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Ritchie Bros.' largest-ever Texas auction sells US$70+ million of equipment and trucks

Two-day auction in Fort Worth sets new state records

On September 23-24, 2015, thousands of people could be seen piling into our Fort Worth, Texas auction site to bid on some quality heavy equipment and trucks. The two-day unreserved public auction attracted more than 4,325 bidders, including 2,675+ online bidders.

Aerial photo of Fort Worth, Texas

“We saw strong participation onsite and online from around the world in this week’s Fort Worth auction, helping us achieve record sales,” says Dolan Aucoin, Regional Sales Manager, Ritchie Bros. “Approximately 70 percent of the equipment was purchased by out-of-state buyers from as far away as Germany, Thailand and Kuwait.”

More than 3,775 equipment items and trucks sold

A large, quality selection of items drew the massive crowds, including a solid second day devoted to transportation.

Truck tractors line up on the ramp at auction

“The transportation crowd was out in particularly large numbers for Day Two of the auction and were very active in their bidding,” says Dolan. We had a large selection of late model trucks, trailers and cranes in this sale and pricing was strong on all three.”

Ultimately, more than 3,775 items were sold in the auction for 475+ sellers.

Equipment selling highlights at a glance:

Six Grove GMK5135 135-ton 10x6x10 all terrain cranes sold for a combined US$4.6+ million
Three Grove TMS9000E 110-ton 8x4x4 hydraulic truck cranes sold for US$1.9+ million
A 2012 Grove GMK5275 275-ton 10x6x10 all terrain crane sold for US$1.2+ million
A 2009 Link-Belt 218 HSL 110-ton crawler crane sold for US$380,000
Two 2009 Caterpillar 140M motor graders sold for a combined US$280,000
A 2011 Caterpillar D6T XL crawler tractor sold for US$150,000
A 2005 Caterpillar 815F compactor sold for US$170,000
A 2011 Komatsu PC200LC-8 hydraulic excavator sold for US$115,000

Line-up of heavy equipment at auction

The selection of equipment also included:

500+ trailers
425 truck tractors
70+ excavators
70 loader backhoes
45 wheel loaders
45+ cranes
35+ crawler tractors
100+ scissor lifts
80 boom lifts
45+ dump trucks

Record-breaking total and online sales

With such a tremendous inventory of equipment and trucks, the Fort Worth auction sold more than US$70 million in total sales, destroying our previous Texas auction record. Included in those numbers is the US$34+ million sold to online bidders, making for another record broken for Ritchie Bros. online sales in Texas.

Heavy equipment on the ramp at Fort Worth

Next Fort Worth auction set for December 2-3, 2015

We are conducting three more unreserved auctions in Texas in 2015, including El Paso (Nov. 4), Houston (Nov. 11-12), and another one in Fort Worth (Dec. 2-3). Have equipment or trucks to sell? Contact us for more information.

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