IronPlanet's will close out April with four days of sales next week, beginning Tuesday, April 26 through Friday, April 29. We'll kick off on Tuesday, April 26 with Tools, Parts & Attachments. Wednesday, April 27, will be our last GovPlanet auction of April, and Thursday and Friday will be our huge two-day end of month sale featuring over 1700 equipment and trucks. Here are few featured items to look for next week!

Susan Stillings, chief marketing officer, IronPlanet, shares her insights on maximizing the online marketplace when buying and selling heavy equipment in the latest issue of Construction Business Owner. 

Join us the last Tuesday of each month for a special Tools, Parts and Attachments Sale. Our Tuesday, April 26th sale will features hundreds of accessories and parts that extend the life and capabilities of your machines. Look for concrete forms, buckets, pipe, trench shields, wheels, barriers, steel beams and much more. Check back each month to find the parts you are looking for!

Join us Thursday, April 21 for our weekly online auction with over 1,000 pieces of equipment! This week we are featuring over 35 pieces of low hour, late-model John Deere equipment.  Look for articulated dump trucks, crawler tractors, wheel loaders, motor graders, track excavators and more! Preview all items here and line up your Priority Bid! 

Check out some interesting headlines around the industry this week.

World's 2nd Largest Private Coal Mining Company Files Chapter 11 (Construction Equipment)
Peabody Energy, the world's largest private-sector coal producer, has filed for bankruptcy protection in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Trading on the NYSE was suspended immediately. Peabody (BTU) shares closed Wednesday at $2.07, down from its high of $299.10 in 2014. The company listed $10.1 billion in debts and $11 billion in assets, including ownership interest in 26 active mines in the U.S. and Australia. Shareholders with at least 5 percent of the company are Blackrock, Kopernik Global Investors, Vanguard Group, and Susquehanna Securities, according to the filing. Read more

This Wednesday April 20,  IronPlanet is hosting its first live Unreserved Public Auction in the UK at Rockingham Motor Speedway! Hosted by Finning, this landmark auction will feature over 170 pieces of high-quality Cat equipment and machinery from other dealers, rental customers and construction companies in the UK and from across the continent. Place your bids onsite or online during the auction. Equipment is backed by IronPlanet’s IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification. Onsite preview will be available starting April 18. Details below:

Check out some interesting headlines around the industry this week.

Halliburton-Baker Hughes Merger Pain Seen Sparking Deals (Bloomberg)

If Halliburton Co.’s bid to buy Baker Hughes Inc. fails, it may spark a scramble for deals among beaten-down oil-services firms. U.S. antitrust officials sued to stop the merger of the world’s second -and third-largest oilfield companies, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement Wednesday. The lawsuit claims the deal violates antitrust laws by eliminating competition between the firms. An offer by Halliburton and Baker Hughes to sell assets to resolve the government’s concerns wasn’t satisfactory. Read more

Join us Thursday, April 7 as we kick-off Spring with a huge sale and tons of trucks!  Over 1100 items including ten (10) 2010 Freightliner and International refrigerated trucks, 20 telehandlers, 21 wheel loaders and much more. We are also featuring 33 exceptionally well-maintained Walmart trucks!  Preview all auction items now and place your priority bid here.

Check out some interesting headlines around the industry this week.

$1.5 Billion Vegas Spaghetti Bowl Overhaul Starts April 7 (Construction Equipment)
"The huge overhaul of the Las Vegas Spaghetti Bowl, often called Project Neon, will officially get under way April 7th. The intersection at the merge of  State Route 564, I-215, I-515, U.S Route 93 and U.S Route 95 is the busiest stretch of roadway in Nevada and on average sees 300,000 vehicles a day, 25,000 lane changes an hour — and three crashes every day."   Read more

#EquipmentMadness wraps up this week with trucks from Walmart featured in our Thursday, March 31 auction. Look for 14 exceptionally maintained trucks direct from Walmart.  You don't want to miss this opportunity to own these single-owner, sleeper trucks from manufacturers Freightliner and Peterbilt. All Walmart trucks come with our exclusive IronClad Assurance equipment condition certification.  Read inspection reports, match available machines against your needs, and place your bids now.