Thousands of trucks, cranes and equipment items in Ritchie Bros.' upcoming Fort Worth, TX auction

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Sep 10, 2015, 02:00 ET

September 23 – 24 unreserved public auction features 285+ truck tractors, 415+ trailers, 40+ cranes, 40+ excavators, 30+ dump trucks, 15+ farm tractors, oil & gas equipment and more

FORT WORTH, TX, Sept. 10, 2015 /CNW/ - Ritchie Bros., the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will sell 2,650+ trucks, cranes and other heavy equipment items at its unreserved public auction in Fort Worth, Texas on September 23 – 24, 2015. Equipment highlights include 285+ truck tractors, 415+ trailers, 130+ pickup trucks, 90+ frac tanks, 40+ cranes, 40+ excavators, 30+ dump trucks, 15+ farm tractors, as well as crawler tractors, wheel loaders, and more. Every item will be sold, with no minimum bids or reserve prices. Bidders can participate in person, online at rbauction.com and by proxy.

"With thousands of heavy equipment items and trucks being sold over two days, including a fantastic selection of quality transport trucks and cranes, our next Fort Worth auction will be hard for savvy buyers to miss," said Dolan Aucoin, Regional Sales Manager, Ritchie Bros. "Equipment and trucks can be previewed on our website and inspected and tested in the yard, and every item will be sold to the highest bidder on auction day—no reserve prices, no minimum bids."

Ritchie Bros. will sell equipment and trucks for 260+ companies at the Fort Worth auction, including Neuhaus & Co., Ltd., an agricultural equipment dealer with four locations in the Rio Grande Valley. In operation for 50+ years, Neuhaus & Co. will sell 12 late-model John Deere 6150R MFWD tractors in the auction.

"When you buy from Ritchie Bros. you pay market value, with no reserves. You also have access to a number of convenient services, including financing," said Lance Neuhaus, President of Neuhaus & Co., Ltd. "All the tractors we're selling are rental units, only used for pulling sugarcane wagons. The PTO and three-point hitches have never been used and all units still have 'bumper to bumper warranty' for another two years, or 5,000 hours."

Day Two of the Fort Worth auction will be 'transportation day'. More than 150 Kenworth transport trucks, 40+ Peterbilts, as well as Internationals, Freightliners and other trucks will be sold. Many of the transport trucks have been inspected to National Truck Protection and Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) standards and are eligible for a Ritchie Bros. warranty.

A full list of items in the Fort Worth auction can be found at rbauction.com/Fort-Worth, including a link to all warranty-eligible trucks. Specific equipment highlights include:

Four Grove GMK5275 275-ton 10x6x10 all terrain cranes
Nine Grove GMK5135 135-ton 10x6x10 all terrain cranes
Two Grove GMK5240 240-ton 10x8x10 all terrain cranes
A 2007 Terex Demag AC140 170-ton 10x8x10 all terrain crane
A 2007 Grove GMK5115 115-ton 10x8x10 all terrain crane
Three Grove TMS9000E 110-ton 8x4x4 hydraulic truck cranes
A 2006 Link-Belt HTC8690 90-ton hydraulic truck crane
Two Kobelco CK1000III 100-ton crawler cranes
A 2008 Manitowoc 12000 120-ton crawler crane
A 2009 Link-Belt 218 HSL 110-ton crawler crane
A Manitowoc 4100W Series I 230-ton crawler crane
A Manitowoc 4000W 175-ton crawler crane
Two 2014 International 7400 6x6 w/ Terex Commander C6060 digger derrick trucks
14 Caterpillar 950H wheel loaders
A 2007 Caterpillar 140H VHP Plus motor grader
A 2005 Caterpillar 615C Series II elevating motor scraper

For a complete list of equipment in the Fort Worth auction, visit rbauction.com/Fort-Worth. To consign trucks and/or equipment to the auction, please contact the Fort Worth site directly at +1.817.237.6544.

About Ritchie Bros.
Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is the world's largest seller of used equipment for the construction, transportation, agriculture, material handling, energy, mining, forestry, marine and other industries. Ritchie Bros.^TM solutions make it easy for the world's builders to buy and sell equipment with confidence, including live unreserved public auctions with on-site and online bidding (rbauction.com), the EquipmentOne^TM secure online marketplace (EquipmentOne.com), a professional corporate asset management program, and a range of value-added services, including equipment financing for customers through Ritchie Bros. Financial Services (rbauction.com/financing). Ritchie Bros. has operations in 19 countries, including 44 auction sites worldwide. Learn more at RitchieBros.com.