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 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

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On Wednesday, IronPlanet marketplace Cat Auction Services hosts its first event of the fall: a live, unreserved public auction in Des Moines, Iowa, hosted by Ziegler Cat. This exciting auction features over 430 low-hour, late-model items with attractive starting bid price points. If you're attending in person, be sure to register ahead of time and preview equipment onsite over the next few days if interested. If you're planning to bid online, all items are now available to view on IronPlanet.com along with our guaranteed inspection reports. (Plus, don't miss the 9/30 sale on GovPlanet!)

Some of the items up for auction at the sale:

2013 John Deere 824K Wheel Loader
Lot #274, 1,933 Hours. Enclosed Cab, Air Conditioner, Heater, Tilt Steering, Autoshift, Ride Control, Rear View Camera, 26.5R25 Tires, Fenders, 127" Wide General Purpose Bucket, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel. See more

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While shopping IronPlanet's enormous end-of-quarter sale on September 24 and 25, don't miss the Aggregates West LLC package: a single-owner complete liquidation of quarry and aggregate equipment from AggWest's yards in rural Washington State. AggWest, the operators of Washington's Lummi Island quarry, have just over 50 items up for auction in this package, including many late-model and low-hour machines with competitively-priced starting bids. Other don't-miss packages coming up: our first U.S. Marine Corps sale on September 22, and an all-Humvee sale on GovPlanet on September 23. All items are now available to preview and bid!

Some of the exciting items in this package: 

Champion 760 Motor Grader
Item #643182, 348 hours. Enclosed Cab, Heater, 16.00R24 Tires, 14' Moldboard. See more

IronPlanet is proud to present our first-ever sale of U.S. Marine Corps surplus heavy construction equipment! Next week, on September 22, you'll have what our analysts are calling a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to buy from this package of low-hour equipment in pristine condition, including Cat D7G crawler tractors with the legendary Cat 3306 engine, Cat 130G motor graders, and more-- many with under 1,000 hours clocked. 

"This group of machinery is unlike anything I have seen in my 28 years in the equipment business," Paul Hendrix, Equipment Pricing Analyst at IronPlanet, says. "I had the good fortune of being able to go to Barstow, California. in June to inspect this gear personally and much of this equipment is as pristine as the day it rolled off the assembly line. I saw Cat D7G’s that are literally time capsules from the mid-1980’s, no electronics, just bares bones cable and linkage controls, Cat 3306 engines; arguably one of the best diesel engines ever produced."

"It’s not every day that someone has the opportunity to buy a piece of history," Hendrix continues. "An unused 31-year-old Caterpillar dozer, an unused 28-year-old Caterpillar motor grader, an unused 27-year old-Case dozer…..and more."  

All equipment in this unique package is now available for preview and advance bidding! Unlike Humvees or other restricted equipment under our contract with the DLA, this equipment does not have end-user certification requirements. It's a fantastic opportunity to buy high-quality, well-maintained machinery from the U.S. Marine Corps at excellent prices. 

Some of the equipment available to purchase on Tuesday, September 22: 

Cat D7G Crawler Tractor
Item #640809, 32 Hours. 12' Straight Blade w/Tilt, Enclosed Cab, Heater, Rear Screens, Lever Steering Controls, Ripper Hydraulics, 24” SG Shoes. GovPlanet will mount a ripper attachment, from this sale to this Cat D7G, for a fee of $1200 plus any additional parts needed. See more

This week in interesting industry headlines: 

John Deere, other equipment manufacturers say new law interferes with existing contracts [Fox Business]

"John Deere and other farm and heavy equipment manufacturers told the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday that a new state law looping them into protections designed for automobile and truck dealers unconstitutionally interferes with their existing and future contracts with dealers." Read more

XPO Logistics to buy trucker Con-way in $3B deal [CNBC]

"XPO Logistics said it would buy trucking and logistics company Con-way for $3 billion, including debt, making it the second largest provider of less-than-truckload services in North America." Read more

U.S. court finds EPA was wrong to approve Dow pesticide harmful to bees [Reuters]

"A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling its approval and giving environmentalists a major victory." Read more

This Thursday, IronPlanet's weekly featured auction includes an exciting package from Higgerson-Buchanan, of Chesapeake, Virginia. The package includes dump trucks, construction equipment, shop supplies, and F150 work service trucks. (More details here) On top of the Higgerson-Buchanan sale, Thursday's auction features several 2005 Volvo A30D articulated dump trucks in excellent condition. All items are available now to preview, and be sure to read inspection reports and get financing (if needed) arranged ahead of auction day. 

On Thursday, September 10, IronPlanet and TruckPlanet are hosting a one-owner sale featuring a liquidation package from Higgerson-Buchanan of Chesapeake, Virginia. Included in the package are dump trucks, construction equipment, shop supplies, and F150 work service trucks. All items are available now for online preview and bidding, with in-person preview by appointment on September 2 to 3. As always, the equipment is backed by our IronClad Assurance-- so you can bid confidently, knowing the machines you buy are represented accurately in the inspection reports available on every item listing.