Ritchie Bros. Blog

Ritchie Bros. held 62 unreserved public equipment auctions in Canada, the U.S., Panama, the U.K., France, Germany and China in April 2013. Take a look at five of the biggest ticket agriculture equipment items we sold that month. 1. 2012 John Deere 9560R 4WD tractor – CA$315,000 This 2012 John Deere 9560R 4WD tractor sold for CA$315,000 (approx. US$310,000) at our Grenfell, SK,...

A massive 700-ton Demag all terrain crane —the largest all terrain crane ever sold at a Ritchie Bros. auction—will be sold in Spain in June 2013. Which made us think: when were all terrain cranes first built–and when did they get so big? ...

Ritchie Bros. held 62 unreserved public equipment auctions in Canada, the U.S., Panama, the U.K., France, Germany and China in April 2013. Take a look at five of the biggest ticket construction equipment items we sold that month. 1. 2009...

Every excavator, every truck, every dozer – all of the equipment we sell has a story behind it, and probably plenty more ahead of it. Passing through our unreserved auctions is just one short chapter in the life of a piece of equipment. If...

Combine harvesters – more commonly referred to as simply “combines” – are able to perform the incredibly delicate task of harvesting and separating grain from the plant stalk, while covering hundreds of acres of farmland in a single day....

A wide variety of motor graders are bought and sold at unreserved Ritchie Bros. auctions each year. You can see selling prices for thousands of motor graders under auction results, or search our current inventory for motor graders selling soon...

The global construction industry is still facing significant challenges—but that didn’t stop the world from showing up at bauma 2013, the world’s largest construction equipment trade show, which took place in Munich, Germany from April 15 – 21....

Whether you’re a business owner, a heavy equipment operator, or both – if your work involves using big machinery in the U.S., you’ve probably been paying pretty close attention to the introduction of the Tier 4 emissions standards by the...

Caterpillar revises 2013 outlook, announces Q1 results With Q1 sales down from US$16 to US$13.2 billion year-on-year, Caterpillar amended its 2013 sales forecast downward to US$57-$61 billion (from US$60-$68 billion). The company cited...

Ritchie Bros. got started in 1958, and we now conduct hundreds of unreserved public equipment auctions around the world each year. In 2012, we held auctions in 13 countries. So what made Ritchie Bros.’ first auction in China—held in Beijing on...