PLEASANTON, Calif. (Aug. 1, 2013) – IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, improves its patented and guaranteed equipment inspection reports with the release of a new iPad app for its field inspectors. IronPlanet offers the industry’s only guaranteed inspection reports, backed by IronClad Assurance, allowing buyers to bid on equipment with a high degree of confidence. The app improves the quality of these reports by allowing inspectors to complete reports in the field using an iPad app that provides step-by-step instructions for gathering key data based on the type of equipment being inspected.

"It's important to inspect equipment thoroughly and touch upon five different points,"

says Paul Hendrix, IronPlanet's equipment pricing analyst.

Before you buy used equipment, check the following areas:

• Mechanical
• Structural
• Cosmetic
• Features/Options
• Tires

PLEASANTON, Calif. (July 15, 2013) – IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, today announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from 4695 Chabot Drive to 3825 Hopyard Road in Pleasanton, Calif. The new space offers 19,200 square feet of contiguous space.

“We are excited to move our headquarters to an updated, larger space,” said Doug Feick, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel, IronPlanet. “The new office has added about 6,000 square feet, which enables our employees to work in a more collaborative environment and allows for potential expansions to our business in the future.”

PLEASANTON, Calif. (June 27, 2013) – IronPlanet®, the online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment, today announced it has partnered with GraysOnline, Australia’s leading online retail and auction company, to facilitate sales of excess construction and mining equipment from Australia.

With international interest outpacing regional demand, at the moment, the partnership will enable Australian sellers to more easily find buyers for their excess inventory.

“Although the mining sector in Australia has slowed, there are still pockets of global demand," said Matt Bousky, Vice President of Global Mining, IronPlanet. “Through this partnership, GraysOnline/IronPlanet will offer sellers a worldwide marketplace to reach buyers both in Australia and around the world.”

"Many sellers try to sell machines with problems unbeknownst to buyers in order to get rid of lemons," says Paul Hendrix, IronPlanet's equipment pricing analyst.

Want to make sure you're not bidding on a lemon tractor? There are a few strategies you can follow. To learn more, read Paul's interview with TractorLife.com here.

Managing fleets requires ongoing diligence to ensure that underutilized equipment can be easily and quickly replaced with different items. When developing a fleet management strategy, understanding the benefits of online used equipment auctions can help fleet managers better maximize value. Maintaining equipment with its eventual sale in mind and knowing its present market value are variables that can help yield higher profits when it’s time to rotate the fleet.

To read more about the benefits of using online used equipment auctions and developing a fleet maintenance strategy, check out our Rental Management article from Paul Hendrix, equipment pricing analyst for IronPlanet.

Pleasanton, Calif. – May 15, 2013 – IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, will host an auction on May 16 featuring mining equipment in Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Items include a 1972 Manitowoc 4600 Vicon Dragline, an Atlas Copco DML-XL 1200 Rock Drill and a Letourneau L-950 Wheel Loader, as well as Komatsu track excavators, Caterpillar and Komatsu off-road end dump trucks, Trail King tri-axle live bottom trailers and more.

Pleasanton, Calif. – May 13, 2013 – IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, will host an auction on May 15 featuring trucks and trailers from R.N. Industries, a full-service fluid transportation company with specialization in the oil and gas industry.

The auction includes heavy haul Kenworth and Peterbilt cabs, Dragon 130BBL and 170BBL vacuum trailers, vacuum trucks, Mack day cabs, water trucks, flatbeds and much more. The trucks are located in Colorado, North Dakota, Utah and Pennsylvania.

As the world continues to recover from the recession, construction companies have begun seeking out more efficient ways to operate and manage their fleets. Cranes, which are expensive to transport due to their large size, are increasingly sold through online auctions to save on transportation fees.

David Tobon, Director of Crane Operations for IronPlanet, discusses IronPlanet’s services for selling cranes, as well as used crane trends, with Crane & Rigging Hotline.

Read more online here.

Equipment buyers and sellers around the world are turning to auction companies to help them quickly and conveniently acquire and dispose.

In this Construction Equipment Distribution article, editor Kim Phelan covers the benefits of auction and how IronPlanet fits into this sector.

Read more online here.