Machinery Pete visits with Gary and Julie Peterson in their farm shop in Beresford, SD in advance of their upcoming, highly-anticipated John Deere collector tractor auction November 26, 2022 in Lennox, SD by Westra Auction Land & Realty featuring the Peterson’s (6) rare open station 40 and 50 Series John Deere tractors. Gary and Julie share the story of their farming career and talk about how their tractor collecting got started, what drove it and how they are feeling as sale day approaches.

• [:34] - Machinery Pete’s intro, latest auction prices
• [4:45] - Previewing the Petersons’ auction
• [10:14] - Conversation with Gary and Julie begins
• [13:30] - How Gary and Julie met, growing up on family farms
• [17:55] - Farming life in the 1980s
• [20:24] - Advice for young farmers
• [26:15] - Gary’s retirement and getting into collecting
• [30:18] - Beginnings of the collection, what’s for sale and emotions of selling
• [37:43] - Final words from Machinery Pete

Machinery Pete was founded in 1989 and has grown from its humble beginnings to a full-fledged marketplace for farming equipment. Greg Peterson, founder and host, has also released Machinery Pete content across platforms including YouTube with his long-running Machinery Pete TV show.

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