I live we have farm auctions every month. Sometimes you can get skunked at the auction but it can be better than scrapping it all. Do you have farmers around who could rent your grain bins for storage? I rent one out of my five and I get 1200 a year, it is a 15000 bushel, and what I rent it out for is cheap. Depending on the size of hog feeders they can sell for a decent price at auction (50-200 each). The augers you can just scrap, at the last sale I went to they sold for around 75 to 100 dollars depending on how large they are and old they are. Price of older machinery has gone down alot in the last few years. I saw a combine go for 600 dollars a year ago! The ripper and the culivator are the risky ones. If there is a smaller scale farmer he may want this stuff. It could be win or lose at auction, but I am going with a lose at this time. These will be your money makers. These are both extremely heavy pieces and will get you a nice pay day. My yard wants it cut down to 3ft by 3ft max to get the most out of it. Good luck and welcome.


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