More Than 1,400 Bidders Attend Ritchie Bros. Auction

Wed December 13, 2017 - Midwest Edition #25
Construction Equipment Guide

AVC & TRR caboose sold for $26,000 and will be converted into a hunting cabin.

Ritchie Bros. hosted a multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Eagan, Minn., on Dec. 5.

Ron (L), vice president, and John Radotich, president, both of Radotich Inc., mechanical contractors based in Hibbing, Minn., just picked up this nice Grove 2099 for $157,500.

Andy (L), vice president, and Steve Meyerhofer, president, both of Meyerhofer Steel & Construction, Grand Meadow, Minn., take a look at a lowboy trailer.

Ken Boehm, Hayden-Murphy, stands with a vintage 1954 Dodge power wagon three quarter ton restored fire trail truck.

John Correy of Ritchie Bros. keeps the bidding running smoothly.

Huge lots of parts, supplies and tools were on hand, all ready to be put to work.

More than 2,700 equipment items and trucks were sold in the auction.

Close to 1,400 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros.' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Eagan, Minn., on Dec. 5.

With bidders from 33 countries, approximately 81 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Romania, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Online bidders purchased approximately 66 percent of the equipment sold (by dollar value).

More than 2,700 equipment items and trucks were sold in the auction, including 25-plus cranes, as well excavators, truck tractors, trailers, and more.

CEG

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