41,000+ equipment items & trucks bought and sold at 13 auctions

By the time we wrapped up our last Fort Worth auction of the year (Dec 2-3), Ritchie Bros. had conducted 13 unreserved public auctions in Texas alone in 2015, selling 41,000+ heavy equipment items and trucks. And in keeping with Texas' proud reputation as the state where everything's bigger, the auctions at our Fort Worth and Houston sites get bigger and better every year.

A look back at our Houston auction site's biggest year yet

Our Houston auction site had a banner year. In 2015 alone, the site sold a whopping 19,700+ lots at 5 auctions for US$238+ million, with more than 21,000 total bidder registrations, making it Houston's biggest year ever! And at Houston's final auction of 2015 in November, we sold 4,200+ heavy equipment items and trucks for US$50+ million over two days.

"We would like to thank all of our customers for choosing to buy and sell at our auctions in Houston, helping us put on another successful auction this week and making this a record-setting year," said Alan McVicker, our Regional Sales Manager.

Some highlights of items that sold at our November 2015 Houston auction include:

• A 2008 Demag Terex AC140 170 ton 10x8x6 all terrain crane sold for US$460,000
• Two 2012 Komatsu PC450LC-8 hydraulic excavators sold for a combined US$317,500
• A 2014 Kenworth T800 sleeper truck tractor sold for US$130,000

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Largest-ever Texas equipment and truck auction

This year we also conducted our largest-ever Texas auction at our Fort Worth auction site, selling US$70+ million (more than 3,775 items) of equipment and trucks (Sep 23-24).

Watch this drone video shot just before our record-breaking Sep 2015 Fort Worth auction.

Fort Worth – our final Texas auction of the year, and the site’s largest year yet

Not to be outdone by Houston, Fort Worth’s final auction of 2015 capped off an equally successful year for the site. Over two days (Dec 2–3) we sold 3,650+ equipment items and trucks for US$43+ million, attracting 4,400+ bidders from 57 countries.

The December auction brought the total to five auctions in Fort Worth in 2015, selling a combined 18,800+ lots for US$264+ million with more than 21,200+ total bidder registrations, making it the site’s largest year ever!

A big selection of equipment and hundreds of class 8 trucks

As Dolan Aucoin, our Regional Sales Manager, summed up the huge selection of equipment and trucks in Fort Worth, "You could look out at the yard and see late-model John Deere tractors, late-model Komatsu excavators, late-model Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks, and more—there was truly something for everyone."

And that something included a huge selection of trucks – more than 395 truck tractors sold, including:

• A 2012 Kenworth T800 sleeper truck tractor that sold for US$79,000
• 10 2012 Peterbilt 367 truck tractors that sold for a combined total of US$526,000
• Six 2009 Kenworth T800 truck tractors that sold for a combined total of US$245,500

Other items sold included 395 trailers, 90+ excavators, 80+ compactors, 55+ loader backhoes, 35 dozers, 30+ wheel loaders, 25+ farm tractors, 170+ pickup trucks, and more.

And wrapping up a big year in Texas for Ritchie Bros. also meant a successful year for all the sellers and buyers we served.

"I’ve bought before with Ritchie Bros., but this is the first time we've sold with them," said Chris Holomon, Equipment Supervisor, Enviro Services LLC. "They are very professional—we trusted them, and you can depend on them to back up what they say. Ritchie Bros. is a very good auction company."

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