IronPlanet's GovPlanet Featured in National Defense Magazine

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 7, 2016 6:00:00 AM

Military Turns to Online Auctions to Unload Unwanted Gear

By Sandra I. Erwin

Nineties-era Humvees can be had for $7,000. Dump trucks and tractors that once trudged through warzones start at $15,000. And construction cranes that helped build military outposts bear price tags from $20,000 to $23,000. Most are in good working order and many of the trucks have surprisingly low mileage.

These are some of the 1,300 pieces of surplus military hardware that will be up for auction September 7. “Every Wednesday we sell 350 to 400 items,” says Jeffrey L. Holmes, senior vice president of government solutions and auction management at GovPlanet.

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Topics: Government Surplus, In the News

Go BIG at the September 8 TruckPlanet Auction

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 6, 2016 5:30:00 PM

Great starting bids on trucks, trailers, and more during IronPlanet's September to remember. This is your opportunity to preview the hundreds of trucks and trailers available in our September 8 auction, including this 2012 Freightliner 114SD Tri/A Dump Truck, this 2006 Volvo VNM64T T/A Conventional Day Cab, and this National Crane 900A Straight Boom on 2003 Sterling LT8500 T/A Truck.

Be sure to take a look at our other fantastic auctions happening this month:

You've been waiting for this one: the September 13 online All Humvee Sale!

Go big in Texas on September 14. IronPlanet and Cat Auction Services will be live in Dallas/Ft. Worth in an UNRESERVED auction. Bid online or onsite - but don't miss out!

The Pump & Power sale is online September 15.

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Topics: Trucks, Auctions

IronPlanet and Fowler Go BIG - Two Days Big!

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 6, 2016 5:00:00 PM

Is there any way to go in Texas other than BIG?

In a creative twist on auctioning heavy machinery, IronPlanet and Fowler Transportation are teaming up for a two-day auction, with live previews in Marshall and Big Springs, TX, then online bidding September 15 and 16. This auction is a complete dispersal sale from Fowler Transportation, Ltd., a leader in rig mobilization and heavy oilfield hauling services to the oil and gas industry in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

The sale includes over 600 items from Chevrolet, International, John Deere, Kenworth, Kobelco, Mack, Peterbilt, Volvo, Western Star and more, and includes oilfield equipment: cranes, pickup trucks, winch trucks and trailers, not to mention thousands of attachments, parts, and tools.

Bidding can be done on-site via computer kiosks during the preview (for PriorityBids,) and on auction dates for real-time bidding.

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Topics: Trucks, Oil & Gas, Heavy Equipment

Oldcastle Trucks, Loaders, and More at the September 8 Auction

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 5, 2016 6:00:00 PM

Oldcastle knows roads inside and out, from the aggregates to asphalt to the landscape around it. IronPlanet's September 8 auction features trucks, trailers, and offered by Oldcastle. Check out this 2004 Kenworth T800B Five-Axle Dump Truck, this 2006 Komatsu D155AX-6 Crawler Tractor, this 2002 Cat 320CLU Track Excavator, this2005 Vermeer T-955 Trencher, and more!

Don't forget, this is a September to Remember at IronPlanet. We have a full slate of auctions:

September 13 - online All Humvee Sale!

You'd be crazy to miss the September 14 IronPlanet with Cat Auction Services live in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas. Go BIG and bid online or onsite at this UNRESERVED auction!

September 15 and 16 will be the grandaddy of IronPlanet auctions, with over 2,000 items up for bid including an equipment disbursal from Fowler Transportation. Check out this 2011 Kobelco CK850 III Lattice-Boom Crawler Crane.

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Topics: Trucks, Construction, Heavy Equipment

It's a September to Remember

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 5, 2016 11:00:00 AM

September means opening season for everything good: football, hunting, chili cook-offs, and lower air fares. IronPlanet's calendar is up to its axles in auctions and special events this month, starting with the GovPlanet surplus auction on September 7, then rolling on to the September 8 auction featuring a 2005 Vermeer T-955 Trencher, this 2006 Komatsu D155AX-6 Crawler Tractor, this 2002 Cat 320CLU Track Excavator, and much more from the venerable Oldcastle.

Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10, IronPlanet will be in Detroit for a live auction with Leake Auction Company. Haven't you always wanted a 1968 Jeep CJ5? Or maybe your dream car is a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. Check them out then road trip to motor city!

Brace yourself for September 13's online All Humvee Sale! On that day you can say "Ah'll be back" all you want, just bid and tell your significant other IronPlanet says it's OK.

Go big in the Lone Star state! September 14 IronPlanet and Cat Auction Services will be deep in the heart of Texas at the live auction in Dallas/Ft. Worth. This is an UNRESERVED auction and you can bid online or onsite - you'd be crazy as a love-struck armadillo to miss this one.

September 15 and 16 will be the grandaddy of IronPlanet auctions, with over 2,000 items up for bid. Fowler Transportation will be onsite at Marshall, TX and Big Spring, TX with a complete dispersal of over 600 items including this 2011 Kobelco CK850 III Lattice-Boom Crawler Crane, this 2014 Kenworth W900 Tri/A Winch Truck, and this 2008 John Deere 544J Wheel Loader.

The Pump & Power sale is online September 15, featuring this 1996 Gorman-Rupp 604-F 6" Fuel Transfer Pump and scads of 1987 Gorman-Rupp 609-C 6" Water Pumps, among others.

It's a September to remember at IronPlanet, so bid early and often, because at IronPlanet we GO BIG!

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Topics: Trucks, Construction, Heavy Equipment

Data – The New Fuel for your Business

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 4, 2016 4:30:00 PM

My name is Matt Ackley and I am the new CMO at IronPlanet. I have been in the role for about three months now and the experience has been amazing. As someone who has 12 years of online auctions on their resume (eight of them at eBay) and another couple of years at Google, it’s great to see online technology really start to have an impact on the heavy equipment industry. In these roles, I had the wonderful opportunity to help pioneer the use of data on both the seller side and buyer side of an online marketplace. Whether it was helping sellers with auction strategy or driving demand to the various eBay categories, data proved to be the lifeblood of our day to day work. This only accelerated during my time at Google.

At IronPlanet, we are incredibly excited to drive this transformation in the heavy equipment industry. It’s why I joined. This is the first in a series of posts, where I hope to update you on how we are using data to build a more efficient marketplace - a global marketplace that enables buyers to get the equipment they need and sellers to realize the most optimal price for that equipment.

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Topics: Auctions, Data

Auctioneering: a One-on-One Conversation with 1,000 People

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 3, 2016 2:20:00 PM

Listening to an auctioneer do his or her thing is as much fun as bidding. The patter (or chant, in auctioneer lingo) entices buyers into a game of call-and-response, the speed creates excitement.

So how great is it that IronPlanet has both heavy equipment and talented auctioneers who make selling it an art form?

A lifetime in the business has given Dustin Rogers, lead auctioneer for Cat Auction Services, knowledge in every corner of auctioneering. He's sensitive to circumstances surrounding the sale, can spot a cautious bidder from 20 paces, and knows how to use technology to generate sales. A third generation auctioneer, he learned and shaped his chant by listening to his grandfather, father, and other callers since he was old enough to help out around the event.

Listening shaped his style; practice made him fast. Like zero-to-90 fast. Dustin has won trophies as First Runner-Up in the Men's International Auctioneer Champion competition for the past two years in a row.

What bidders see at auction is the product of a ton of work that took place leading up to the marquee event. For weeks before, there are client meetings, contract writing, marketing, venue setup and good old schlepping. Dustin spoke (at regular speed) about his experience in auctioneering and what it takes to make a great auction company.

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Topics: Auctions, Events

Quick, I Need a Sky Hook

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 2, 2016 10:00:00 AM

Go on - admit it. Way back in the beginning of your career, you were sent to fetch a board stretcher. Or spots for the spot welder.

The snipe hunt has provided laughs in every profession that's been around long enough to have an old-timer and a newbie. Computer nerds tell younger geeks to fetch a length of W-LAN cable. Metric hammers and lef-handed wrenches are hiding at every construction site. Chopping flour doesn't break up gluten, and if you're in the body shop and somebody tells you to find the blinker fluid . . . well, consider yourself warned.

This guy really put some thought into his version of the snipe hunt.

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Topics: Auctions, Fun Friday

IronPlanet DLA Contract Extension Featured in Utility Contractor Magazine

Posted by IronPlanet on Sep 2, 2016 9:23:37 AM

DLA Extends Surplus Contract With IronPlanet

by Pam Kleineke

IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has executed its option to extend its Commercial Venture 4-Rolling Stock (CV4-R) contract with IronPlanet. The one-year extension is the first of five available under the CV4-R contract, which was originally awarded to IronPlanet in July 2014 to manage and sell rolling stock surplus assets of the DLA. The extension comes at the two-year anniversary of the contract award.

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Topics: In the News

The September 8 Auction Paves the Way for Great Buys

Posted by IronPlanet on Aug 31, 2016 8:00:00 PM

Before beautiful paved highways made people fall in love with roads and road trips, the checklist for intrepid travelers with a jones for adventure included: ropes, blocks and tackle, axes, sleeping bags, water bags, spades, camps stoves, compasses, barometers, thermometers, cyclometers, first aid kits, rubber ponchos, tire chains, pith helmets, assorted spare parts, and firearms.

Good times.

All that changed after WWII, when iron and labor could once again be put to use building our country's infrastructure. And with that the highway system was born, along with diners, souvenir stands, and those irresistible teepees.

IronPlanet's September 8 auction features miles of deals offered by Oldcastle/Staker Parsons & LS Jensen. Check out this 2005 Vermeer T-955 Trencher, this 2006 Komatsu D155AX-6 Crawler Tractor, this 2002 Cat 320CLU Track Excavator, this 2004 Kenworth T800B Five-Axle Dump Truck, and more equipment that builds the smooth, scenic roads we love to drive.

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Topics: Trucks, Construction, Heavy Equipment

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IronPlanet's GovPlanet Featured in National Defense Magazine

Go BIG at the September 8 TruckPlanet Auction

IronPlanet and Fowler Go BIG - Two Days Big!

Oldcastle Trucks, Loaders, and More at the September 8 Auction

It's a September to Remember

Data – The New Fuel for your Business

Auctioneering: a One-on-One Conversation with 1,000 People

Quick, I Need a Sky Hook

IronPlanet DLA Contract Extension Featured in Utility Contractor Magazine

DLA Extends Surplus Contract With IronPlanet

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