Don't miss our heavy equipment and truck auction tomorrow, Thursday, August 18, 2016. This week we are featuring great deals on hundreds of pieces of asphalt equipment, excavators, tractors and much more. Preview our selection of Freightliner, Peterbilt, and Volvo sleepers, all maintained by industry professionals. And you won't need to look far to find great deals on Komatsu excavators. All items are available now to preview, and be sure to read inspection reports.

Looking to finance? IronPlanet now offers buyers instant financing on equipment purchases with Express, by Currency Capital and financing options from Cat Financial. Instant financing, along with IronPlanet's IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification is just another way IronPlanet helps its customers to buy online with confidence. 

As the Tool Time guys used to say, “the right truck for the right job.” Whether you’re transporting important goods for sale, the contents of a four-bedroom home, or helping your in-laws on an inspired project, the right vehicle is essential for keeping everything safe and on schedule. IronPlanet has a range of trucks and haulers available in its August 18 auction that will make any sized move as easy as possible.

Van or a Truck?

Moving trucks are perfect for large equipment delivery, transporting furniture, or moving offices. Moving trucks also have the capacity to tow trailers behind them, so if you need to move cargo and a vehicle, you can do it all in one trip with a solid moving truck. 

Sure, they're handsome and reliable, but excavators also have a lot of depth.

Excavators, aka diggers, aka shovels, are usually the first ones to the jobsite and the last to leave. In addition to digging the foundation and tidying up when the project is winding down, versatile excavators perform all kinds of jobs that require both strength and finesse.

Tearing down a house in a neighborhood without freaking out the neighbors.

Digging a very large pit can be an exercise in coordination with other machines.

The staff at IronPlanet loves a good backstory. Inspired by the selection of mixer trucks on this week's auction, we began thinking, "how did these machines, fascinating to both children and adults, come to be?" To understand the mixers, a little background in cement is helpful.

"I'm so over this."

The original cement haulers were the Egyptians. Around 3000 BC, the Egyptians mixed gypsum and lime to create mortar and immediately got to work on the pyramids. 

Go BIG or go Home! This week, don't miss our heavy equipment and truck auction on Thursday, August 11, 2016. This week we are featuring great deals on Quad/A mixer trucks, crawler tractors, cranes, wheel loaders and more. And, be sure to preview all professionally-maintained Volvo, Freightliner and Peterbilt day cabs and sleeper trucks.  All items are available now to preview, and be sure to read inspection reports. Looking to finance your equipment? IronPlanet now offers buyers instant financing on equipment purchases with Express, by Currency Capital and financing options from Cat Financial. Instant financing, along with IronPlanet's IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification is just another way IronPlanet helps its customers to buy online with confidence.

Sue McGregor, Managing Director of Canada, IronPlanet, recently published an article in the August, 2016, issue of Equipment Journal, on the four best ways to dispose of surplus equipment in order to bring in optimal returns.

With a truck-load of responsibility and a diverse group of priorities and equipment to manage, it can be tough to keep risk management and resale value top of mind. However, now that you’ve got the world at your fingertips via the Internet, the question has shifted from merely “how” to “how best” to dispose of surplus equipment. To bring in optimal returns, here are four best practices to follow.

Don't miss our heavy equipment and truck auction on Thursday, August 4, 2016. This week we are featuring great deals on hundreds of trucks, tractors, wheel loaders and much more! Look for exceptional deals on Freightliner, Volvo and Peterbilt day cabs and sleeper trucks from Walmart. Place priority bids on backhoe loaders, motor graders, wheel loaders and excavators from Yellowhouse Machinery. Looking for a used excavator? Check our our huge selection of Komatsu excavators selling this week.

Bid online with confidence! Our IronClad Assurance equipment condition certification lets you know that one of our inspectors has personally visited the item, taken pictures and conducted a comprehensive inspection of key systems and components. What you see in the inspection report is what you get when you receive the equipment. If the item you received is not in the condition described in our inspection report, please contact us within one business day of receiving the item. Valid dispute claims will be handled in a mutually beneficial manner. For details, please see our IronClad Assurance Policy.
 

Don't miss our heavy equipment and truck auction tomorrow, Thursday, July 28, 2016. This week we are featuring great deals on hundreds of pieces of asphalt equipment, excavators, tractors and much more. Don't miss late-model Freightliner and Volvo Sleepers from Landair and professionally-maintained trucks from Walmart.  Expect great deals on wheel loaders and excavators from Yellowhouse Machinery, and trucks and trailers from Dunn Construction. All items are available now to preview, and be sure to read inspection reports.

IronPlanet now offers buyers instant financing on equipment purchases with Express, by Currency Capital and financing options from Cat Financial. Instant financing, along with IronPlanet's IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification is just another way IronPlanet helps its customers to buy online with confidence.

Do-it yourself, DIY, Fixer Upper...we've all seen the reality shows where buyers take something old and make it new. GovPlanet customer Rick Stickle recently took DIY to a whole new level and industry - used construction equipment.  Rick's business, Midwest3PL, a third party logistics company out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, transformed a used Case Crawler Tractor with minimal time and money and gave Midwest3PL a nearly new piece of equipment to use for years to come.

1988 Case 1150 Crawler Tractor BEFORE

A History of Do-It-Yourself

Rick Stickle is in the warehouse business as a 3PL (third party logistics) provider to a number of Midwest-based clients, hence the name Midwest3PL. As the owner of over 150 different buildings, he has subscribed to the "Do-it-yourself" policy for most of his 65 years of life. When it came time to expand one of his large buildings in Cedar Rapids, Stickle began the process acting as his own General Contractor. "Since we already had many other construction equipment items, there seemed to be a general need for a laser guided track machine. After investigating the cost of comparable, newer models, I looked into IronPlanet's GovPlanet site and realized that there were severalolder Case dozers being auctioned off with relatively low hours on them. I checked with a couple of our local dealers for comparable laser equipment and found that for a very small investment, we could purchase laser guided tools that could be utilized on the Case dozer as well as other equipment as well."

Don't miss our heavy equipment and truck auction on Thursday, July 21, 2016. This week we are featuring  late-model Cat equipment- contractor-owned, located in Louisiana. Thursday's used equipment auction also includes a wide variety of used telehandlers, backhoe loaders, excavators, crawler tractors and more. All items are available now to preview, and be sure to read inspection reports.

IronPlanet now offers buyers instant financing on equipment purchases with Express, by Currency Capital and financing options from Cat Financial. Instant financing, along with IronPlanet's IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification is just another way IronPlanet helps its customers to buy online with confidence.