The featured auction on Thursday, October 29 includes plenty of trucks -- late-model, low-hour equipment at great opening price points. Read inspection reports, match available machines against your needs, and place bids right away. These great buys are available now!

1998 Freightliner FLD120 T/A Conventional Day Cab
Item #660038, 252,186 Miles. Cummins M11-350E 350 Adv Horsepower, Eaton Fuller 10 Speed, Sliding 5th Wheel, Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Mirrors, Heated Mirrors, Dual High Back Seats, Tilt and Telescopic Steering Wheel.
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This week in interesting industry headlines: 

New Food and Agriculture Fund S2G Ventures Launches With $125 Million [Wall Street Journal]
"Investors are placing increasing bets on two traditional industries confronted by changing consumer tastes: food and beverage businesses and agriculture." Read more

House approves bill to speed up mineral mining [The Hill]
"House lawmakers approved a bill Thursday to speed up the permitting process for mining resources deemed "strategic or critical." Read more

Robot builder designed for construction sites [Reuters]
"Zurich-based architects and roboticists have created the In-situ Fabricator, an autonomous construction robot capable of laying bricks into pre-programmed structures. Designers at the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication laboratory believe a future generation of the robot could be used widely on building sites." Read more

PLEASANTON, Calif. –

Who:

IronPlanet^®, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, is holding its fall Northeastern Cat Auction Services unreserved public auction in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA, on October 27, 2015. Cleveland Brothers is hosting the event, which is IronPlanet’s third major regional event on the Cat Auction Services Fall schedule.

This auction will deliver a large selection of late-model, low-hour equipment. Host Cleveland Brothers will be joined by Milton CAT as a featured seller.

On Wednesday, October 21, Cat Auction Services' first-ever unreserved public auction marks a new milestone for the IronPlanet marketplace. Onsite in Edmonton, Alberta, as well as online, the auction is hosted by Finning and features over 200 low-hour, late-model items available to preview now. 

Some of the exciting items up for sale on Wednesday: 

2011 John Deere 772GP AWD Motor Grader
Lot #159, 5,001 Hours. Enclosed Cab, Air Conditioner, Heater, All Wheel Drive, Traction Control, 17.5R25 Tires, Push Block, 16' Moldboard, Craig Snow Wing Bracket. See more

2009 JLG 3246ES Electric Scissor Lift
Lot #109, 189 Hours. 31.8' Max Lift Height, 700 lb. Max Weight Capacity, Electric Operated, 36" Wide x 8' Long Platform. See more

Sue McGregor, Managing Director of Canada, IronPlanet, discusses steps to winterize your machines to save time and money on Page B7 of Equipment Journal here.

Thursday's featured auction includes over 1,100 late-model, low-hour equipment at great opening price points-- all available now! Read inspection reports, match available machines against your needs, and place bids ahead of auction day. All items are sold out of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico), so this is a good opportunity to save on transportation costs while still purchasing quality equipment!

This week's featured auction includes an exciting package from Alpha Oil & Gas, sold out of North Dakota (with a few pieces from Minnesota). The company builds and maintains pipelines in the Northern Plains region, and has 170 items in great condition for sale in Thursday's auction. With 21 excavators, 13 flatbed trucks, 10 pipelayers and more, it's a can't-miss sale. Items are all available now for you to read inspection reports and place advance bids. 

Some of the most interesting items from the sale, available to bid on now: 

2012 Tesmec TRS1075 Bucket Wheeled Trencher
Item #653408, 3,713 Hours. Ride-On, Enclosed Cab, Elevating Cab, Air Conditioner, Heater, Discharge Conveyor, 30" Track Shoes. See more

This week in interesting industry headlines: 

Economy in U.S. Expanded Modestly Since Mid-August, Fed Says [Bloomberg Business]

"The U.S. economy grew modestly with little inflation pressure from mid-August to early October as a strong dollar weighed on manufacturing and tourism, a Federal Reserve report showed." Read more

Oil fall means 'almost everything' for sale as deals accelerate [Sydney Morning Herald]

"More than $US200 billion ($277 billion) worth of oil and natural gas assets are for sale globally as companies come under renewed financial pressure from the prolonged commodity price rout, according to IHS Inc." Read more

Bats are worth $3.7bn to US agriculture [The Guardian]

"University of California, Davis researcher Katherine Ingram has been running a study for the past two years in an attempt to put a monetary number on what she calls the “ecosystem services” provided by bats. That includes not only pest control for a wide variety of crops, including corn, cotton, various nuts, and rice, but also pollination for some 300 fruit varieties." See more

PLEASANTON, Calif. –

Who: 

IronPlanet^®, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, is holding its first Cat Auction Services live unreserved public auction in Canada on October 21, 2015. The sale will be hosted by Finning, the world’s largest Cat^® dealer. This auction will deliver the best in late model, low hour equipment, and is the second of five Cat Auction Services onsite auctions being held this fall in North America. 

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