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Top 5 Places to Buy and Sell Used Heavy Construction Equipment

Buying or selling used heavy construction equipment isn’t an easy task.

Check out these five websites/places that will make your process of buying & selling heavy construction equipment much easier.

1. Machinery Trader

Machinery Trader is a part of a privately held well established “empire” named Sandhills Publishing Company  that serves the global markets with over 45 brands for the equipment, transportation, and technology industries.

Some of the most recognizable brands in addition to Machinery Trader are Tractor House, Machinery Trader Auction Results, Truck Paper, Rental Yard, and Auction Time. Each of the brand has its publication and a companion website.

Machinery Trader is a great website for anyone looking to buy heavy construction equipment without much hustle and offers free listings for sellers, potential buyers and renters.

In addition to equipment, the website offers parts, components, attachments, and dismantled machines at a reduced rate.

2. Ritchie Bros Auctioneers

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA) is a public company and the world’s largest industrial auctioneer. The company is headquartered in British Columbia, Canada and has 110 locations in 25 countries and 44 auction sites worldwide.

The company sells through unreserved public auctions (meaning the highest bidder gets the machine) a broad range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum, and marine industries.

3. Iron Planet

Iron Planet is a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and operates entirely online and via call-centers. The company boasts of technological innovations that help them built a database of more than 1.8 million registered users worldwide.

The process of buying and selling is streamlined and easy to follow thanks to a user-friendly website and competent customer support.

4.Equipment Trader

EquipmentTrader is the leading online classified advertising service bringing equipment buyers and sellers together.

At EquipmentTrader, you will find the widest selection of classified ads with over 80,000 listings to choose from including variety of earthmoving, agricultural, forestry, mining and industrial equipment, as well as trailers and salvage items.

5. Mascus

Mascus is one of the world’s fastest growing website for buying and selling heavy machinery and trucks and it boasts of over 3,350,000 visits every month.

This site offers a large selection of new and used equipment from dozes to generators, along with the ability to compare equipment by specs, categories, etc.

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