IronPlanet to sell 2,500+ items March 25-27 across its marketplaces
PLEASANTON, Calif. and EAGAN, Minn. – IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, will hold auctions on IronPlanet and across all of its marketplaces this Wednesday through Friday, as well as hold a joint live unreserved public auction with Cat Auction Services in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.
“This week marks our end-of-the-quarter auctions at IronPlanet across all of our marketplaces,” said Jeff Jeter, IronPlanet president. “In addition to our online auctions this week, we are excited to build on the success of our Florida onsite auction where we had the best selection of low hour, late model Caterpillar equipment. This week we will be holding our second joint event with Cat Auction Services, hosted by Zielger Cat in Des Moines, to benefit our customers in the upper midwest. Likewise, it is an exciting week with Kruse hosting a big two-day oilfield equipment auction in Oklahoma City.”
IronPlanet is holding auctions across all of its marketplaces this week: IronPlanet, in North America and Europe, TruckPlanet, GovPlanet, and Kruse Energy & Equipment Auctioneers.
IronPlanet / Cat Auction Services Des Moines Event Snapshot – At auction will be more than 300 low hour, late model items from Cat® and John Deere, among many others. All of the equipment will be backed by IronPlanet’s IronClad Assurance® buyer protection program. Featured equipment:
26+ Wheel Loaders
22+ Excavators
19+ Track Type Tractors
14+ Skid Steers
14+ Telehandlers
10 Motor Graders
6 Articulated Dump Trucks
8 Compactors
Miscellaneous plows, saws, jack hammers, generators, heaters, buckets
Onsite Auction Details – hosted by Ziegler Cat
- Date: Wednesday, March 25th
- Time: 9 a.m. CT
- Place: 1500 Ziegler Drive NW, Altoona, Iowa
Buyers around the world will also be able to view and bid on the full list of items at IronPlanet’s online marketplace www.ironplanet.com and at www.catauctions.com.
IronPlanet’s March 25 – 27 Online Auctions and Events :: Government Surplus
www.ironplanet.com and www.catauctions.com
Wednesday, March 25th
8:00 AM PT
More than 300 items including military Humvees and featuring three Oshkosh M1070 HET Trucks
Oil and Gas
Online at www.kruseenergy.com
Onsite at Embassy Suites, 1815 S. Meridian Ave., Oklahoma City, OK
Wednesday, March 25th & 26th
9:00 AM CT each day
17 Complete drilling rigs each with drill pipe and drill collars, plus more
Construction Equipment and Trucks
www.ironplanet.com and www.truckplanet.com
Thursday and Friday, March 26th & 27th
8:00 AM PT each day
More than 1,500 items
IronPlanet Europe
Wednesday, March 25th
10:00 AM GMT
More than 200 items, including equipment from Vinci, Komatsu WA 500-3, Volvo A40D’s, track excavators from Liebherr
Full Suite of Services
All of the equipment at IronPlanet, TruckPlanet and GovPlanet will be backed by IronPlanet’s IronClad Assurance® buyer protection program, which assures buyers that they have an accurate representation of equipment condition. At the Des Moines sale, certain qualified Cat equipment will be backed by the Cat® Equipment Protection Plan, and all Cat equipment sold at the auction qualify for a free Cat® Product Link 3 Year Subscription and Cat® EMSolutions Level 1 (hardware Installation not included). The Des Moines auction will also feature a full range of onsite and online support services, including finance and transportation options, as well as access to the local Caterpillar dealer.
IronPlanet and Associated Auction Services LLC, an alliance of Caterpillar and several of its independent Cat® dealers, that operates under the name of Cat Auction Services (“Cat Auction Services”) announced on December 19, 2014, that they had signed an agreement to merge. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other standard closing conditions, and is anticipated to be completed during the first quarter of 2015. The transaction is not subject to the Federal premerger waiting period. This auction is being conducted pursuant to a joint venture agreement, which is independent of the proposed merger.
