Lots on the cards this month

Among other lots, buyers can expect mechanical horses, side tippers, superlink trailers, four-and eight-ton trucks, volume vans, drop-side and insulated trucks, forklifts, front-end loaders, TLBs, excavators, tractors, tippers and farming implements.

The auction will be held on the farm Rietspruit.

To get there, prospective bidders must take the N1 highway and follow directions from the Potch-Vanderbijlpark off-ramp.

The next day, October 15, same place and time, portion six of Rietfontein itself will be sold.

The property includes a main dwelling that consists of a guesthouse, complete with business rights and a hotel licence.

The main building comprises five bedrooms each with an en-suite bathroom, separate toilets, lounges, a bar, dining room, kitchen, scullery, laundry and entertainment patio overlooking a pool and conference rooms.

In addition there are at least 12 cottages, a chapel, two concrete dams, four boreholes and all the relevant additions like a manicured garden, hi-tech security and so forth.

On the catering and assorted small-asset side, bidders can also expect two- and four-deck ovens, stainless steel ovens, mincers, wors fillers, upright fridges, freezers, pot sinks, band saws, tables and chairs, urns, toasters, gas and electric grillers, bain maries, pan fryers and more.

Later on the same day, at 7pm, Da Silva will once again be in action when Consolidated brings a range of bank-repossessed cars to market. The who’s who of good reliable wheels, late-model low-milers, will be there and, the next day, October 16, from 10.30am, a major industrial disposal will be held at unit B3 on the corner of Sardine and Steenbras roads in Wadeville Business Park, Wadeville.

Top of the lot are 2004 CNC steel-profile 100/200-ton eccentric presses. Guillotines, nibblers, bending machines, press brakes, compressors, carry cranes and related industrial support machinery ensures bidders will well and truly be spoilt for choice.