Nick Sievers drives his John Deere 4520 after friends bought it back for him (courtesy Jed Olbertson)
A farmer who’s fallen on hard times was surprised, when friends banded together to buy back his first tractor that he’d put up for sale.
Nick Sievers of Beresford, South Dakota was holding a dispersal sale this week.
As his friend Jed Olbertson said on Facebook, ” He was a good operator.. a good manager… he just caught a good run of bad luck.”
Sievers said on Facebook that he bought the tractor before he got married and started his farming adventure with it, calling it a faithful member of the farm.
As he watched the auction, he said one bidder couldn’t be beat, bringing in more money for the tractor than it should have.
Little did he know, Olbertson couldn’t bear the thought of his friend selling his first tractor, a John Deere 4520. In 24 hours, he came up with enough people who chipped in to buy Sievers’ tractor back.
Sievers said neighbors, friends, even strangers pitched in.
“I have no words. I am truly humbled. I’m going to do my best to thank each and every one of you all personally, but if I cannot, I assure you I will pass this good will forward. People are good. I have proof. It’s in the form of an old dirty John Deere that this teary eyed man is relieved that he didn’t have to say goodbye to. This isn’t a tractor anymore, it’s a treasure. I love you all so much,” he wrote.
Source: nebraska.tv
