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Inspect, Clean, and Document Each Item

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Selling my EQUIPMENT on Auction!

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What happens here

After gathering the equipment at the auction yard, the next crucial step is to prepare each item for optimal presentation. This involves a thorough cleaning of all equipment, including interiors and exteriors, to enhance their visual appeal. For example, the backhoes are detailed to ensure everything is running and operating properly. Specific attention is given to the hour meters, engine types (e.g., Kohler 7000 series, Kawasaki FX921V, 290 Cummins), and other unique features of each piece of equipment. Any cosmetic damages or known mechanical issues (like the New Holland's extendahoe drift or the red dump truck's 'shot' box) are also explicitly noted for transparency.

Goal: Ensure each piece of equipment is clean, functional, and accurately documented for auction.

Tools and materials

  • Cleaning Supplies — Detailing equipment interiors and exteriors
  • Cordless Impact Wrench Milwaukee — Removing and installing lug nuts for tire inspection/replacement
  • Jump Starter Cables — Starting vehicles with dead batteries for testing and demonstration
  • Measuring Tape — Measuring dimensions of plows and other attachments
  • Tablet — Documenting equipment details, photos, and item numbers for auction listings

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429 hours the toro titan max has the kohler 7000 series engine [Music] this one's on there good and this i can't believe it's gonna pop it off this has a 290 cummins engine in it roll bars flip down so this is a commercial mower this is going to be dr0340 good morning you guys we're off on a brand new adventure we're gonna be hopping down to the yard and i'm going to be auctioning off a lot of the of my older backup emergency equipment now if you guys are tuning in in the video is just releasing you can follow along and watch how this goes now i've had the opportunity to buy a lot of equipment on auction i've never tried to sell anything on auction so i don't really know how well this is gonna go but we're going to find out together so we're going to go down to the yard we're going to meet with the auctioneer and we're just going to see what it takes to sell your equipment on an auction let's go start this process right now ro reggie they beat me to it the guys from purple wave are here now if you guys are tuning in we're gonna time the release of this video with the start of the auction but let's go talk to these guys howdy morning john right yup yup this is tony hi tony nice to meet you um i was just telling these guys you're with purple wave right yep now is this a nationwide auction site for heavy equipment or can you tell me a little bit about it because i don't real i'm not really familiar with you guys we have sales staff from colorado to chicago and from minnesota here down to texas is where our sales staff is so right down through the central united states is where we have but your auctions go online so it's nationwide the assets are going to be kind of right through the center of the united states but we have buyers all over the world there's a commission based on this thing but it doesn't come out of my pocket if i'm understanding this correctly right we have a 10 buyer's premium okay and that you know so they're paying the bulk of the cost you know our our stance is you're selling the assets why should you pay for that let the buyer let the buyer pay for that okay you're putting the assets out there for sale you can see we we label everything with a purple wave sticker there's an item number on there which can be searched to see the the dr0 dr0341 yup that can be put into our search bar so you can find you know find the asset by the lot number when we get down to you know get to equipment like this yeah there's quite a bit more information tire…

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